The Outreach Opportunities Fund Committee selects outside organisations to receive a portion of the Sunday offering.

Current Recipient

The Urban Native Youth Association – unya.bc.ca

UNYA strives to support Indigenous youth by providing a diverse continuum of advocacy, preventative and support services that respond to their immediate and long-term needs. Today, UNYA delivers 20+ programs, with 175+ volunteers, 100 staff, and more than 300 community partners. For more info please see unya.bc.ca

Outreach Opportunities Fund (OOF)

Chair: Yvonne Marcus

Statement of Purpose:

To distribute 25% of funds collected during the Sunday service to community charities, both those that are independent of the church and those that have some connection to the work of church teams. Priority is given to organisations undertaking social justice, refugee support and settlement and environmental sustainability work with a focus on vulnerable or other marginalised communities. Preference for funding is given to groups working primarily in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

Members:

Cecilia Gruber, Jennifer Malcolm, and Melody Mason

Previous recipients

• Highs & Lows Choir
• First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of BC (FNESS)
• Food Stash Foundation
• Aboriginal Mother Centre Society – August to October 2023

Please click here for information on previous recipients.

Future Plans

Three organisations will be selected to receive funds from OOF during the next year. In the past, the committee has chosen the recipients but we now ask members of the congregation to nominate local charities for consideration by the committee.

To nominate an organisation, please get in touch with Yvonne Marcus.