Community Programs
Family Promise of the Palouse (FPP)
Family Promise is an ecumenical non-profit partnership working to end homelessness, one family at a time. Twenty congregations locally offer immediate shelter and support to families.
St. Mark's has more than 20 volunteers who partner with volunteers from St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church about four times per year to provide shelter (at St. Mary's Family Center), round-the-clock supervision, meals, and companionship. Volunteers cook food and share meals with the families, offer tutoring and skills-building, and otherwise help families get back on their feet.
Over the past 20 years this nationwide program has served 400,000 families. After five years of operation, Family Promise of the Palouse has served 62 families (163 individuals), including 88 children. With our partner congregation, in 2018, we contributed 600 volunteer hours during our hosting weeks!
If you need assistance or know a family who does.
To volunteer your time.
Phone or email the church office.
Weekend Food For Kids
Weekend Food for Kids is a summertime collaboration between St. Mark’s and the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse to provide food for children in need.
Watch for details of this summer’s program to be posted in April.
How you can help
If you’d like to volunteer or learn more,
talk with Lois Clifton, Carol Espe, Nancy Lyle or Harriet Hughes
To donate, make your check payable to UUCP, with WFFK written on the memo line (important to ensure that the funds are properly allocated), and mail it to UUCP, P.O. Box 9342, Moscow, ID 83843. Donations of any amount are much appreciated. We also appreciate donations of clean used plastic grocery bags.