Once a year at our Spring Congregational Meeting, our members vote for ten local organizations (out of three or four dozen that have been nominated) that will receive all designated checks and online/text donations as a part of one service a month during our church year. (When we are in person, this includes all loose cash in the offering plates.) In March/April, we ask members and friends to nominate local organizations that are doing good work in our community on a variety of issues.
The nominated organizations for 2022: (in the order the nomination was received)
The nominated organizations for 2022: (in the order the nomination was received)
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1. Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools
2. ECHO Collective 3. Planned Parenthood 4. Open Harvest 5. Mourning Hope 6. Lincoln Indian Center 7. Blue Heron Tiospaye 8. Friendship Home 9. Clyde Malone Community Center 10. NAACP Lincoln Branch Scholarship Fund 11. Center for People in Need 12. Food Bank of Lincoln |
13. Center for Legal Immigration Assistance
14. Community Crops 15. Everett Free Grocery Program 16. Fresh Start 17. Little Free Pantries 18. Out Nebraska 19. Lincoln Literacy 20. Lutheran Family Services 21. NE Religious Council for Reproductive Freedom 22. Asian Community and Cultural Center 23. Voices of Hope 24. Willie’s Underwear Project |
When we were solely online staff conducted interviews with these organizations on Zoom. A small portion is included in a Sunday Service, and the whole interview is post to our YouTube Channel. The ten recipients for the 2020/2021 church year as voted by our members at the Spring 2020 Congregational Meeting:
- Fresh Start Home for Women - June 2021
- Voices of Hope - Nov 2020
- NAACP Lincoln Branch - March 2021
- Child Advocacy Center - May 2021
- Community Crops - Oct 2020
- Center for People in Need - April 2021
- The Malone Center - July 2021
- El Centro de las Americas - Jan 2021
- Nebraska Native American Women's Task Force - Feb 2021
- Planned Parenthood of the North Central States - Sept 2020
LIST OF ALL SHARE THE PLATE RECIPIENTS SINCE 2017 IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
- ACLU Nebraska
- Camp Sommergold
- Carl Maxey Center
- Center For People in Need
- CenterPoint
- Center for Legal Immigration Assistance
- Clinton Elementary
- Community Action Program
- Community Crops
- Eastridge Food Pantry
- El Centro de las Americas
- Food Bank
- Food Net
- Fresh Start Home for Women
- Friendship Home
- Malone Center
- Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach
- Nebraska Appleseed
- Nebraska Native American Women's Task Force (MMIWG)
- Planned Parenthood of the Heartland
- Stand in For Lincoln/Nebraska
- Voices of Hope
- Yazidi Cultural Center
- Youth/Young Adult to GA
