Month: April 2026

April Outreach Collection: Transgender Education Association

Transgender Education Association (TGEA) is one of several Transgender organizations in the the DC area and seeks to serve the needs and interests of all the people in the gender community. They provide a comprehensive support system and educational resources for transgender, gender nonconforming individuals, and their friends and families. This is especially important during … Continue reading April Outreach Collection: Transgender Education Association

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

AUUC’s Social Justice Committee has planted a pinwheel garden for Child Abuse Prevention Month.  AUUC joins libraries, community centers, local businesses, schools, and other houses of worship throughout Fairfax County. Pinwheels symbolize a happy, healthy childhood and are the national symbol for child abuse prevention. Facts from Fairfax County: Nearly 260,000 children live in Fairfax … Continue reading April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

Gently Used Children’s Book Collection

Do your children have books they’re no longer reading and are ready to give away?  Please consider donating new or gently used children’s books for Halley Elementary students in Preschool through 6th grade. Halley’s reading specialist will be sending books home with the 35 children receiving our weekly meal packs along with some other students to read and … Continue reading Gently Used Children’s Book Collection

Call for Nominations for 2026-27 AUUC Outreach Collection Recipients

Do You Have a Non-Profit to Recommend? AUUC’s Social Justice Committee invites you to nominate an organization to receive one of next year’s Outreach Collections. If you would like to suggest and sponsor an Outreach Collection next church year for a non-profit that is special to you and supports our UU principles, please submit an … Continue reading Call for Nominations for 2026-27 AUUC Outreach Collection Recipients

Pie-Off Wrap-Up

Thank you to everyone who participated in last Sunday’s 4th Annual Pie-Off event by bringing a pie, judging, and eating! Every dollar of the $446 we raised will be donated to the local non-profit, the TransGender Education Association (TGEA). We had a record-breaking total of 20 pies in the competition this year, and each pie … Continue reading Pie-Off Wrap-Up