TAE Social Action
Making a Difference Together
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Highlights of this Month's Email - (Scroll for Details)
Jewish Family Services Sova Food Pantry Sorting
February 10th
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Mac & Cheese Food Drive
Now through February 28th
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Hope Mill – Creating Helpful Bags for the Homeless
February 24th
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Stars of Hope – Volunteers Needed
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Conejo Valley Crop Walk to End Hunger
March 3rd
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Winter Shelter Sign Ups Continue
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Homeward L.A. - Stories from the Homeless
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Relay for Life - Team TAE Fighting Cancer
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Visit
www.AdatElohim.org/socialaction
to learn about TAE social action opportunities. The information changes regularly, so please check back often! We have great events planned - Join us!
Marcia & Harold Gordon - Social Action Co-Chairs
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Social Action Committee Meeting
The next Social Action Committee meeting will be
Tuesday, February 12
th
, 7 pm
Room 6
All members are invited to join us to learn more about TAE social action, bring new ideas, help plan upcoming events and get involved.
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January Projects & Opportunities
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Mac Cheese Purim Groggers Needed
Now through February 28th.
We are collecting boxes of Macaroni and cheese to be used as groggers at purim and then donated to Manna Food Pantry. Please drop off you donation in the temple office.
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SOVA Food Sorting
Sunday, February 10
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, 10am - Noon
Children over 10 welcome.
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Help Pack Backpacks for the Homeless!
Sunday, February 24th Noon - 3:00 pm
Hope Mill provides backpacks which are carefully filled with needed items such as food, water, clothing, toothbrushes, soap and much more to those who find themselves homeless. Join us for a fun afternoon assembling the backpacks at the Hope Mill location in the San Fernando Valley (Near Roscoe & the 405 in North Hills). Open to all ages. RSVP to
socialaction@adatelohim.com
by Sunday, February 17
th
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Provide and serve a winter shelter dinner.
Families with K-7th grade children are invited to provide the winter shelter meal.
Sunday, February 24th.
We have an
opportunity for families with children in grades K-7 to help provide and serve a hot dinner to shelter guests on Sunday, February 24.
When:
Sunday, February 24, 6-8 pm (note that this is Oscars night)
Who:
TAE families with children in grades K-7
Where:
TAE Social Hall
We hope you will consider helping. To sign up, click
here
. Please contact Winter Shelter Committee member Sarah Reines at
sarah@reines.org
with any questions.
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Homeward L.A. - Stories from the Homeless
On Sunday, April 28
th
at 6:45pm, TAE will host a performance of Homeward LA – a series of monologues based on stories from people who have experienced homelessness. The evening will also include a service project for Hope Mill, a community organization providing support to the homeless. The performance will be directed by Leasa Shukiar and performers will be from various organizations within the Conejo Community including TAE. If you are interested in reading one of the monologues in this performance please contact Marcia Gordon at
socialaction@adatelohim.com
by Feburary 10
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Help Share Stars of Hope in the Conejo
TAE will be receiving hand painted stars from Congregation Shomrei Torah in Santa Rosa. In 2017 Congregation Shomrei Torah received similar stars from the Stars of Hope organization and they put them around town after the fires hit their town. Stars of Hope offers hope and light after disasters (disasters of nature and disasters of humankind alike) in the form of brightly painted wooden stars (many with personal messages handwritten on the back) to hang amongst the back drop of disaster. The stars come from all over and really offer a sense of hope and healing, a sense that others are thinking of and praying for you. As a way to say thanks to those who painted stars for them, Shomrei Torah organized a painting of stars that they earmarked to send to those affected by the Woolsey fire and they are sending them to us to put up around Thousand Oaks. We are looking for volunteers who would like to hang these stars. If you are interested, please contact Marcia Gordon at
socialaction@adatelohim.com
by February 10
th
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Jewish Federation - Super Sunday
Sunday, February 10th
Stephen Wise Temple
Supporting Jews in Los Angeles, Israel and
Around the World
On Sunday February 10
th
the Jewish Federation will be reaching out to donors for support. This annual phone calling event is the major fundraising effort of the year for the Federation. Volunteers are invited to come make calls to reach out to fellow Jews in our community. Calls will be made from Stephen S. Wise Temple (just off the 101 & 405). Volunteers are needed for three shifts: 9:30 - 11:00 am, 11:00 - 12:30 am, 1:00 - 2:30 pm. Sign up for one, two or all three
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Help Deliver Mischlot Manot
Every year at Purim, each TAE member receives a Mischlot manot gift from TAE. We are looking for volunteers to prepare the packages during the week of 3/11-3/17 (in the morning) and deliver the packages to congregants from 3/17-3/24. If you can help, please contact Anne Rubin at
anne@horizonlimo.com
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Annual Conejo Valley Crop Walk to End Hunger
Sunday, March 3
rd
at 1:00 pm
Gilbert Sports Arena at CLU
(20-minute stroll, 4-mile and 6-mile walks)
All donations go to Church World Service, supporting their poverty, hunger, disaster relief, refugee and economic justice programs. 25% of funds remain here in the Conejo Valley.
