Debby Schultz's Blog (10)

Join in and be a positive factor in First UU’s Equation for Success Social Justice Project.  Between August 12^th and September 16^th, First UU Congregants will have the opportunity to help kick off the school year at the K-8 Andrew Jackson School by donating key items for success in school – Healthy Snacks and School Supplies. 

Healthy Snacks consist of individually wrapped snacks such as whole grain granola bars with less than 15g of…

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With 1 out of 5 people in Philadelphia being Food Insecure, 84,000 of them being children and with challenges to our environment based on our food choices, First Unitarian Church Congregants chose Food Justice as our new Social Justice theme.  On Sunday March 25^th four interesting proposals for a new Social Justice theme were presented – Economic Justice, Food Justice, Government & Citizenship and Marriage Equality.  All proposals provided background information on each topic,…

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Be on the lookout for Religious Education's month-long food drive!

Beginning March 18th the children from our RE program will be greeting you each Sunday collecting food for Philabundance. 

Each Sunday will have a special fun theme beginning with PB & J Sunday on March 18th and ending with a traditional Easter EGG CAN Hunt on Sunday April 8th.  What a fun way to…

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 We had a great MLK Day Barcoding Event at the Andrew Jackson School Library! 

30 Unitarian Universalists with the help of 16 volunteers from the Federal Reserve Bank worked hard and had fun attaching barcodes and call numbers to 950 books.

Amazingly in two hours all labels were attached and the books were shelved! What is even more exciting is that some volunteers have continued volunteering at Andrew Jackson as new Reading Buddies, Computer Technicians and…

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 The books from the Holiday New Book Drive Books were just delivered to the Andrew Jackson School and oh what a hit they are!

Thanks to all who purchased and donated a book for the Andrew Jackson School Library.  The excitement which these new books caused was a thrill to see.

The fifth graders who helped carry the boxes of books up to the library argued about who was going to check out one of the sports books first.  Then a fourth grade class came into the library, spotted the…

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Currently the congregational social justice them is "Education and Literacy." The recent Social Justice Theme Brainstorming Session resulted in a lively discussion and lots of ideas for expanding our Congregation’s Social Justice focus. As a result, six Proposal Teams were formed:

Proposal Team…

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Social Justice Goals for the 2011-2012 Church Year

• Education/Literacy Theme
  • School Supply Drive – Complete and Successful!
  • Holiday New Book Drive – It’s coming! …

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AUGUST SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE – For the second year in a row First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia helped the Andrew Jackson School at 12^th and Federal Streets kick off the school year with a delivery of about 2500 school supply items.   Pretty amazing!  Many THANKS to all who contributed and supported the drive.  A special thanks to Ranwa Hammamy for taking the lead on this project!

 

ADULT EDUCATION  – Check out the Adult Education brochure for…

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Many of you are familiar with the film “Waiting for Superman” which cites several of the many challenges with our educational system. It is these types of messages that tell me that this Congregation made a very wise decision when in November of 2009 the Congregation via a Congregational vote made a commitment as a whole congregation to enhance Education and Literacy with a focus in our surrounding community.



Why wait for Superman? Are Superheroes really the answer or is it the… Continue