Each Sunday, we take an offering. All the cash and designated checks/credit card payments go directly to support external organizations that are doing work that reflects our UU values and our First Unitarian mission. The recipient organizations are our Change for Change partners. Each month, a different agency or group receives the donations. Anyone can nominate a group for Change for Change. Recipient groups must be non-profit. Generally, we prefer to give to groups – whether local, national, or even worldwide — for whom $1000 to $2000 will make a significant difference. The Social Justice Committee evaluates all nominees and submits recommendations to the Board, which makes the final selections.

Change For Change: Any 1UC member, in good standing, can submit a not-for-profit organization that is doing the work we want to be done in the world for a Change for Change Recipient. Once complete, submit it to  Deborah Shinn or Rosalinda Espinosa. The Committee will review accept, ask for more information, or deny.  The accepted are then recommended to the Board of Directors for a month when donations are accepted for Change 4 Change. Application can be found here: Change for Change Application

April Change for Change 

Our Change for Change recipient for the month of April is OKC FOOD HUB farm fresh from local producers. 

Mission:  1) increase wholesale market access and support small-midsize Oklahoma farmers.  2) increase fresh food access.  3) advocacy+ education about systems-based solutions to local food procurement.  The OKC Food Hub would use the money to buy standardized boxes required by their customers.  The HUB links OK farmers with wholesale markets such as schools, grocers, restaurants, tribes & the Regional Food Bank.  The required standardized boxes can be a substantial cost for small & beginning farmers, many of whom are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color.  C4C funds would help buy the standardized boxes to access these important markets.

• • VOICE
  • Manos Juntas
  • The Regional Food Bank
  • The Homeless Alliance
  • Positive Tomorrows
  • PAMBE Ghana
  • Neighbor for Neighbor
  • Free to Live Animal Sanctuary
  • Other Options
  • SISU Youth Services
  • Sister BJ’s Pantry
  • TEEM
  • Sox of Love
  • Planned Parenthood
  • Black Lives Matter
  • And over 100 other local, state, national and international organizations doing work that affirms and promotes the inherent worth and dignity of every person.