Community Service

Starfish Volunteers Needed

Feeding the Hungry

Center For Food Action (CFA)

The Sinai School

Volunteer/Caring Community

Family Promise

Caring For Israel's Needy

At a Shabbat Service a few years ago, Amos Elad, one of the key leaders of MEIR PANIM, shared with us the story of this amazing place where the volunteers include both secular and religious Jews working together and the "guests" represent a cross section of Israeli society from recent immigrants to Sabras.

Poverty has made heavy inroads in Israel, with over 20% of the population subsisting below the poverty line. MEIR PANIM has a network of soup kitchens for the needy in many cities throughout Israel. MEIR PANIM provides needy elementary school children with nourishing lunches every day

For just $1 a day, you can provide a hungry child in Israel with a nutritious warm meal; for just $4 a day, you can provide a needy soul with a nutritious warm meal.

If you would like to make a contribution to MEIR PANIM, send your check made out to Temple Avodat Shalom and indicate it is for MEIR PANIM. Rabbi Borovitz will ensure that the donations reach MEIR PANIM.

Starfish Volunteers Needed

STARFISH is a volunteer organization begun in 1975 by the clergy and caring people from the houses of worship in River Edge, Oradell and New Milford. It provides transportation to and from doctors and other medical facilities for those in these towns who have no other means of help. Volunteer once a month as officer of the day to take messages, or volunteer to drive. For further information, please call Virginia at 201-261-4731. PLEASE. The Starfish Board is also looking for a delegate to represent Temple Avodat Shalom. If you are interested, call Nilene Chase.

Feeding the Hungry

Our next Feeding the Hungry this year is on November 17.
Please contact our coordinators Betsy and Ian Louda to volunteer to cook at home, serve at the shelter or assist
at the Temple heating the food for the day. Other dates we will
be Feeding the Hungry: January 19, March 15 and May 17.
We are also committed to Feed the Hungry on two Sundays,
February 5 and April 15. David Snow is the coordinator for
these dates.
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FOOD DONATIONS FOR FOOD BANK

In these difficult financial times, food banks are receiving
less donated food but are experiencing greater need . When you
do your grocery shopping, buy an extra item or two. Please
bring donations of food (non-perishable and in unbreakable
packaging) to the temple lobby whenever possible (yes, even
during the high holy days; hunger knows no holiday.)

Center For Food Action

As winter and Thanksgiving approach, the Center for Food Action (CFA) needs your help. For every day, they need peanut butter, hot & cold cereals, hearty soups, juice, canned vegetables, canned meats and tuna, instant mashed potatoes, rice and paper goods. For Thanksgiving, they need stuffing mix,canned sweet potatoes, canned green beans, canned fruit,cranberry sauce, muffin mix, canned pumpkin, coffee, tea and hot chocolate mix. Put items in the Temple food donation basket. Monetary donations & supermarket gift cards in $10, $15 & $20 amounts can be donated in the Temple Office.

The Sinai School
If you have furniture that is in very good or excellent condition, please consider donating the items to a new residential program for Jewish women with developmental disabilities. The Sinai School (formerly Sinai Special Needs Institute) recently acquired a beautiful colonial in Teaneck to serve as the residence. The agency will be starting with four young women who will receive practical life skills training (diet and exercise, shopping, money management, menu planning, meal preparation, vocational development). Sinai is currently looking for donations of high quality furniture (tax deductible receipts would be provided) and dedications. For more information about this wonderful program, please contact Moshe Coan, MSW, Director of Sinai's residential programs at 201-303-4303 or mcoan@sinaischool.org

VOLUNTEER / CARING COMMUNITY

Your Family needs you!!!

When you joined Temple Avodat Shalom, you joined an extended family. As in any family, you share the good times and the hard times. Simchas and tragedies. When your family is in crisis, you somehow find a way to lend a hand. Now, some of your fellow congregants, your extended family, need that hand.

The Caring Committee has been formed to help Temple Avodat Shalom members who are in crisis. When a situation arises, a member of the committee will determine the need and then call on volunteers from the database to help out.

So what can you do? Volunteer to add your name to the Temple Avodat Shalom Caring Committee volunteer database. Give one hour a month to help someone in our family.

Ways you can help:
Cook a meal
Order in a meal
Drive a child )where you live( to Hebrew School
Drive a Temple member )where you live( to Friday Night Services
Provide job seeking advice
Household help: mow a lawn, shovel a driveway, rake leaves, etc...
Tutor a child for an evening

If you can do any of the above, please fill out the form below and send it to the Temple Avodat Shalom office at 385 Howland Avenue, River Edge, New Jersey 07661 or email volunteer@avodatshalom.net

If you need assistance in any way, please contact the Volunteer Committee, the Rabbi, Cantor or someone in the office and we will be there for you. All needs will be kept in the strictest of confidence.
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Volunteer / Caring Committee

Name_____________________________________________

Phone Number______________________________________

Address___________________________________________

Email_____________________________________________
Service you can help with )check as many as you like(
___ Cook a meal
___ Order in a meal
___ Drive a child )where you live( to Hebrew School
___ Drive a Temple member )where you live( to Friday Night Services
___ Give job seeking advice
___ Household help: mow a lawn, shovel a driveway, rake leaves, etc...
___ Tutor a child for an evening
___ Other________________________

FAMILY PROMISE RETURNS –
ALL HANDS on DECK!
Great News! Temple Avodat Shalom will, once again, join
with other congregations in the area to help St. Peter’s Church
host Family Promise. Those of you who participated last time
will attest to this program. Volunteering was well worth every
minute.
We help host for two consecutive weeks, from November
27 to December 11 . Anyone interested in cooking, setting th th
up, cleaning up or spending time with the families, please
contact Esther Fletcher.


