Our Fiftieth Anniversary Year: 1955-2005

Morristown Unitarian Fellowship

21 Normandy Heights Road

Morristown, New Jersey 07960

973-540-1177 Please visit our Home Page for more information.

Social

Responsibilities Committee (SR)

December 2005 Update

Last updated Jan. 1, 2006

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Join our Social Responsibilities Committee – Help organize and fulfill seasonal/special effort social responsibility MUF projects; visit support agencies; help assess/allocate MUF collection funds for charities. We meet at MUF every month.

Next Social Responsibilities Committee Meeting:

Thursday, January 12, 7:30 p.m., at MUF

Help set, organize and fulfill MUF SR agenda including supporting existing MUF
Social Action groups, shared SR projects across MUF, and seasonal/special efforts. Help
visit support agencies; help assess/allocate MUF collection funds for charities.

Contacts: Karen Burns Rutigliano, karenburns@casaessex.org, or Michelle Kunz, mbkunz@gmail.com

Helping Neighbors in Need

Eric Johnson House – AIDS/HIV Recovery Residence - Family–Style Dinner, Wednesday, January 4 -- 5:30 - 7 p.m.

Share your hospitality and/or kitchen skills by participating in hosting our MUF monthly dinner for the wonderful residents of EJH. Contact MUF Coordinator, Susan Spencer at sespencer@optonline.net to receive your “assignment” – you’ll be added to the rotation.

Morristown Soup Kitchen – Tuesday, January 10

Thanks for the wonderful special MUF Community Soup Kitchen Collection in December! And thanks for the surge in soup and casserole makers and help on the day of. Still need casseroles January 10. We served 196 hungry folks on our December date. Store casseroles in MUF freezer prior to
January 8; thereafter, in fridge. Clearly mark for Community Soup Kitchen. Contact Sharon Glickman, MUF Coordinator, foxwood2@optonline.net, to confirm help.

Morris Homeless Solutions Monthly Dinner – Saturday, January 14 – 4:45 - 7 p.m.

Be a bulwark against the pain and loneliness of homelessness. Bring some cheer – just be
yourself and you can still have time for your own Saturday eve plans! – Help to cook and
serve homeless shelter residents their monthly MUF cheeseburger & birthday cake dinner.
E-mail Michele Kunz -- mbkunz@gmail.com

MUF Members…. Thanks for Your Amazing Support for the 2nd Annual MUF Gifts of Conscience Holiday Fair!

As of December 14 — with still one week to go—you all have stepped forward and purchased fair trade items from Ten Thousand Villages or purchased Heifer income-producing animals…and donated dozens of “cause-based donations” valued at more than $9,000. This is a phenomenal outpouring! So many of your friends and relatives will have received these special holiday gifts this year…and so many of our poorest brothers and sisters here and around the globe will be the beneficiaries of your thoughtfulness. Full report to follow! Help us next year to be even more effective. Contact karenburns@casaessex.org with your ideas and you can help us in 2006!

Martin Luther King Breakfast Tickets – Monday, January 16, 8 a.m.

Super community event at the Headquarters Hotel, Morristown. Advance tickets ($15) needed and
available for sale from Annette Tyler, aotyler@optonline.net, or at SR Table.

New MUF Support for Dover Family –

MUF has agreed to “sponsor” a second Dover single mother and her four children who are working with the excellent NORWESCAP (Northwest NJ Coalition Against Poverty) agency. While they strive for self-sufficiency, interim help is needed from MUF for basics for the family home – linens, towels, curtains, clothes for the children. Few frills. Details @ SR Table.

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