TAE Social Action Making a Difference Together

Highlights of this Month's Email - (Scroll for Details) Social Action Meeting June 18 -------------------------- Collecting Items for Welcome Baskets for Vets Moving Into New Many Mansions Apartments -------------------------- Conejo Valley Meals for the Homeless - Sign Ups Available -------------------------- Social Action Volunteers Needed -------------------------- Become a Mentor for At Risk Families and Individuals -------------------------- Pack Summer Lunches for Local Youth -------------------------- Volunteer Opportunities in the Community --------------------------  Camp Many Mansions Needs Volunteers -------------------------- Woolsey Fire Long Term Disaster Recovery Group needs volunteers with social work experience.

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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 The next Social Action Committee meeting will be Tuesday, June 18, 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. At this meeting we will be discussing the following upcoming potential projects: Mitzvah Day Social Action Shabbat - MLK Day of Service Jewish Disability, Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month We need your help to plan these great events! Contact Marcia & Harold Gordon with questions and to RSVP:  SocialAction@AdatElohim.com

Projects & Opportunities

School is out and local children are at risk of being food insecure. We can help by packing lunches for them. During the school year, 50% of Ventura County children receive a free or reduced cost lunch at school. For some, this is the most substantial meal of their day. Summer vacation means school is closed and lunch is no longer available for these students. TAE and the Conejo Valley interfaith community are stepping up to help ensure these children receive summer lunches.  St. Jude's Catholic Church is leading the local interfaith community in collecting lunch items and small toys. Join us to assemble the lunch bags at St. Jude's on: Tuesday, June 11 at 9 am.   **** NOTE - JUNE 11 IS A CORRECTED DATE*** RSVP to socialaction@adatelohim.com

Welcome Baskets for new Many Mansions residents From July 1 - July 15, the interfaith community will be collecting supplies to make welcome baskets for the 40 new families moving into a new Many Mansions facility - Ormond Villas in Oxnard (low income housing for Veterans). In August, we will come together to make the baskets. Here is how you can help! Sign up at www.adatelohim.org/ormond to select what you would like donate. Purchase the items. You can also purchase them online and have them delivered directly to TAE between July 1 - 15. The instructions are in the sign up link. Drop off your items in the box in the TAE office from July 1 - July 15. Join us to put together the baskets on August 5 at 7 pm in the social hall.  Questions: email socialaction@adatelohim.com

Conejo Valley Meal Program The 4th Wednesday of every month at Westminster Presbyterian Church.   On the 4th Wednesday of every month at Westminster Presbyterian Church, TAE members are caring for our homeless community by bringing and serving dinner. The shelter team is now taking sign ups for the upcoming months. Please help! If you would like to sign up to help prepare a meal, send an email to TAEshelter@yahoo.com and one of the Shelter Team members will get back to you.

Can You Help?

Social Action Volunteers Needed TAE has a rich tradition of social action. We have many wonderful projects that benefit both the recipients and the volunteers. These events take planning and organization. We invite you to explore these opportunities and find a fun and engaging way to get involved in planning one or a number of different events throughout the year. Presently we are looking for people to help plan the following events: Mitzvah Day (11/17/19) - We are looking for people to follow up with the non-profits that we help on Mitzvah Day. Estimated time commitment: 4 hours a month from July - early November. Community Holiday Dinner (12/25/19) - We invite you to join the Holiday Dinner planning committee. Estimated time commitment: Sept/October - 3-4 hours, Late November/early December - 5-6 hours. Social Action Shabbat/MLK Day of Service (1/17/20, 1/20/20) - Help plan this new TAE Social Action event. We are looking for committee members to help create this new opportunity to make a difference. Estimated time commitment: July - December: 6 - 8 hours, and the day of the event. Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month (February 2020) - Help plan opportunities to raise awareness in February. Estimated time commitment: July - January: 6 - 8 hours, and during the planned events in February. Please contact Marcia or Harold Gordon at socialaction@adatelohim.com with questions or to express interest.

Mitzvah Day projects Currently we have begun planning for Mitzvah Day 2019. Last year, we offered over 20 different projects, benefiting many different charities. If you have a charity that you volunteer with for which you feel we could do a project at TAE during Mitzvah Day – please share the information with Marcia Gordon at socialaction@adatelohim.com.

On Yom Kippur, We Need Help from Boy Scouts and/or Girl Scouts  Temple Adat Elohim has a wonderful tradition of collecting food for Manna Conejo Food Bank. Each year on Yom Kippur, we need volunteers to help take the donations from our congregants as they arrive for services and load them onto the Manna truck. We are currently looking for volunteers for 10/9/19. If you have contact information for local Boy Scout troops, Girl Scout troops or other organizations that might be interested in helping, please send their contact information to socialaction@adatelohim.com .

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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Volunteer Opportunities in the Community

Many Mansions is looking for Summer Camp Volunteers Volunteers are needed from June - August to help with the fun at the Many Mansions Summer Camp. Activities include themed activities, games, arts & crafts, pool days, and field trips. Volunteers must be 15+ to volunteer and 18+ for field trip days. To participate, all volunteers must attend the orientation on June 12 (teens) or June 13 (adults) from 5 - 6- pm at their Hillcrest Villas Complex (on Hillcrest - down the street from TAE).

Woolsey Fire Long Term Disaster Recovery Group (LTDRG) is looking for Case Managers to assist those affected by the Woolsey Fire, specifically in the Seminole Springs area.  The LTDRG provides support to the residents as they face obstacles to their recovery. The LTDRG currently has a backlog of cases and they are looking for case workers. Training is provided, but experience in social work of some kind is very helpful. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Bob Bland (805-300-2218), with the Conejo Compassion Coalition, a local non-profit that is helping to coordinate relief efforts.

Collection Corner

Food Collection for Manna 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.  Please make sure that you are bringing unexpired, unopened food items. The items that they need most are: 1.Baking Items – Cake/Cookie Mix – Sugar 2.Hamburger Helper 3.Tomato Sauce / Paste 4..Canned Pasta 5..Canned Stew/Chilli 6.Spaghetti Sauce 7.Hot & Cold Cereal 8.Mac and Cheese 9. Cookies/Crackers 10.Empty Egg cartons (Manna needs donations of fresh eggs-these cannot be left at Temple and they use the egg cartons to distribute them to their clients.) Please do not bring food supplements or Passover foods.

What We've Been Doing

Thank you to everyone who supported our Relay for Life team! On May 18-19 Team TAE walked to raise over $2000 to support the American Cancer Society. A huge thank you to everyone who joined the team, donated and especially to Cathy and Jake Warner for leading us!

Thank you to everyone who donated food for our Harbor House Food Drive Harbor House is a Conejo Valley non-profit that provides services to our homeless and low income families. The items we collected will help stock the shelves of their food pantry. A huge thank you to Asher and Marcy Duben for promotion the food drive in all religious school classes and for delivering the food to Harbor House!

On-Going Projects & Opportunities

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 .

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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