Shared Offering Recipients for 2015

The Social Action Committee (SAC) is pleased to announce our Shared Offering Partners for 2015!

• January is The Public i, a non-profit community newspaper published by the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. 
• February is Illini Service Dogs, a registered student organization at the UI which trains service dogs for people with disabilities. 
• March is Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County, which works to eliminate poverty housing locally and globally. 
• April is the East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center, which seeks to provide services essential to immigrant re-settlement in East Central IL. 
• May is Illinois Balanced and Restorative Justice, which seeks to expand the availability of restorative justice practices. 
• June is Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, which works to eliminate the poverty sustaining effects of disease-causing parasites. 
• July is the Southern Poverty Law Center, which works to fight hate-groups and promote tolerance. 
• August is Sanctuary 2014, a network of churches that provides refuge to undocumented immigrants who face deportation. 
• September is Compassion & Choices, which works to reduce people's suffering and provide some control over the end-of-life process. 
• October is Cunningham Children's Home, a place where children with serious emotional and behavioral disabilities can heal, learn, and grow. 
• November is Champaign County Health Care Consumers, a group who works for quality, affordable health care for all. 
• In December our Shared Offering is traditionally the Partner Church Committee, which supports our UU partner churches in Romania and India.

In the coming months, half of our cash collection during services, as well as designated checks, will go to support these organizations.  Please give generously.

As always, it was difficult to settle on just 11 organizations to support. All are invited to think of deserving organizations during the coming year, and submit nominations during the fall months, when we select our Shared Offering Partners for 2016.  Thank you! 

– Ryan Latvaitis, Chair