Share the Plate
Each week, we share one third of our offering with a local nonprofit to show our support for organizations whose work furthers the values expressed in our denomination’s Seven Principles. We hope that Share the Plate will also bring a greater awareness to the community of Allen Avenue UU Church and Unitarian-Universalist values.
Share the Plate recipients for the 2025-26 church year:
July – Project FEED (nominated by Elizabeth McNeely & Sue Malcolm)
August – Mano en Mano (nominated by Naneen Chace-Ortiz)
September – Greater Portland Family Promise (annual contribution)
October – MUUSAN (annual contribution)
November – Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (nominated by AnneMarie Catanzano & Naneen Chace-Ortiz)
December – Minister’s Discretionary Fund (annual contribution)
January – Portland Wheelers (nominated by Rick Kimball)
February – TBD (selected by Senior Youth Group)
March – State Street Winter Family Shelter (nominated by Rev. Tara Humphries)
April – Portland Trails (nominated by Erica Bartlett)
May – Youth and Family Outreach (nominated by Sonia Tonelli)
June – Furniture Friends (nominated by Samuel Sherry)
Share the Plate recipients are selected by the Social Justice Committee from nominations submitted by members of the congregation, usually for nonprofits for which they volunteer or have some other connection. At each Sunday service, a brief overview of the month’s organization and its work is given to the congregation.
To make an offering online, you can give via Breeze and choose “Give to Plate”. Your offering will be shared with the organization for the current month.