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Portraits in Generosity highlights our Sustaining Donors, the people who’ve committed to a monthly donation to the South Bay Food Pantry
Louise Titlow and Karen Kircher have given monthly to the South Bay Food Pantry since early 2020. The pantry was all of three months old when Maureen McNair, its founder, told them about it. They knew it was a natural fit with their values.
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"Songs of Liberation" Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Choir of San Diego Featuring Marshall Voit5/26/2023  7:30pm Saturday, June 10th, 2023
At First UU Hillcrest Treat yourself to an evening of uplifting songs from the African American choral tradition, including traditional and contemporary gospel, Negro spirituals, anthems, and oratorios. Under the direction of Ken Anderson, the MLK Choir raises funds for educational grants for local college-bound students. The Choir will be joined by Marshall Voit, music director at First UU San Diego, opening the concert with protest music classics, original compositions, and social justice songs. Registration required. Get your free tickets.  Year in RevUUe and Farewell to Rev. Omega!
7:30-9pm pm Friday, June 9 Bard Hall at First UU Hillcrest Save the Date for our RevUUe! At this 150th fundraiser we'll be bidding a fond farewell to our beloved Rev. Omega as her terms comes to a close with a variety of songs performed by our own First UU Staff. We'll also have a pop-up shop featuring cool UU commemorative items (and a few surprises) along with a dessert and beverage bar. We hope you'll contribute to our generosity offering supporting our year-long 150th Anniversary celebrations. Not to be missed, see you there! Register for your free tickets. Portraits in Generosity highlights our Sustaining Donors, the people who’ve committed to a monthly donation to the South Bay Food Pantry
“It’s the most consequential work that we do as a church community. I want to be a part of it.” Steve Howard learned about the Food Pantry early in 2020 from Maureen McNair, who founded the Pantry. He knew right away that he wanted to support it. He volunteered as a mid-week bagger, showing up on a weekday morning to move produce like onions and squashes from the five-hundred-pound pallets that the food banks deliver to the individual bags that volunteers distribute on Saturday. He’s always worked for humanitarian causes, and he feels that “what we do matters more than what we believe.” The hands-on work of bagging, which he continues to do every week has grown his understanding of social justice work: “I discovered that I get a lot of satisfaction in directly helping people. I get to see the results.” Portraits in Generosity highlights our Sustaining Donors, the people who’ve committed to a monthly donation to the South Bay Food Pantry
Judy Ramirez, who calls the South Bay campus her church home, is one of the Pantry’s earliest and most loyal donors. She knew Maureen McNair, who founded the Pantry, and learned about the Pantry soon after its launch in December 2019— “people in the South Bay campus were talking about it.” She wrote a check to support its work, and she’s written a check every month since. My partner, Karen Kircher and I, Louise Titlow, have been Diaper Pantry volunteers for a year and a half primarily receiving the deliveries every other week on Tuesdays. Sometimes our shift overlaps with some of the Food Pantry volunteers who bag non perishable food items. At first, the food bagging team and our diaper delivery team tried to work in our overlapping cramped spaces, but there wasn’t enough room and we kept bumping into each other. We made a compromise, and we now help them bag food and they help us carry and stack boxes. I said how grateful I was for Sue Marberry’s help one day and she said “This is what we do, we help each other.” We are creating community while working shoulder to shoulder together, and getting to know each other better. Karen and I have been monthly Sustaining Donors of the Pantry for a few years, and we feel our donation is very well spent, supporting one of our community’s most important programs.
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We have two campuses:
Hillcrest campus: 4190 Front Street, San Diego, CA. 92103 | South Bay campus: Saint John’s Episcopal Church, 760 1st Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910
For GPS to our Hillcrest Campus, please use 298 W Arbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92103
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We have two campuses:
Hillcrest campus: 4190 Front Street, San Diego, CA. 92103 | South Bay campus: Saint John’s Episcopal Church, 760 1st Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910
For GPS to our Hillcrest Campus, please use 298 W Arbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92103
For detailed directions, parking and more see our Contact page.
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