For the month of March 2025 The Donna Purkhiser and Gregory McDevitt Scholarship Fund is the outreach offering recipient.

This month’s Outreach Offering recipient is The Donna Purkhiser and Gregory McDevitt Scholarship Fund. The Donna Purkhiser and Gregory McDevitt scholarship fund allows children who would normally be unable to attend The Children’s Winter Garden with White Wing School due to financial limitations the ability to do so. The scholarship is named after Donna and Greg, two individuals who recognized the importance of quality early education. During their lives, they each worked hard to ensure the success of our preschool. We continue to honor their legacy through this scholarship fund.

The UU Church of Nashua has community outreach at the center of our core values. We strive to have an active presence in the community and look for areas where we can lend a hand and make a difference. Our goal is not just to provide financial assistance, but also to encourage congregational participation, and to raise awareness among members of the associated social and economic issues.

Since 2003, we have donated our entire collection plate to organizations doing important work in our community. The Community Outreach Team is a sub-team of the Social Justice Team. It helps coordinate many of the outreach programs and gives support to other outreach initiatives taking place in our church. Our Outreach Team organizes the yearly calendar, receives and reviews requests, selects the monthly recipient and arranges for speakers at Sunday Services. To date we have raised and given away over $400,000 for dozens of different community organizations.

 

To apply to be an Outreach Recipient, please complete the application here.

 

Our Recent Collections:

Month Recipient Amount
March 2024 Donna Purkhiser/Gregory McDevit Scholarship Fund $5,000.63
April 2024 NH Queer Farmer Network $2,310.27
May 2024 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention $2,819.58
June 2024 Seacoast Outright $2,354.88
July 2024 Guns to Gardens $1,720.60
August 2024 Community Hospice House Gardens $2,119.26
September 2024 Meals on Wheels of Hillsborough County $2,289.59
October 2024 Children’s Law Center of NH $2,878.69
November 2024 UUA Disaster Relief Fund $2,207.12
December 2024 Southern NH Services Fuel & Energy Assistance $4,516.10
January 2025 Minister’s Discretionary Fund $4,243.58
                                     Collection Totals: $32,460.30