Every Sunday Tapestry contributes one-half of all undesignated collections received during services to support a specific organization or charity that aligns with, and advances, our Unitarian Universalist principles. If you have a favorite 501(c)(3) organization that promotes UU principles, please send your suggestions to sharetheplate@uutapestry.org.
You can see where our past and current Share-the-Plate donations are going to below.
In 2023 we gave $2,446.50 to charities through our share-the-plate program. Below you will find a listing of all the organizations we have shared our plate with since we started the program in March of 2019.
| Dates | Organization Name | Description | Website |
| November 2024 | Northwest Assistance Ministries | Northwest Assistance Ministries is a nonprofit, community-based, multi-program social service agency that strives to meet basic human needs through Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Since 1983, NAM has been providing assistance in areas including food, shelter, health, and financial stability, with a commitment to helping individuals and families in crisis. | www.namonline.org |
| October 2024 | West Street Recovery | West Street Recovery’s mission is to connect communities to the resources that they need to not only rebuild after climate disasters such as Hurricane Harvey, but to build communities that are resilient, secure and stronger than before. | weststreetrecovery.org |
| September, 2024 | The League of Women Voters Education Fund | As the nation’s oldest grassroots voting rights organization, the League works to make sure that everyone has a fair and equal opportunity to register and cast their ballot—especially first-time voters, youth, new citizens, people of color, and low-income Americans. | www.lwv.org |
| August, 2024 | Special Pals | Special Pals is a no-kill animal shelter committed to ending animal cruelty, providing sanctuary and promoting adoptions since 1979. They also provide a low cost walk-in clinic whose proceeds help provide for the care of the animals in the shelter. | specialpals.org |
| July, 2024 | NAM School Supplies | Northwest Assistance Ministries is a nonprofit, community-based, multi-program social service agency that strives to meet basic human needs through Neighbors Helping Neighbor. This month we will be donating to the NAM school supplies program. | www.namonline.org |
| June, 2024 | Houston Area Parkinson's Society | HAPS provides free therapeutic exercise, speech, support groups and enrichment programs, They also offer social work consultation, case management, transportation and emergency financial aid. | haps.org |
| May, 2024 | Pride Houston | For more than 40 years, Pride Houston has been a central part of the local LGBT community in Houston. Their core mission is to strengthen equality and increase awareness around issues important to our community such as health, safety and marriage equality. Pride Houston celebrates the individuality and diversity of every person as they strive for acceptance from parents, friends and society-at-large. | pridehouston.org |
| April, 2024 | Trees for Houston | This month’s share-the-plate offering is going to Trees for Houston, a nonprofit organization dedicated to planting, protecting and promoting trees in the greater Houston area since 1983. Now celebrating their 40th anniversary with over half a million trees planted, they grow, plant and maintain over 20,000 trees each year for a multitude of projects across the greater Houston region. They take requests from the public to plant trees wherever they may benefit the public, and will plant a tree to honor someone's memory or other special occasion. They maintain the trees for 2 years after planting them. Trees reduce air pollution, provide oxygen, reduce urban heat and home cooling bills by shading buildings and concrete. Trees provide food and habitat for wildlife. Trees reduce storm water runoff and slow erosion. Not least of all trees reduce stress and beautify our surroundings. Your donation allows Trees For Houston to plant and maintain vibrant, healthy neighborhoods throughout the Houston region. | www.treesforhouston.org |
| March, 2024 | UBarU Permaculture Project | The world is faced with multiple environmental dilemmas, which are often exacerbated through human interaction. Among other things, our consumption lifestyle has led us down a path of possible extinction, but we can undo what we have done much faster than people realize. The most pressing of these dilemmas include soil erosion, deforestation, and pollution. Permaculture seeks to address these problems by partnering ecosystem interactions through intelligent ecological design. | www.ubaru.org |
| February, 2024 | Worthy Now | The Worthy Now prison ministries network includes individuals and groups working together so that all imprisoned people know that they are inherently Worthy Now of love and justice. | worthynow.org |
| January, 2024 | World Central Kitchen | World Central Kitchen is the first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate and community crises. By partnering with organizations on the ground WCK serves comforting meals to survivors of disasters quickly and effectively. Providing nourishment, comfort and hope in times of crisis. | wck.org |
| December, 2023 | Houston Humane Society | Houston Humane Society is an animal shelter and veterinary clinic providing free spay/neuter and annual vaccines to low income families. They are dedicated and working towards ending animal cruelty, abuse and over population while providing the highest quality of life to those brought to them for care. | www.houstonhumane.org |