		Community Service Starfish Volunteers Needed Feeding the Hungry Center For Food Action (CFA) The Sinai School Volunteer/Caring Community Family Promise		Caring For Israel's Needy At a Shabbat Service a few years ago, Amos Elad, one of the key leaders of MEIR PANIM, shared with us the story of this amazing place where the volunteers include both secular and religious Jews working together and the "guests" represent a cross section of Israeli society from recent immigrants to Sabras. Poverty has made heavy inroads in Israel, with over 20% of the population subsisting below the poverty line. MEIR PANIM has a network of soup kitchens for the needy in many cities throughout Israel. MEIR PANIM provides needy elementary school children with nourishing lunches every day For just $1 a day, you can provide a hungry child in Israel with a nutritious warm meal; for just $4 a day, you can provide a needy soul with a nutritious warm meal. If you would like to make a contribution to MEIR PANIM, send your check made out to Temple Avodat Shalom and indicate it is for MEIR PANIM. Rabbi Borovitz will ensure that the donations reach MEIR PANIM. Starfish Volunteers Needed STARFISH is a volunteer organization begun in 1975 by the clergy and caring people from the houses of worship in River Edge, Oradell and New Milford. It provides transportation to and from doctors and other medical facilities for those in these towns who have no other means of help. Volunteer once a month as officer of the day to take messages, or volunteer to drive. For further information, please call Virginia at 201-261-4731. PLEASE. The Starfish Board is also looking for a delegate to represent Temple Avodat Shalom. If you are interested, call Nilene Chase. Feeding the Hungry Our next Feeding the Hungry this year is on November 17. Please contact our coordinators Betsy and Ian Louda to volunteer to cook at home, serve at the shelter or assist at the Temple heating the food for the day. Other dates we will be Feeding the Hungry: January 19, March 15 and May 17. We are also committed to Feed the Hungry on two Sundays, February 5 and April 15. David Snow is the coordinator for these dates. __________________________________________________ FOOD DONATIONS FOR FOOD BANK In these difficult financial times, food banks are receiving less donated food but are experiencing greater need . When you do your grocery shopping, buy an extra item or two. Please bring donations of food (non-perishable and in unbreakable packaging) to the temple lobby whenever possible (yes, even during the high holy days; hunger knows no holiday.) Center For Food Action As winter and Thanksgiving approach, the Center for Food Action (CFA) needs your help. For every day, they need peanut butter, hot & cold cereals, hearty soups, juice, canned vegetables, canned meats and tuna, instant mashed potatoes, rice and paper goods. For Thanksgiving, they need stuffing mix,canned sweet potatoes, canned green beans, canned fruit,cranberry sauce, muffin mix, canned pumpkin, coffee, tea and hot chocolate mix. Put items in the Temple food donation basket. Monetary donations & supermarket gift cards in $10, $15 & $20 amounts can be donated in the Temple Office. The Sinai School If you have furniture that is in very good or excellent condition, please consider donating the items to a new residential program for Jewish women with developmental disabilities. The Sinai School (formerly Sinai Special Needs Institute) recently acquired a beautiful colonial in Teaneck to serve as the residence. The agency will be starting with four young women who will receive practical life skills training (diet and exercise, shopping, money management, menu planning, meal preparation, vocational development). Sinai is currently looking for donations of high quality furniture (tax deductible receipts would be provided) and dedications. For more information about this wonderful program, please contact Moshe Coan, MSW, Director of Sinai's residential programs at 201-303-4303 or mcoan@sinaischool.org VOLUNTEER / CARING COMMUNITY Your Family needs you!!! When you joined Temple Avodat Shalom, you joined an extended family. As in any family, you share the good times and the hard times. Simchas and tragedies. When your family is in crisis, you somehow find a way to lend a hand. Now, some of your fellow congregants, your extended family, need that hand. The Caring Committee has been formed to help Temple Avodat Shalom members who are in crisis. When a situation arises, a member of the committee will determine the need and then call on volunteers from the database to help out. So what can you do? Volunteer to add your name to the Temple Avodat Shalom Caring Committee volunteer database. Give one hour a month to help someone in our family. Ways you can help: Cook a meal Order in a meal Drive a child )where you live( to Hebrew School Drive a Temple member )where you live( to Friday Night Services Provide job seeking advice Household help: mow a lawn, shovel a driveway, rake leaves, etc... Tutor a child for an evening If you can do any of the above, please fill out the form below and send it to the Temple Avodat Shalom office at 385 Howland Avenue, River Edge, New Jersey 07661 or email volunteer@avodatshalom.net If you need assistance in any way, please contact the Volunteer Committee, the Rabbi, Cantor or someone in the office and we will be there for you. All needs will be kept in the strictest of confidence. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Volunteer / Caring Committee Name_____________________________________________ Phone Number______________________________________ Address___________________________________________ Email_____________________________________________ Service you can help with )check as many as you like( ___ Cook a meal ___ Order in a meal ___ Drive a child )where you live( to Hebrew School ___ Drive a Temple member )where you live( to Friday Night Services ___ Give job seeking advice ___ Household help: mow a lawn, shovel a driveway, rake leaves, etc... ___ Tutor a child for an evening ___ Other________________________ FAMILY PROMISE RETURNS – ALL HANDS on DECK! Great News! Temple Avodat Shalom will, once again, join with other congregations in the area to help St. Peter’s Church host Family Promise. Those of you who participated last time will attest to this program. Volunteering was well worth every minute. We help host for two consecutive weeks, from November 27 to December 11 . Anyone interested in cooking, setting th th up, cleaning up or spending time with the families, please contact Esther Fletcher.