Mission statement
We are committed to making our fellowship a force for positive social change in our local and global communities. We advocate for peace, justice, environmental stewardship, compassion, and caring, and encourage all fellowship members to actively participate in issues of concern to them.
To volunteer for our upcoming events or receive more information, contact us at action@uulakenorman.org. We look forward to hearing about your passions concerning social issues.
Social Action Committee: Chris Paradise (chair), Bruce Henderson, Valena McMurry, Peter Thorsheim
Causes we have supported
Amendment One vote
On September 13th, 2011, the NC legislature proposed an amendment to the Constitution that would ban legal recognition for all unmarried couples, strip protections and benefits from families across our state, hurt our business climate and economic development, and put our children in danger. On issues of civil rights we support passing laws that treat people equally, not those that are unjust. Therefore we opposed the amendment and encouraged all to vote against Amendment One on May 8.
www.protectncfamilies.org
Our Towns Habitat for Humanity workday
UU Fellowship of Lake Norman provided volunteers for painting interior trim at a Habitat build in the Poole Place neighborhood in Cornelius. We worked alongside our own Amy Hartman, board member of OTHFH who is organizing a “women build” in the same neighborhood. Our Towns Habitat for Humanity works to provide affordable housing to those in need and has a vision to eliminate substandard housing in the communities of Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, and Mooresville.
www.ourtownshabitat.org
Ada Jenkins Center
The Ada Jenkins Center gives at risk clients access to a comprehensive array of services under one roof. Our fellowship has collected food for the Loaves and Fishes food pantry, which serves needy families in the Davidson and surrounding areas. We have provided volunteer support for the LEARN Works after school tutoring program along with collections of school supplies. Volunteers from our fellowship have also provided administrative support for the front desk and Latino services and childcare for Latino families during parent class time.
www.adajenkins.org
Davidson Community Garden
Volunteers from our ranks have participated in planting and tending crops through a team effort. This community project is designed to provide fresh produce to neighbors in need in our local area and through the Ada Jenkins food pantry.
www.facebook.com/pages/Davidson-Community-Garden/125479730802697
CROP Walk Charlotte
Our volunteers participated in this effort to raise awareness and funds locally to alleviate hunger and poverty in this country and around the world. We not only supplied walkers but financial sponsorships to support this nationwide endeavor.
www.charlottecropwalk.org
Earth Day
In April 2011 we took an educational tour of the Iredell County Landfill as an exercise in observance of Earth Day, a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation of the earth’s natural environment.
www.earthday.org
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
Kids from our fellowship collect monetary donations for UNICEF efforts to fight global childhood disease and malnutrition, provide educational opportunities and clean
drinking water, and efforts to fight AIDS and prevent child exploitation and trafficking. Even our littlest ones have an age appropriate way to offer help for children around the world.
www.unicef.org
Santa for Seniors 2011
Santa for Seniors at the Mooresville Soup Kitchen
To bring some joy to our elderly neighbors during the Christmas season we worked with the Mooresville Soup Kitchen to collect the names of seniors who need items to help them stay warm this winter. Snowflake ornament tags were placed on our Christmas tree containing their gift list for Christmas. Our fellowship members and friends bought hats, gloves, scarves, sweatshirts, and blankets, along with grocery gift cards, and delivered them to this sometimes-forgotten group. Kids decorated holiday cards and made cookies with Mom and Dad. Our senior friends at the soup kitchen were delighted to receive the gifts.
www.mooresvillesoupkitchen.com
Lunch at the Mooresville Soup Kitchen
We prepared and served lunch to our hungry neighbors at the soup kitchen. The soup kitchen serves lunch Monday-Friday year round, and on Saturdays during the winter months January – March.
www.mooresvillesoupkitchen.com
Room In The Inn at Davidson United Methodist Church
Homelessness is an issue we care deeply about. Room In The Inn is a program of the Charlotte Urban Ministries Center to provide beds for the homeless during the winter months. UU Fellowship of Lake Norman has served one night during each of the last two seasons. This ministry is hosted at Davidson United Methodist Church three nights a week from December through March. Volunteers make the beds, cook and serve a home-cooked meal, fellowship with the guests, spend the night, serve breakfast and provide cleanup.
www.urbanministrycenter.org
Quarterly Adopt-A-Highway litter cleanup
UU Fellowship of Lake Norman is committed to the Adopt-A-Highway program for a minimum of four years. Our responsibility is to clean up litter in Davidson along a one-mile stretch of Davidson-Concord Road once a quarter. A sign at the end of each segment between Grey Road and the traffic circle at the edge of town credits the fellowship for this effort. This is a fun way to help make our environment a more beautiful place to live.
www.ncdot.org
Contact: Bruce Henderson
For more information about ways you can become involved, browse through our Social Action notebook on the information table at each worship service.
