Earth Day Activities
SUNDAY, APRIL 25, in celebration of
Earth Day all congregational members are asked to bring non-perishable foods to church in a reusable bag and contribute both to Project FEED, a food pantry which the congregation has supported for years.
Suggested items for the bags are: cans of soup, vegetables, fruit and tuna, boxes of cereal, macaroni, spaghetti, macaroni and cheese and crackers, individual rolls of toilet paper, shampoo, dish-washing detergent, toothbrushes, toothpaste, bars of soap, baked beans, one pound bags of rice, and jars of jam, peanut butter and spaghetti sauce.
This action will take place in conjunction with a presentation and discussion with Matt Prindiville of the Natural Resources Council of Maine regarding NRCM’s
Got Your Bags? initiative following the second church service sponsored by the
Green Earth Committee. FMI see http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=3337.
Green Earth subcommittee
Green Burial Workshop - April 24
Led by Eva Thompson, Yarmouth UU member, Board member of the Maine Funeral Consumers Alliance and co-founder of Last Things, Inc.
“Every year American funerals consume 30 million board feet of casket wood, 90,000 tons of steel, 1.6 million tons of concrete, 800,000 gallons of embalming fluid and thousands of acres.”
The Daily Green |
Registration and coffee at 8:30 am, program at 9:00 am. Please see the Green Earth page for more information.
Preble Street Soup Kitchen
We and First Parish UU Church commit ourselves to prepare and serve dinner to well over 200 clients once a month (
fourth Tuesdays) at the Wayside Soup Kitchen at 252 Oxford Street, Portland. Preparation is from 3:30 - 5 and serving and clean-up is from 5:30 - 7:30. Please see our website for more information.
Project FEED
Project Feed is a food pantry housed in Woodfords UCC Church. A number of our members work at the pantry and two of them are on the Board. Every week we contribute non-perishable food to the pantry, which can be left in the basket in the foyer of Allen Avenue.
Financial donations are also needed. Shaws Grocery stores will contribute 1% of your purchases made on Tues., Wed., and Thurs. for registered participants. To register go on-line to http://www.albertsons.com/cp/shaws/ and enter your Shaws Reward Number, 10 digit phone number and eventually the number 49001018456 for Project Feed. Thank you for your support! Over the past couple of years the pantry has earned over $6000 from an earlier paper receipt program.