Community Collection Projects

You may have noticed collection bins in the UUCY Lobby. The UUCY Social Justice Committee currently partners with the following organizations that require regular collections:
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• Our Daily Bread: Collecting regularly needed food and serving items for the continued food insecurity relief that the organization provides.
• White Rose Outreach: Collecting personal hygiene items and other basic needs items to help the organization assist the homeless community.

• Continental Paper Grading to recycle those paper goods/items that York City’s Recycling Services no longer provides. This would ensure that various papers, paperboard, and books are properly recycled, helping us to sustain our environment.
• The YMCA New American Welcome Center: Collecting personal hygiene items to help the organization assist the immigrant community.

​To find out more about each program, and the collection needs, please continue below: 

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Feeding those in Need with Our Daily Bread Collections

​Feeding those in Need with Our Daily Bread Collections Feeding hundreds of people for breakfast and lunch every day requires a lot of supplies and volunteers. In addition to making and serving casseroles regularly, the UUCY Social Justice Committee collects those requested supplies for ​Our Daily Bread in the bin in the lobby. All donations are welcome and help us uphold our consistent commitment to solving York's Food Insecurity.

• ​Napkins 
• Light weight plastic Forks 
• Light weight plastic Spoons 
• Pan release (PAM) 
• Sugar (ODB uses 25# a week) 
• Large bags of Cereal 
• Instant Oatmeal in individual packets 
• Prepared Jello Individual servings ​
• ​Ketchup in squeeze bottles
• ​Ranch Salad dressing
• ​Hot Sauce
• ​Powdered Creamer
• ​Splenda
• ​Regular Ground Coffee
• ​Black Tea bags
• Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate in individual serving packets

No time to shop? Give Our Daily Bread Giant, Weis, or Sam’s club gift cards! This is also a great way to contribute to UUCY's Scrip efforts!

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Helping the Homeless with the White Rose Outreach Collection

White Rose Outreach is a community non-profit, 100% volunteer-based organization that provides basic necessities and advocacy to people in need. They distribute collected items on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at the Parking lot at the corner of Philadelphia St. and Pershing Ave.

​All Seasons

• 3-in-1 Body Wash, Shampoo, Conditioner
• Full Sized Shampoo
• Full Sized Conditioner
• Full Sized Body Wash
• Soap
• Baby Powder / Foot Powder
• Baby wipes
• Diapers
• Deodorant
• Full Sized Toothpaste
• Toothbrushes - Individually Packaged
• Dental Floss
• Female Hygiene Products
• Lotion
• Bandaids
• Shaving Cream
• Lip Balm, non-petroleum
• Combs
  
• Toilet Paper
• Disposable Razors
• Q-tips (baggies of 25-50)
• Laundry Detergent (liquid)
• Dish Detergent
• Snacks - Individually Packaged
• Socks - New
• Tissues - Travel Size
• Washcloths
• Dog Food
• Cat Food

​Winter Items

• Gloves
• Hats
• Scarves
• Hand warmers
• Toe warmers

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Lessening our Carbon Footprint with Continental Paper Grading

York City and County recycling options no longer accept paper based goods. This is because China no longer will no longer take U.S. recycling, leaving much of the paper we still use and trash to go to landfills instead. Continental Paper Grading Company is an experienced waste paper broker specializing in waste paper management, post-industrial and post-consumer plastics, recyclable metals, and more.
​Accepted Paper Wastes
​(Grades need to be separated, hence the multiple bins)
Grade A - Various Papers

• Office Paper
• Junk Mail
• Newspaper
• Magazines
• Catalogs
• Shredded paper (in paper or plastic bags)

Grade B - Paperboard

• Cereal Boxes
• Tissue Boxes
• Boxes from cake mix, jello, toothpaste, etc.
• Rolls from paper towels and toilet paper
• Cardboard egg cartons (NO Styrofoam)

Grade C - Books

• Separated hard cover and soft cover books for recycling

The Social Justice Committee collects these bins from the UUCY lobby and delivers them to Continental Paper Grading.

Continental Paper Grading Company
3350 Concord Rd
York, PA 17402
(717) 885-7881 www.cpgco.com
Drop off hours: 7:30 am - 3 pm 

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YMCA New American Welcome Center

Donations Needed:

• Toothpaste
  
• Deodorant
  
• Shampoo
  
• Feminine Products
  
• Soap
  
• General Toiletries
  

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A large collection bin is located in the UUCY foyer. The Social Justice Committee collects the bin and delivers the donations to the YMCA New American Welcome Center every two weeks.