SCA would like to update you on our successful first ever, Mayday for Humanity event

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Dear Friend,

As the Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America, I want to personally thank you for your support during our coalition's Secular Week of Action, including our first ever Mayday For Humanity event. I also want to share with you the results of this fundraising event.

Thanks to the generosity of secular Americans, our coalition raised a total of $25,000! The contributions were earmarked to go to five homeless shelters or food banks. SCA was honored to present a check for $5,000 to the Capital Area Food Bank ([link removed]) , where our team recently volunteered as part of a coalition-wide Secular Week of Action ([link removed]) . Especially now, due to the COVID health crisis, tangible assistance — not thoughts and prayers — is needed more than ever. We are encouraging our supporters, especially those in the DMV area, to learn more about the important work being done by the Capital Area Food Bank and how you can make an impact in that work. ([link removed])

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We were proud to present our BIG check to Capital Area Food Bank!

From left, Hoa Anh Hoang (SCA), Debbie Allen (SCA) John Robertson (CAFB), Andrew McCarty Grossen (SCA), John Philligin (CAFB), Christel Hair (CAFB), Megan Curran (Events and Campaigns Specialist, CAFB) and Emily Lauer-Bader (Director, Corporate Partnerships, CAFB).

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The fundraising extravaganza co-hosted by the Secular Coalition took place on this year's National Day of Reason and included a diverse range of entertainers, comedians, musicians, poets, and activists. A recording of the Mayday for Humanity event can be seen here ([link removed]) .

Four other checks in the amount of $5,000 each are being personally delivered by Mayday for Humanity co-sponsors to the Foothill Unity Center ([link removed]) in California (Secular Student Alliance), Second Harvest ([link removed]) in Wisconsin (The Freedom From Religion Foundation), reStart ([link removed]) in Missouri (Recovering From Religion), and Safe Harbor of Chester County ([link removed]) in Pennsylvania (Freethought Society). Each benefiting organization operates in a nondiscriminatory, secular manner.

Margaret Downey, the Mayday for Humanity event coordinator and president of the Freethought Society ([link removed]) says, “Thanks to the nonbelievers who generously donated during the event, humans, not prayers, answered the Mayday for Humanity emergency call to help end homelessness and hunger.”

It’s all part of the secular notion of doing and acting — instead of praying and hoping in vain. Successful initiatives and programs like Mayday for Humanity could not be achieved without the support and generosity of the secular community. Please click the "I want to help" ([link removed]) button below to help SCA continue this work. Thank you.
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My sincere thanks,

Debbie Allen
Executive Director
Secular Coalition for America

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