Shared Offering for March: Channing-Murray Foundation and Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant

Half the cash collection and all designated checks from the collection each Sunday in March will be shared by Channing-Murray Foundation and Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant (a program of CMF).

Channing-Murray Foundation (CMF) is the Unitarian-Universalist Campus Center at the University of Illinois. CMF is known throughout the campus community for its good music, great food, and the opportunity to engage in nonjudgmental spiritual exploration. The UU Young Adult Group meets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for a shared meal and discussion of topics of interest to young adults. Sunday services take place in the chapel during the university academic year. In addition, writing, dance and arts workshops flourish, and the chapel hosts a wide array of justice oriented community forums, concerts, poetry slams, and student theatrical productions. CMF hosts social justice films and forums each semester which are co-sponsored by the UU Social Action Committee.

The Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant (RHVR) has been serving the Urbana-Champaign community for over 30 years and serves all vegan food. It was started by the Channing-Murray Foundation as a way to put Unitarian-Universalist principles into action. RHVR is non-profit, so all the money made goes back into making the restaurant better for their cooks and customers, and to keeping their prices accessible for those trying to live a healthy vegetarian/vegan lifestyle. Cooperatively run, the Herring serves lunch five days a week from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. RHVR is committed to providing healthier lunch alternatives by cooking from scratch and using local ingredients whenever possible. RHVR also hosts International Vegan Fusion Dinners every week on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., featuring food from a different country each week.