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Back Street Missions
http://www.backstreet.org
This organization provides services to the homeless in our community,
and has special needs during the winter months.
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Community Kitchen
http://www.monroecommunitykitchen.com
We participate in Souper Bowl of Caring
(
http://www.souperbowl.org/)
every year on Super Bowl Sunday. Traditionally, the money is collected
by the young people and it is donated to the Community Kitchen of Monroe County.
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Hannah House
http://www.cpcbloomington.org
It is a crisis pregnancy center to support those who have decided to become mothers,
giving new life an opportunity, in some very difficult circumstances. We
have a special collection for Hannah House in spring.
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Monroe County United Ministries(MCUM)
http://www.mcum.org/
MCUM is a place where human needs and child care are tended to with great care
and generosity - food pantry, child care center and other assistance. UPC supports
them throughout the year with a special collection and food drives.
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Opportunity House
http://www.freewebs.com/opportunityhouse/
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World Concerns
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The Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project in Uganda
http://www.nyakaschool.org/
UPC has supported Nyaka since its beginning. The benefit for the
Nyaka Aids Orphans' School is every November and in support of that benefit,
UPC will have a special collection. The school, begun by Jackson Kaguri and
Beronda Montgomery, provides free tuition, books, uniforms, health education,
sports and recreation, community gardens, access to fresh water,
and has a special children's choir.
UPC is the center of Indiana Friends of Nyaka and members at UPC volunteer actively.
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Eye Clinic in Honduras
http://www.hiseyeshonduras.blogspot.com/
Valerie and Trevor Colby do a variety of mission work there, and have a focus
(no pun intended) on eye care, as well as other health issues.
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