TAE Social Action
Making a Difference Together
Highlights of this Month's Email - (Scroll for Details)

Collecting for Birthday Bags & Thanksgiving Baskets
Now Through October 31st
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Purchase/Sponsor a Pair of Shoes That Fit a Child in Need
Now Through November 4th
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Fall Blood Drive Sunday 11/4
Now accepting donation appointments
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CVUSD and Thousand Oaks City Council Candidate Forum
October 11th
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Mitzvah Day for the Entire Congregation
November 4th 9:00 - 12:00
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Extra Halloween Candy? We're Collecting it for the Troops
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Conejo Valley Walk to End Poverty
October 6th
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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
Social Action Committee Meeting
There will not be a meeting in October.

The next Social Action Committee meeting will be Tuesday, November 13th, 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.
Contact Marcia & Harold Gordon with questions and to RSVP:  SocialAction@AdatElohim.com
October Projects & Opportunities
Thanksgiving Baskets for Many Mansions
Now through October 31st
On Mitzvah Day we will be making 25 Thanksgiving Baskets which will be distributed to Many Mansions residents. We need your help to collect all of the items needed for the baskets. Please sign up to purchase any of the following items: Turkey Gravy - Stuffing Mix - Cranberry Sauce - Canned Vegetables - Canned Fruit Cocktail - Cornbread Mix - Instant Mashed Potatoes - Boxed Dessert Mix - $25 Grocery card (for turkey).
Collecting for Children's Birthday Bags
Now through October 31st
Some local children cannot afford to bring a treat to school to celebrate their birthday. We're collecting items to make Birthday Bags on Mitzvah Day. These will be given to children so that they can celebrate their special days like their peers. We're looking for donations of:   Cake Mix - Cans of Frosting - Bags of cookies / Crackers - Birthday Candles - Halloween Candy – Fun pencils or Pens – Small toys – Balloons.
Shoes That Fit

In October, Temple Adat Elohim will once again gather athletic shoes for kids in need at Elm Street Elementary in Oxnard -- a school at which 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced price lunches. Sign up now by clicking the button below to sponsor a child for shoes. We will be collecting the shoes at Mitzvah Day on Nov. 4. Contact Sarah Reines at sarahjreines@gmail.com with any questions. 
Fall Blood Drive - Sunday, November 4th

Reserve your space today.

If you've never donated before or have a long history of donating, we need you this fall ! Invite your friends to join you. Make a brunch date and donate before or after.

To schedule an appointment, please contact:
Joyce Bloom: jbloom1967@gmail.com  805-241-5440
#ReformJewsVote / October 11th Candidate Forum

This fall TAE is part of a nationwide, nonpartisan initiative to encourage 100% of Reform Jewish congregants across the country to vote. Thank you to all who helped with or came out for TAE's voter registration drive in the Sukkah on Sept. 25. The next step in getting ready to vote is to become informed about the candidates for the various local and state offices on the Nov. 6 ballot.

On Oct. 11 , we encourage TAE members who will be voting in the Thousand Oaks City Council and/or CVUSD School Board elections to attend a candidate forum from 6-9 p.m. at the Lundring Events Center at Cal Lutheran ( 60 W Olsen Rd, Thousand Oaks ). The event is hosted by the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce and California Lutheran University and is free. If you have any questions, email them to ahaverstock@conejochamber.org .
Walk to Fight Poverty

Who: Entire Conejo Valley Community

Saturday, October 6th, 8:30 am

Location: California Lutheran University

Sponsored by Lutheran Social Services, this walk raises funds to support the most needy in our community. Bring your family. Bring friends. Join the community to help fight poverty.

For more information, contact Marcia Gordon at SocialAction@AdatElohim.com.
Open Mosque Day

October 14th, 2018
12:00 - 4:00 Open House

Our local Muslim community is holding an open house for everyone. They invite the entire community to come learn about Islam and their community. A number of TAE members attended last year and really enjoyed the day. We hope you can make it this year.

  • 12:00 - 4:00 - Registration- Tours – Exhibits (New ones for 2018)
  • 1:15 - 1:30 - Duhr Salah (Midday Prayer)
  • 1:30 - 2:30 - Q&A Session
  • 2:30 - 4:00 - Refreshments and Interactive Exhibits continue

2700 Borchard Rd, Newbury Park
iccvinterfaithdirector@yahoo.com
Hot Dogs & Havdallah Social Action Project

Friday, October 20th

The Social Action team will be leading a project for "My Stuff Bags" at the Hot Dogs & Havdallah event. My Stuff Bags provides a comfort bag to children who must be removed from their homes by authorities.
Purses for Homeless Women

The Women's Interfaith Network has collected purses and toiletry items for homeless women. Please come and help sort and prepare the purses for distribution.

