WINTER RELIEF –
A Week of Shelter at UUCA
for 25 Adults
Experiencing Homelessness
Please Sign-up to Volunteer and Donate!
NEW INFO for Everyone:
On Feb 2, there will be just one service at 10 am, followed by an All-Church Soup & Stew Potluck, for us and our guests. Please plan to attend and bring a dish!
New info for Volunteers:
Please attend a very important training session on Sunday 1/19/25 at Middle Hour. (Depending on the number of questions folks have, we may run past 11:15 am, so it would be great if you can plan to attend the 9 am service that day).
During the week Jan 27 through Feb 3, UUCA will be providing shelter, meals and activities for 25 unhoused adults from our county. They will come to us through a program run by Arundel House of Hope. We are participating with 40 other congregations around Anne Arundel County to provide shelter during the coldest months of the year, November through March.
On weekdays, our guests will be with us at the church from about 4 pm till about 7 am, and will be with us 24/7 over the weekend. Our church and UUCA volunteers will be providing overnight shelter and all meals and activities for the entire week. A busy week ahead, for sure! This is an enormous opportunity to bring together large numbers of UUCA members for a very important activity and to be a welcoming congregation to people in need.
We’ll need everybody’s help! There are NEW ITEMS to sign up for:
Please sign-up to donate items here
(Examples of needed items: gently used blankets/quilts, food items, gift cards to Sam’s or Giant)
and
Please sign-up for volunteer opportunities here.
(Examples of volunteer jobs: an on-site weekday hosting shifts, 4-11pm or 11pm to 7 am, or daytime hosting shifts on Saturday or Sunday, helping with guests’ laundry, be an on-call “uber driver” to drive guests, if needed, for example to medical appointments)
Do you have ideas for entertainment? Or have a skill, such as manicuring or mending, to share?