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Ridwell Reminder


Please join in for the next Ridwell prep party on May 5 at 2 p.m. The next featured item is #5 pill bottles with the label removed.  These are prescription bottles not over the counter. Please remember, Ridwell only accepts clean, WHITE RIGID styrofoam. Takeout containers and styrofoam egg cartons are okay if they’re white. Remember: the metal recycling drive is coming up in May, so start saving your scrap metal! Thank you for all you do. Contact Kathy (612-590-9606) or Sue (612-703-2297) with questions 💚

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Upcoming Beacon Events

Join the Housing Justice Team at the upcoming monthly Beacon Rent is Due Call. It’s a gathering of folks from many places of worship to help us all learn how to help move the legislature to provide the funding needed to provide housing supports for all Minnesotans. It takes place on the first Wednesday of every month from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Please click here to sign up for the event on June 4. UUCM played a big part in getting approval for Beacon’s new Prairie Pointe housing development in Shakopee. Join is at the groundbreaking May 5 at 3:30 p.m. Please click here to register.

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“Religion, Racism & Reconciliation” Film Screening

Join the UUCM Housing Justice Team at a film screening for “Religion, Racism and Reconciliation.” It’s a groundbreaking documentary that explores the ways in which racism intertwined with American religion. It follows the stories of individuals and communities of faith who have engaged in addressing the issues of systemic racism, including voting rights, income inequality, and mass incarceration.  Saturday, May 3, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church of Plymouth, one of our partner churches. Please click here to register.

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Beacon Donation Drive

UUCM will be doing another drive for Vista 44, Beacon’s supportive housing development in Hopkins. Items needed include: paper goods, diapers and wipes, toiletries, cleaning supplies baby items, kids room items (crayons, markers, blocks, etc.). Please bring them the next few Sundays through May and June and place them in the community room. You’re also welcome to join a tour of Vista 44 on July 23 at 1 p.m. Please click here to sign up to attend.