Encourage all members to convert their cash to checks before
bringing their boxes back to church.
Mail donations, along with the completed
tally sheet, to:
UUSC, Guest at Your Table
P.O. Box 835259
Boston, MA 02283-5259
Be sure to complete the tally
sheet.
UUSC must receive the tally sheet, completed, in order to
acknowledge donors’ contributions and to credit membership. Guest at
Your Table donations are tax deductible. UUSC can credit donors with
membership only if we are able to acknowledge their contributions.
Please be sure to include donors’ full names, contact information,
donation amount, and membership type if they are to be credited with
senior or youth membership levels.
More information about how to
complete the
Tally Sheet can be found on the form itself.
New this year is an
Electronic Tally Sheet ... no more photocopying!
Be sure to send in donations promptly. This is especially important
if you have been given checks to UUSC. Your members will expect
these checks to be processed in a timely manner.
It’s OK to send in donations in separate groups. If you have
not received contributions from one or two people, it’s OK to send
in the contributions you’ve got along with a completed Tally Sheet.
Just send in contributions as you receive them, making sure to
include the proper information.
Make announcements. Plan on reminding people to bring in
their boxes at least on the two Sundays prior to your collection
date, and again on the following two Sundays, if need be.
Be sure to publish reminders about your Guest boxes in your
congregation's newsletter and order of service during the week
before, the week of, and the week following your Guest at Your Table
box collection. Here is a sample, published by UUSC Local Rep Casey
Gilmore, December 2006, in the Main Line Unitarian Church order of
service.
Bring Your Box Back
If you've enjoyed having a guest at your table and talking with your
children about helping others around the world, the time has come to
say goodbye to your guest. After both services, [church member's
name] will collect the Guest at Your Table boxes. To make box
collection go smoothly, we ask that you write a check for the amount
of money collected and return your box with the check inside. Fill
out the membership panel on the box to join the Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee (youth membership $10; general
membership $40; to qualify for a UU Shelter Rock match $100). Forget
your box? Bring it next week.
No Box?
If teaching children about human rights is no longer (or never has
been) one of your responsibilities, that doesn't mean you don't care
about creating justice around the world. Please stop by the box
collection area to join the Unitarian Universalist Service
Committee. Senior membership is $20; general membership is $40; and
$100 donations and up will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the UU
Congregation at Shelter Rock.
