weekly announcements

The UUFC itself and UUFC members have invested in Oregon Clean Power Cooperative (OCPC) projects in the past. OCPC has a new offering for solar work OSU’s College of Forestry. Loans will be two-year with rate varying from 1-4%. The UUFC will soon be repaid for a loan we made to OCPC for a project at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The Fellowship may reinvest in other OCPC projects once we have had an opportunity to explore other investment options. The UUFC invests ~4% of its reserve funds in “alternative” investments. These are investments that may not be quite at market rate but offer some return and benefit our local community.

Russ Karow, Chair UUFC Financial Oversight Council

See the OCPC Website for more information.

Our Pop-Up Parking Lot Rummage Sale is Saturday, August 31 – 10:00-1:00 There’s just one more week to gather items you no longer need, price them, and bring them to our UUFC Parking Lot on Saturday, August 31.
• Stay for 3 hours and “sell” your items
• Send buyers to a central cashier
• Take home any unsold items at the end of the sale It’s a fun event and an easy way to recycle items you no longer want while helping to support the Fellowship.

Please join us and tell others. We need “sellers” and buyers.

Public welcome.

We’ve been running an experimental exchange of bread bags to be used as dog poop bags. The supply side has been a huge success, with lots of bags contributed. However, the demand has been low, with few takers. We plan to give it another couple of weeks, but if bread bags are not an attractive option for after-dog clean up, we’ll discontinue the experiment.

Questions/suggestions: Contact Michael Hughes

Calling All Crafters & Artists Our UUFC Holiday Fair is coming December 7. Do you enjoy jewelry making, calligraphy, quilling, ceramics, woodworking, making greeting cards, knitting, crocheting, quilting, painting, photography, glass making, etc.? Turn your hobby into cash for yourself and UUFC, and joy for the buyers who love getting hand-crafted items for themselves or as gifts. UUFC retains 25% of the selling price and you get the rest. Do you have limited inventory? Then share a table with another UUFC crafter. Start creating now.
Tom & Isabel Prusinski are coordinating artists/vendors.

Please let them know you wish to participate.

Contact Tom and Isabel

Additional seats are now available in the Less is More waste reduction workshop offered by Master Recycler, Betty Shelley, in the UUFC Sanctuary, Mondays 6:30-7:30 pm on October 1, 8, 15 , and 22. The Climate Action Team expands the offering of this 4-part workshop to those who missed bidding on seats in our April auction. The workshop is $25 /person (cash or check at the first session) which will help support the Fellowship. Friends and non-members are also welcome.

Less is More: Getting to One Can of Garbage a Year

Join this 4-part workshop to learn why and how to reduce your waste. Reducing your waste is a simple, profound way to decrease your environmental impact on our world and save money at the same time. Presenter Betty Shelley is a Master Recycler and a former Recycling Information Specialist for Metro Regional Government in Portland. Betty and her husband, Jon, have generated only one can of garbage a year since 2006.

For more information, contact Betty Shelley

Updated program: We will gather in the social hall or deck, in conversational-size groups to enjoy an opportunity to become better acquainted. Each table group will have a facilitator to help keep the conversation flowing and meaningful. This will provide more ways to make the connections that we all hope for and need. Come help build your sense of community! Iced tea & cookies will be provided.

Celebrate your birthday! Give the amount of your age to help sustain the UUFC and its work. Donate by check payable to UUFC, with memo Birthday Club. Donations are allocated 50% Operations, 20% Endowment, 20% Reserves, and 10% Justice Outreach. Questions: email Michael Hughes at treasurer@uucorvallis.org.

Join the Democracy Action Team for a fun, casual gathering where we will talk about ranked choice voting and learn how we can encourage our neighbors to vote YES on the critical ballot measure in November. You’ll even have a chance to try out ranked choice voting with a mock election.

DATE: August 18
TIME: 11:45 am, following the UUFC Fellowship Service
PLACE: UUFC Sanctuary (near the door to the Fellowship Hall). For more information, contact Deborah Clark.

Check out the UUFC Merch Store for tee-shirts, hats, coffee cups, backpacks, umbrellas, and more! Support our Fellowship with great gifts for yourself and your loved ones. Find it under the “about” tab on the UUFC website.

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM in the Social Hall

Do you love to play Mexican Train Dominoes? Or maybe you’ve never played before and it sounds like fun.
Join the Queerly Beloved social group as we snack, chat, maybe sing, and play on Sunday afternoon, August 18 from 4:00 to 6:00 in the Social Hall. Bring snacks to share if you wish. All kind souls are welcome!