Pastor's Discretionary Fund

monthly financial support

Families in crisis

Confidential assistance

Head Start

monthly financial support

Four families with children in Plymouth, Duxbury

Shop for food and household items

Friends of the Council on Aging

monthly financial support

Duxbury senior citizens

Rides, services, meals, programs

Plymouth Coalition for the Homeless

monthly financial support

Families in Plymouth county

Purchase food

deliver donated food and clothing

Serve New England Food Co-op

monthly financial support

3 Duxbury families, 1 Plymouth

Purchase and deliver perishable co-op food

Duxbury Interfaith Council

membership fee and monthly support

3 Pilgrim Church reps & Sr. Pastor

150 families in Plymouth County

Holiday food baskets

Referrals for families in need for Head Start, PCH and Serve NE assistance from Pilgrim Church

Mashpee UCC start-up church

financial support

New UCC church on Cape

Limited time

Habitat for Humanity

monthly financial support

Duxbury building project

Also will be coordinating volunteer construction labor and meals for volunteers

Casa Myrna Vasquez

one-time financial support

Domestic Violence Center based in Boston providing shelter, prevention programs

Housekeeping wish list drive

South Shore Women's Center

one-time financial support

Domestic violence program based on south shore

Ugandan Orphans Fund

Children at risk in Uganda

Penny drive to buy cow for village; sales of necklaces 4 Sundays/year to benefit Fund

Church World Service child sponsorship

monthly financial support

Eunice, age 9 of Uganda

Also letters and nominal gifts (ribbons, etc.)

Pilgrim Child Care &Preschool

Needy church family with child in day care

One-time scholarship

Mass-to-Miss Missions

one-time financial support

Pilgrim Youth trip in June

Hands-on work; donations; cultural exchange

Pine Street Inn

assist with meal service on-site

Boston Homeless shelter

Last Friday of each month

Fair Trade Coffee

sold virtually at cost to congregation

living wage for coffee farmers in coops

Second Sunday of all months except summer

Bread for the World

legislative initiative

Help global poor primarily by passing Global Poverty Act

Offerings of Letters—letters t Congress about better coordination of US poverty relief policies

Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless

legislative initiative

Eliminate homelessness in Massachusetts per UCC Resolution Against Homelessness

Write governor and legislators about adding specific small targeted budget items