  • October 9th, 9:00 - 11:00 am - Sorting and preparing the purses
  • October 27th, 4:30 - 6:30 pm & October 28th, 8:00 - 9:30 am - Fill the purses with toiletries.

St. Judes Catholic Church
32032 Lindero Canyon Rd. (South of the 101)

RSVP to: socialaction@adatelohim.com
Upcoming Events - Save the Date
Mitzvah Day - Sunday November 4th
9:00 am - Noon at Temple

Members ages 3 to 105 are encouraged to join us for a morning of making a difference. There are projects available for all ages including the opportunity to learn CPR on the spot!
Our 20+ projects will be helping a variety of community service organizations including:

My Stuff Bags - Many Mansions - Support for the Kids - Hope Mill
Operation Gratitude - For the Troops - The TAE Holiday Dinner And more!

  • Write letters to our troops
  • Make paracord bracelets for our troops
  • Assemble toiletry kits and stationary packets for the homeless
  • Make blankets and hair ties for children removed from their homes
  • Paint flower pots for seniors
  • Make picture frames for guests of our holiday dinner
  • Learn CPR on the TAE stage
  • Assemble Thanksgiving baskets for low income families
  • And so much more.....!
Bring Your Extra Halloween Candy to Temple for the Troops

Looking to get that extra candy out of your house? Bring it to temple with you on Mitzvah Day or drop it off in the office by 11/6. We're collecting it for an organization that will be sending it to our troops abroad.
Thanksgiving Interfaith Service

Wednesday, November 21 st
St. Paschal Babylon Church, Thousand Oaks

TAE will join together with our local interfaith community for our annual pre-Thanksgiving service. This inspirational interfaith service is attended by hundreds each year. If you would like to be part of the interfaith choir for the service, you are invited to join. All are welcome. There will be a few rehearsals in the coming weeks and one performance at the service on 11/21. RSVP to socialaction@adatelohim.com
Collection Corner
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. 

Can You Help?
Tutoring Children at Conejo Elementary School and Bridges Charter School 

Conejo Elementary is around the corner from temple. They are still looking for more tutors who are available on Thursday evenings from 6 – 7:30 pm to tutor 1st-3rd graders. Some tutors work with 2-4 2nd and 3rd grade children playing educational games that require learning strategies. Other tutors work one on one with 1st graders.
 
For Conejo Elementary, Contact Mary Wennes to learn more / signup: mwennes@aol.com  or call 805-375-6526.

Park Oaks Tutoring Center @ Bridges Charter School in Thousand Oaks is looking for tutors on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 - 7:30. Contact Ana Alvarez: aalvarez@conejousd.org or call 805-495-7058 x. 111
 
Please also email  socialaction@adatelohim.com  to let us know if you will be volunteering.
Homeless / Community Meals
TAE is proud to participate with other faith communities in the Conejo Valley to ensure that a hot meal and sack lunch is available to those in need throughout the year. TAE provides the meal on the 4th Wednesday of each month (April - November) at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Westlake Village. You can drop of your portion of the meal or stay and serve. Please contact the shelter committee at taeshelter@yahoo.com  for more information and to sign up to bring a meal.
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.
What We've Been Doing
Human Trafficking Educational Forum

On September 12th TAE hosted a community forum on sex and labor trafficking that is happening right here at home. The event was jointly presented by Temple Adat Elohim and Ascension Lutheran Church.
TAE Families Sorted Food at Manna

On Saturday, September 22nd, TAE families with children in grades K-6 went to Manna to help sort the food that congregants donated during the High Holy Day Food Drive. Thank you to all of the families who helped Manna move our donations from our collection bags to the pantry. 
High Holiday Food Drive

Thank you to everyone who donated food to the Manna Conejo Food Pantry during our High Holy Day Food Drive. This year we collected approximately 6,000 pounds of food. Thanks to your generosity, many more of our neighbors will be able to receive food to help their families make it through the coming months. A special thank you to Liz Oliver for heading up this year’s drive and to all of the volunteers who stapled bags, handed out bags and helped load the food on the truck. Our Yom Kippur day volunteers included TAE members, Girl Scout Troops 60517, Boy Scout Troop 765 and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Social Action Opportunities for Families & Adult
TAE has two Social Action Groups that are always looking for new members.

Click/tap the following links for details.
On-Going Projects & Opportunities
Tzedakah Box
August - October donations to the Tzedakah Box will be used to purchase food for inclusion in Thanksgiving Baskets that will be distributed by Many Mansions. Our Tzedakah box is located in the foyer right outside the door to the sanctuary. Please help us help others.
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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