Social Justice Youth Group Event:
Stuff a Trunk Event!
Sunday, October 25th, 3-5 PM

The UUC Youth Group is holding a Stuff A Trunk event on Saturday, October 25th from 3-5 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation (20 Forest Street, Stamford) to collect supplies needed by immigrant families. Below is a list of items that have been requested.

There are a few different ways  to support this event.
1–Reach out to your networks- friends, family, neighbors- in the month of October to contribute items to fill YOUR trunk. Then either bring in a bag of items Sunday, October 19th and/or bring a full trunk with those items to UUC on Saturday, October 25th from 3-5 PM. We will place these items on display to raise awareness, and transport to the storage area soon afterwards to be distributed to families in need.

2–Collect what you can from this list and bring your contributions to Sunday service October 19th or Saturday, October 25th from 3-5 PM to help fill OUR trunks! Cars with open trunks will be set up in our small back parking lot, and  we will transport these items to the storage area once full. We (hope) that we will need to make a few trips! ** For Saturday: Please bring your items to the front yard at UUC – Prospect Street Entrance – to ensure a smooth traffic flow. If you have a full trunk, our youth will help you unload!

Here is the backstory:
When ICE detains someone whose income significantly contributes to the stability of a household (i.e. a “bread winner”), dependent partners and innocent children face the threat of homelessness, food insecurity, and increased difficulty meeting their basic needs.

Stamford Norwalk United With Immigrants (SNUI) Mutual Aid has been working to meet the emergency needs of these families through delivering food and other necessities directly to people’s homes. Often we receive emergency requests: A grandmother needs diapers and clothing for the child she is caring for whose mother has been deported; a mom with four kids is injured in a car accident and needs food for her family while she recovers (her husband has already been deported).

Through partnerships with organizations like Food Rescue, Indivisible Stamford, and religious communities- including our own UU Congregation – SNUI Mutual Aid is able to respond to the calls for help through solidarity, reciprocity, and the sharing of resources. We are one community helping one another through times of crisis.

List of Needed Items (non-perishable):
Dry black or red beans, rice, instant noodles soups, maseca (corn flour , people make tons of food with it), tuna, tortillas,  cereal, lentils, oatmeal, pasta, pasta sauce, sugar, coffee, flour, mayonnaise, oil, bars, snacks for little kids. Note: People don’t really eat the veggies in cans. Other items needed include diapers, pet food, children and adult winter clothes, toiletries, and children’s toys.