Please view our social action page for a more extensive list of groups that Emerson UU Church encourages its members to support with Sunday collections, special fund-raising efforts and volunteer work projects.
Meals on Wheels Recently, the Social Action Council decided to make a meaningful contribution to Interfaith Ministries’ Meals on Wheels program. To that end, we are sponsoring a senior who had been on the Meals on Wheels waiting list. For the next year, for just $1200 (that’s $100/month), we are ensuring that this person will receive a hot, nutritious lunch every day!
About 250 seniors remain on the waiting list. You can sponsor a senior by contacting Interfaith Ministries at www.imgh.org.
Hospitality Apartments Emersonians are long-time supporters of the Hospitality Apartments (phone:(713) 790-9120) , which provide free housing for Texas Medical Center patients and their families. In 2006, road construction in the area nearly forced the Hospitality Apartments to abandon their long-time location conveniently situated near the Texas Medical Center in Houston. However, a new and improved complex has been built on adjacent property and re-opened in February 2008. The Houston Chronicle published an excellent article in the Mar 1, 2008 Business section that describes how the Hospitality Apartments operate with a staff of volunteers and relates the stories of some of the many patients that have benefited from this service.
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There is also a nice web site with many photos and information. To make a donation or for more information about Emerson Church’s support of this project, contact Tom Matney.
Scholarship Fund We are continuing to supportthree students who are the first in their families to go to college. No amount is too small: $10x100 members is a lot! What a difference we can make!
Emerson Receives Diamond Ranking For Emerson Church’s contribution to the our denomination’s Unitarian Universalist Association, www.uua.org, we have received a “diamond” ranking, which means that we have paid our full and fair share for the size of our congregation, for ten consecutive years.
In 2006, road construction in the area nearly forced the Hospitality Apartments to abandon their long-time location conveniently situated near the Texas Medical Center in Houston. However, a new and improved complex has been built on adjacent property and re-opened in February 2008. The Houston Chronicle published an excellent article in the Mar 1, 2008 Business section that describes how the Hospitality Apartments operate with a staff of volunteers and relates the stories of some of the many patients that have benefited from this service.
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