“No one has ever become poor by giving.” Anne Frank
Members and pledging friends voted Oct. 2 to determine which Inreach/Outreach organizations will receive our offerings November through February. Of the 12 applicants, four had enough votes to be awarded two Sundays, six were awarded one Sunday, and two received too few votes to be eligible. Results of the vote are posted on the We Care/ We Share bulletin board in Berg Hall.
In late September and early October your generosity helped a soon-to open infant and toddler care center and preschool for homeless children in Ventura; children in our county’s foster care system; a “no kill” animal shelter that rehabilitates and re-homes sick, injured and abused animals, and those folks in our own community who need assistance.
The UUCV Inreach/Outreach fund received $1,132, which is available to help individuals or families in our local community who are in need of support.
We collected $551 for Step Up Ventura, the new nonprofit which will soon offer services for homeless children aged birth through five in Ventura. By providing safe and therapeutic care for these children, trauma they may have experienced will be addressed so that they can develop emotionally, physically and cognitively to be ready to enter school.
The congregation donated $697 to CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates of Ventura County) to help recruit, screen, train and support community volunteers who become court-appointed special advocates for children in the county’s foster system. In the child’s eyes, the CASA advocate is the person who can be counted on to respond to those most basic needs for reassurance, guidance, comfort, representation and advocacy in times of extreme uncertainty.
SPARC (Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center) received $505 to help provide needed care and medical attention for many of the animals (80%) that arrive at the Center sick, injured or abused. SPARC is home to nearly 2000 homeless animals each year. The Center serves Ventura County and partners with the community by providing resources, outreach education on spay/neutering, and vaccination programs.
Thank you for contributing so generously each Sunday. Anne Escobedo
Inreach/Outreach News – November 2016
