The Cash in the Plate for the first two weeks in October will be donated to the Salvation Army for Hurricane Helene Relief.
The Cash in the Plate for the last two weeks of October will be donated to the South Shore Resource and Advocacy Center (SSRAC). October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
This will be the third year we will have donated to them. An officer spoke to the congregation Sunday morning the two previous years. In July 2023 they also helped with the summer service at which a domestic violence survivor spoke, and they helped with the accompanying display of full-size figures on the church lawn.
SSRAC is “a nonprofit, community-based domestic violence program that has been assisting survivors of domestic violence and their families for more than 40 years. SSRAC is committed to providing comprehensive services for intimate partner and familial violence, as well as victim services and prevention for survivors and loved ones of impaired driving crashes and loved ones who have lost someone to homicide. [They] work to further a community culture that provides safety and support to those affected by domestic violence, homicide, and impaired-driving crashes, to empower victims, survivors, and their children, so that they can lead lives free from domestic violence and strive to heal from these traumatic events.”
Their website is https://hptc.org/service-provider/ssrac/.