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Religious Action Center (RAC)
Influencing California Legislative Priorities
TAE members wil be meeting with staff from state assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin and State Senator Henry Stern's offices to build a relationship and share information about our congregation and RAC-CA, and learn about the issues and bills legislators anticipate working on this year. Research meetings such as this will help inform the RAC-CA legislative agenda and shape the work of the reform movement for 2019. If you are interested in joining with other TAE congregants at future visits with our state legislators, please email
socialaction@adatelohim.com
. TAE teens are welcome to attend.
Additionally, the RAC is currently researching to determine which state bills California’s Reform congregations will work on together. There are six areas of focus: immigrant justice, criminal justice reform, housing/homelessness, climate change, health care and gun violence prevention. They will ultimately select one bill in each issue area to be a part of the 2019 legislative agenda. If you would like to provide input or learn more, attend one of the RAC webinars:
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Relay for Life - Help Defeat Cancer!
Join TAE's 2nd Annual Relay for Life
team to fight Cancer.
Walk with us or support us with a donation!
May 18 - May 19
Conejo Creek Park South
- Team meeting will occur prior to the event.
- For $10, purchase a Luminaria to light a candle in honor of or memory of a friend or loved one who has had cancer, or in support of a caregiver. They will be displayed during the relay.
- Contact team co-captains: Jacob and Cathy Warner dcss4@msn.com for for more information.
- Be part of our TAE team...come with friends....make new friends....help fund a cure!
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Mac & Cheese for Purim Groggers
Please see section towards the top of this newsletter.
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Food Collection for Manna Food Pantry
On-going. Year Round.
The yellow bin in the sanctuary foyer is always available to receive your donations of food items. Make it a habit to bring something to donate each time you come to temple. Leave temple knowing that you made a difference in someone's life.
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Caring Community of TAE needs your help!
Our Caring Community is dedicated to reaching out to those in our TAE community who are in need.
Do you have some time to make a few phone calls to people who are in need to let them know that their TAE family is thinking of them? Do you have time to visit people who are in need of some company while they are ill? If you can help, please contact Cantor David at
dshukiar@adatelohim.com
(805) 497-7101. Please also contact Cantor David if you know someone in need.
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The 2nd Great BIG TAE Challah Bake
Raising "Dough" for the Ronald McDonald House Charities was a fun evening!
On January 17
th
, we made challah and raised $1000 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
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Helping Many Mansions
On January 28th, TAE members organized and catalogued the books in the children's library at Many Mansions. Thank you to all who helped and to Liz Oliver for organizing this effort!
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On January 31
st
, representatives from Children’s Hospital, Los Robles Regional Medical Center and AMR Ambulance Company taught 100 people how to stop massive bleeding and perform Sidewalk CPR (hands only CPR).
Stop the Bleed
is a national awareness campaign and a call to action, intended to cultivate grassroots efforts that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. No matter how rapid the arrival of professional emergency responders, bystanders will always be first on the scene. A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within five minutes, so quick action to stop bleeding is critical.
Sidewalk CPR
empowers bystanders to save lives in the case of a heart emergency by performing compression only (no breathing) CPR until paramedics arrive
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Coats and Cold Weather Clothing for Foster Youth
Thank you to everyone who donated coats and winter items to Coats for Casa last month. The foster youth who are receiving them extend to you a heartfelt thank you.
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Social Action Opportunities for Families & Adult
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TAE has two Social Action Groups that are always looking for new members.
Click/tap the following links for details.
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On-Going Projects & Opportunities
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Tzedakah Box
Donations to the Tzedakah Box will be donated to the TAE disaster fund. Our Tzedakah box is located in the foyer right outside the door to the sanctuary. Please help us help others.
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This monthly Social Action e-newsletter is sent from the Social Action committee at the beginning of each month. It includes upcoming social action opportunities that are available to the TAE community. We invite all TAE members to find your place in TAE Social Action. We hope that you will find a project (or many!) that touches your heart. We encourage you to participate and bring your temple friends with you! There is something for everyone.
If you have charities or projects that you support, please share them with us at
socialaction@adatelohim.com
. We might be able to involve others in a project that is important to you!
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