by Kitty Merrill | May 27, 2017 | Inreach/Outreach News
Inreach/Outreach Recipients for June
June 4: River Haven Transitional Housing Community Funds help with expenses the budget doesn’t cover at this supportive community where homeless individuals can live in harmony and learn to overcome obstacles preventing them from maintaining housing.
June 11: Ventura Homeless Prevention Fund Funds prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless due to a one-time event such as accident or illness and pay the rent so a temporary loss of income or unexpected expense does not result in loss of housing.
June 18: LUYV: Park Outreach Team Funds make it possible for the team to continue outreach in the homeless community in Ventura’s parks.
June 25: UUCV Inreach/Outreach fund Funds assist those in our own local and church community when the need for help arises.
Thanks for your donations, Anne Escobedo
Inreach/Outreach News
In late April and early May your donations went to help families that care for foster and kinship children, homeless who live in our parks, individuals and families in danger of losing their housing, and those in our local and church community who need assistance.
The congregation collected $664 for Heart 2 Heart, which will increase the supply of furniture items this Ventura County non-profit has available to foster and kinship families who “shop” for items they desperately need to provide for the children placed in their care.
The Park Outreach Team received $538 to allow these volunteers to continue outreach in the homeless community in Ventura’s parks.
The amount of $610 went to Ventura Homeless Prevention Fund to be used to prevent Ventura families and individuals from falling into homeless because of a one-time event such as an accident or illness. Funds pay the rent so a temporary loss of income or unexpected expense does not result in eviction.
The offering of $1,163 was collected for the UUCV Inreach/Outreach fund which is available when need arises within our local and church community.
by Kitty Merrill | Apr 27, 2017 | Inreach/Outreach News
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.” Charles Dickens
Four local organizations have expressed appreciation to the congregation for generous hearts and donations during late March and early April.
The Winter Warming Shelter in Oxnard received a third consecutive offering from you, this time for $666. Our congregation has been helpful in making it possible for the shelter to remain open through the end of March.
We collected $770 for River Haven Transitional Housing Community to help with numerous urgent expenses including case management, food, site management, general repairs, and repair or replacement of the domes which house the community residents. River Haven provides a safe, stable, supportive environment for the homeless to heal and recover.
Camarillo Hospice received $609 which will help provide volunteer hospice and bereavement support services for approximately 600 Ventura County residents.
The offering of $411 went to California Coastal Horse Rescue to help support the cost of food, water and supplementation, as well as veterinary care for the abandoned, neglected, abused and slaughter-bound horses this volunteer organization cares for.
by Kitty Merrill | Feb 27, 2017 | Inreach/Outreach News
“No one has ever become poor by giving.” Anne Frank
Giving
In late January and early February our donations helped provide new school clothes for homeless and low-income children; end discrimination and bullying in our schools; allow homeless and low-income youth to participate in YMCA programs; supported undocumented Ventura County youth (VC Dreamers) and assisted those in our community needing help.
We collected $661 for Operation School Bell to increase the number of children in this program, which provides new school clothes for those from low-income families, increasing the children’s self-confidence and self-esteem and thus chances for a successful school experience.
Social Justice Fund received $475 which will help fund organizations that address prejudice and challenge discrimination and bullying in our schools.
The congregation donated $609 to the Ventura Family YMCA to allow 100 youth who are in low-income, homeless and transitional living situations the opportunity to participate in Y’s Open Doors program.
CLUE-VC, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, received $586 to help pay for training materials so 20 undocumented youth can participate in a leadership program that teaches public speaking skills, leadership training, advocacy skills and pays travel expenses for students to visit universities.
The offering of $729 went to the UUCV Inreach/Outreach Fund to help those in our community who need assistance. 19.
Inreach Outreach Votes
Last month 137 members and pledging friends voted to determine which organizations will receive our Sunday offerings in the months of March-June.
At newsletter deadline, offering dates for those groups that received the vote had not been finalized. However, it was decided on March 5 and again on March 12 the offering will go to the Winter Warming Shelter. There is critical need for the shelter to remain open until the end of March. The final schedule for Sunday offering dates will be posted on the We Care/We Share bulletin board in Berg Hall.
March 5 and March 12: Winter Warming Shelter. Help meet the critical need for the shelter to remain open until the end of March. .
Thanks for your donations
Anne Escobedo
by Kitty Merrill | Nov 1, 2016 | Inreach/Outreach News
“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
