5th Sunday Collection
Each month of the year that has a 5th Sunday HVUUC takes up a special collection for a worthy cause. Below are some of the organizations that have been the beneficiaries of our 5th Sunday collection in the past few years.
Appalachia Service Project
Appalachia Service Project
Bristol Emergency Food Pantry
Cyclone Relief in Burma
Family that relocated to area after Hurricane Katrina
Friends in Need Health Care – Kingsport, Tennessee
Fuentes Libres - Microfinance in Mexico
Haitian Earthquake relief through UUA/UUSC
Heifer International
Hunger First – Kingsport, Tennessee
Interfaith Hospitality Network – Kingsport and Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City Downtown Clinic
Johnson City Parks & Rec – Community Garden Project
Kiva - Microfinance
Melting Pot - Johnson City, Tennessee
Minister’s Discretionary Fund
Remote Area Medical – Bristol, Tennessee
Remote Area Medical – Wise, Virginia
Shriners Hospital – Greenville, South Carolina
Sienna Project – Building schools in Guatemala
The Health Wagon - Southwest Virginia
TABAAR 2 – Assists street children in India
UU Churches of New Orleans damaged by Hurricane Katrina