Peace United Church of Christ

Video from 2019 

Peace UCC in Santa Cruz has sent a team to Tecate, Mexico the past three years to build homes for families. We had planned to return in June 2020 to build tow more homes. But after much deliberation and contemplation, we have decided to cancel Peace's Tecate Housebuilding trip planned for June 2020.

Given the uncertainty and impact of Covid-19, we don't feel we can move forward with planning a trip of this nature.

With that said, the pandemic has heightened our awareness of the need for secure shelter. To this end, we want to send funds to the local construction team to build homes for families who lost housing to wildfires in October 2019.

Please donate now! We will collect funds until May 1st, 2020.

Want to join us in making a difference? We are a group of friends & family affiliated with Peace UCC in Santa Cruz heading to Mexico to build two homes and two latrines for families in the border town of Tecate. We need your help to raise funds to purchase the building materials. 

Team members cover the costs of their trip, but we'd love your support to purchase lumber, windows, doors, roofing, paint, etc, etc.

Team Tecate 2019
Samantha Abitbol
Art & Kumalo Alm
Dani Beckerman & Zachary Beckerman Stevens
Jilian, Maddie, & Ellie Chelson Briscoe
Danny, Heather, Samara & Camille Cortazzo
John Fisher, Nadine Golden & Neli Fisher
Caleb & Jolene Gatlin
John & Nicola Hall
Jane Heyse
Monique Kremer & Eliot Sims
Damien Lake
Jay, Jennifer, Monreve & Jack Maguire
Melissa Mahoney & Nash Stevens
Mary Male
Mauricio, Leah, Alma & Neila Mendez
Laura & David Moore
Chad, Jodi, Levi & Judah Mulder
Danny, Shana, Eliana & Christian Nicholas
Carolina Obregon
Cheryl & Perry Otto
Doug Owen
Maryse Postlewaite
Amanda Szecsei & Carson Grant
Craig & Cathy Simons
Tim Smith
Marc, Jill, Jonah & Maizy Susskind
Tom, Melissa & Luke Wedlock
Brian Voenell
Stephanie Welin
Chris, Dylan & Theo Wilmers