Share the Plate

“Share the Plate” Program

In 2023, Sunnyhill raised more than $5,000 for social justice and charitable organizations in the larger community through our designated offering program. For quite some time, we have had designated offerings once or twice a month to benefit organizations aligned with our congregation’s values. In 2024 we shifted from designated offerings to a “Share the Plate” program, in which 50 percent of all non-pledge collections each and every Sunday will be given to one of our social justice partner organizations. The other 50 percent of non-pledge collections will benefit Sunnyhill. Each month, we will feature one partner organization which will be our “Share the Plate” beneficiary for the entire month.

This new program enables us to give even more to partner organizations in the community while still supporting our own congregation. Congregations that have implemented this program have found that overall giving has increased as a result.

2025

January: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)

2024

December: Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh

November: Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation

October: UUA Disaster Relief Fund

September: Youth Enrichment Services

August: UUJusticePA

July: PIIN The Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network

June: Mt. Lebanon Juneteenth Celebration

May: Community Care and Resistance in Pittsburgh (or CCRIP)

April: Communitopia