On the third Monday of each October, members of the Upper Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, walk to raise funds for selected local organizations whose work reflects Unitarian Universalist values, in the discretion of the Fellowship's Social Justice Committee. View Guestbook Sign Guestbook In the past, walkers strolled from Narrowsburg, New York, along River Road on the Pennsylvania side of the Upper Delaware to the Fellowship's former meeting place in Milanville. Since 1998, when the Fellowship moved its meetings to Beach Lake, Pennsylvania, the walk has begun and ended at the Berlin Township Community Center -- in the neighborhood of five miles.
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	To collect pledges and join in the walk, print out one of the versions of this pledge form and let the Fellowship know of your interest. If you can't make the walk yourself, you can make a generous donation by mail to the address shown at the bottom of this page. All funds collected are distributed to the designated organizations the following spring.   How did this event get started? Bud Rue was a charter member of the Upper Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Back in 1993, he asserted that, while he thoroughly enjoyed talks and discussions, he felt strongly that the group should be "out there doing something" to help less fortunate people. So after helping to organize the Wayne County chapter of Habitat for Humanity, he persuaded the Fellowship to sponsor a fundraiser with proceeds to be donated to local charities.
	Bud himself was unable to complete that first Walk. Each year since then, consistent with our statement of purpose, the Fellowship has sponsored the Bud Rue Memorial Walk for Social Justice to help our neighbors. During the first walk, Bud fell victim to a cardiopulmonary arrest, brought on by an asthma attack, and he died. The Fellowship has carried the event forward annually, named in Bud's memory, benefiting the same original charities.
	BUSINESS SPONSORS Local people, businesses and organizations, friends and family of Fellowship members, and others willing to contribute to worthy causes, have given generously each year. Businesses that contributed to the 2005 walk include The River Reporter newspaper of Narrowsburg; and the First National Bank of Jeffersonville, the everybody bank.

2005 BENEFICIARY ORGANIZATIONS

Habitat for Humanity of Wayne County, 827 Church St., Honesdale, PA 18431 [HfHI]
Habitat for Humanity of Sullivan County, PO Box 695, Harris, NY 12742-0695 [HfHI]
Rape Intervention Services & Education, Sturgis Road, Monticello, NY 12701
Victims Intervention Program, PO Box 986, Honesdale, PA 18431

100% OF FUNDS RAISED BENEFIT THE ABOVE ORGANIZATIONS

UUs support Habitat for Humanity and victim's groups, The River Reporter, October , 2003 Bud Rue's legacy and dreams live on through memorial walk, The Weekly Almanac, October 23, 2003 Letter of thanks: Fellowship president Grace Eno, The River Reporter, March 13, 2003 Letter of thanks: Fellowship president Tom Lisenbee, The River Reporter, March 13, 2003 Letter of thanks: Fellowship president Tom Lisenbee, The River Reporter, November 28, 2002 Letter of thanks: Fellowship president Tom Lisenbee, The River Reporter, November 7 2002 Letter of thanks: Fellowship president Tom Lisenbee, The River Reporter, November 15, 2001 Walk for Social Justice scheduled Sunday, The Times Herald-Record, October 17, 2001 Letter of appeal: Fellowship president Tom Lisenbee, The River Reporter, October 11, 2001 Letter of thanks: Fellowship president Tom Lisenbee, The River Reporter, October 26, 2000 'Social justice' groups get walk-a-thon checks, The River Reporter, May 11, 2000 Bud Rue memorial walk takes a new turn, The River Reporter, October 8 and 15, 1998 Walk-a-thon proceeds will exceed $15,000, The River Reporter, July 10, 1997 Rain holds back for Bud Rue walk-a-thon, The River Reporter, October 24, 1996 Walk-a-thon shares proceeds The Sullivan County Democrat, November 6, 1995 'Faith with feet': Rue memorial draws a crowd, The River Reporter, November 2, 1995 Bud Rue Memorial draws a crowd of walkers, The River Reporter, October 26, 1995 Humanities walk honors founder, The Times Herald-Record, October 23, 1995 Walk-a-thon registration still open, The River Reporter, October 19, 1995 Unitarian Universalists put feet where mouth is, The River Reporter, February 23, 1994 Friends gather for 'Bud' Rue memorial, The Weekly Almanac, November 5, 1993 Crossing the river (editorial), The River Reporter, November 4, 1993 'Bud' Rue's convictions were apparent in his work, The Weekly Almanac, October 29, 1993 Organizer dies on walkathon, The Times Herald-Record, October 25, 1993

MAILING ADDRESS OF SPONSORING ORGANIZATION:
Upper Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, PO Box 136, Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, 18435
UDUUF Website

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