{"id":6141,"date":"2022-02-21T10:12:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T18:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/?page_id=6141"},"modified":"2025-09-15T19:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T03:05:38","slug":"sharing-the-plate-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/sharing-the-plate-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing the Plate Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Under Beacon\u2019s \u201cSharing the Plate\u201d program, one-half of the open collection taken in each Sunday service is donated to a local charity. The Sharing the Plate policy requires that the Beacon membership annually select the following year\u2019s recipient through a vote at the Annual General Meeting in April.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guidelines for the Sharing the Plate Charity<\/strong><br \/>\nThe charity should:<br \/>\n\u2022 have their principal activities in the Lower Mainland, preferably in the New Westminster\/Tri-Cities area;<br \/>\n\u2022 be a relatively small charitable organization, one which will be positively impacted by the amount of the Sharing the Plate contribution;<br \/>\n\u2022 not have a formal affiliation with a religious organization or political party; and<br \/>\n\u2022 be willing and able to come to Beacon in September to tell us about their work, and come again in May or June to receive the accrued donations.<\/p>\n<p>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sharing-the-Plate-Nomination-Form-2025-6-fillable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this form<\/a> to nominate a charity. Completed applications are due at the end of February.<\/p>\n<p>The charity Beacon is currently supporting is the<b> Lookout Housing and Health Society.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6141"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8615,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6141\/revisions\/8615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}