From the Caring Circle
Our Caring Circle is Available
Our ‘Care Coordinator’ receives requests and answers questions for the Caring Circle.
Bob Bollinger is the contact person for March and April.
Valerie Cochrane is the assistant.
If you have a need, please contact Bob.
Please note that your call will be returned as quickly as possible but it may be at the end of the day.
From the Social Action Council
New Social Justice group to meet on Monday nights
Want to be active in social justice issues but have limited time? A new Social Justice Group will meet every other Monday night on Zoom, starting March 4th. We will work on issues related to Equity in Connecticut – things like access to healthcare, housing and education; immigrant rights; voting rights; and climate justice. Our goal will be to use what privilege we have – and our collective voice – to help meet the needs of those with less privilege and power.
We’ll meet on Zoom on Monday nights at 7 on the first, third and fifth Mondays of the month. This will be a UU Danbury group but at times we’ll coordinate our efforts with other UU congregations in Connecticut. Our main focus will be on local and state actions, rather than national ones. My plan is to start with small tasks and grow as we are able.
Come join us for our first meeting on March 4th at 7 pm. Every 2 weeks we’ll gather with whoever else from UUCD shows up, and we’ll make plans for everything from phone calls and letter-writing to attending Danbury meetings and rallies. Contact Sherry at officemanager@uudanbury.org for the Zoom link.
Soup Kitchen Corner by Judy Lacker
On Saturday, March 2nd, some members of Soup Kitchen Team 1 (Team Leader Rose Schlemmer, John Miglietta, Gary Winn, Jane Leff, Randy Becker and Brian Teagarden) will be returning to the Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen on Spring Street to help serve take-out meals that were cooked in volunteers’ homes as well as bagged sandwiches for lunches and breakfasts and hot lunches for Pacific House also prepared in volunteers’ homes as well as through donations. Unfortunately, we are not yet able to serve the guests a meal inside because of the Covid pandemic.
You can also help feed our neighbors with a gift card in any amount from any local supermarket.. Lynn Taborsak has also been scheduling the sandwich donations so we have just the right amount each day at Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen. If you are interested in making sandwiches, please email her at ddhhsandwiches@gmail.com. We can all be an important part of the fight to end hunger in our community!
You can also help feed our neighbors with a gift card in any amount from any local supermarket.. Lynn Taborsak has also been scheduling the sandwich donations so we have just the right amount each day at Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen. If you are interested in making sandwiches, please email her at ddhhsandwiches@gmail.com. We can all be an important part of the fight to end hunger in our community!
In the past couple of years, we have lost some of our Dorothy Day volunteers. Please consider volunteering to be on a DD Team – it only involves a few hours, 3 Saturdays per year. You will find it to be a very rewarding experience. Please contact Judy Lacker for more information or to sign up.