March Social Action Newsletter - Temple Adat Elohim

TAE SOCIAL ACTION

Making a Difference Together

March 2023

March Highlights

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Welcome Baskets for Refugees
Blood Drive
Mitzvah Day: Lots of projects including learning CPR & Stop the Bleed, E-Waste Drive
Knitting and Crocheting for Charity
Prepare a Portion of a Hot Meal for Those in Need
Make Lunches for Those in Need
Club Chesed (Social Action for families) Upcoming Events & Photos
Many Mansions: Bowls of Hope Fundraiser
Social Action Meeting
TAE Social Action T-Shirts for Sale
TAE Caring Community
First Aid Kits Thank You
ADL Walk Against Hate Photos

DATES TO REMEMBER:

3/5: Club Chesed Purim Carnival
3/6: Social Action Meeting
3/12: Knitting and Crocheting for Charity
3/15: Welcome Baskets for Refugees
3/26: Prepare a Hot Meal for Those in Need
4/2: Blood Drive
4/23: Mitzvah Day - Sidewalk CPR & Stop the Bleed, E-Waste Drive, and Club Chesed
5/7: Club Chesed - Helping Seniors

WELCOME BASKETS FOR REFUGEES

BLOOD DRIVE - APRIL 2

Click here to sign up

MITZVAH DAY - APRIL 23

A great opportunity to do important work for our community. Bring your entire extended family and friends. Support our community and fill your heart!

MAKE A PORTION OF A HOT MEAL FOR THOSE IN NEED - Distributed by Harbor House - MARCH 26

Since October 2021, on the last Sunday of each month, TAE partners have been providing a delicious hot meal to 60 clients of Harbor House. Volunteers prepare a part of the meal at home and bring it to TAE to put into to-go boxes. The meals are then delivered to Harbor House. Thank you to each and every volunteer who makes this happen and to Michele Zinn and Karen Begun who coordinate the meals.

Our next meal is on Sunday, March 26 - please sign up if you are able to help!

Click here to sign up

KNITTING AND CROCHETING FOR CHARITY - MARCH 12

Click here to RSVP

MAKE LUNCHES FOR HARBOR HOUSE

Temple Adat Elohim partners to provide "to-go" bagged lunches and cases of water every Monday.

We currently have open slots every Monday

in March.

Preparing these lunches is a great activity for family and friends to do together at home.

Click here to contact the Shelter Team to sign up to make lunches.

Lunches made and bags decorated by the Miller Family!

Harbor House also has a sign up list to bring lunches other days of the week. To sign up for Tuesday - Sunday visit the Harbor House sign up page directly.

Click to go to the Harbor House sign up page

CLUB CHESED UPCOMING EVENTS

Mark your calendars for our upcoming Club Chesed events -

March 5 - Purim Carnival
April 23 - Mitzvah Day
May 7 - Helping Seniors

MANY MANSIONS BOWLS OF HOPE

SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING

The next Social Action Committee meeting

will be

Monday, March 6,

at 7:00 p.m., via Zoom

All members are invited to join us to learn more about TAE Social Action, bring new ideas, help plan upcoming events, and get involved.

Click here to RSVP and get the Zoom link

TEMPLE ADAT ELOHIM T-SHIRTS

Temple Adat Elohim - Making a Difference Together T-shirts are now available for purchase!

Get your t-shirt now so you can wear it with pride every time you volunteer. We hope everyone will have a shirt so we can show our TAE spirit when we volunteer in the community. Shirts are only $25 and can be ordered here.

CAN YOU HELP?

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 (either remotely or in-person) with people who are in need of some contact while they are ill or are homebound? If you can help, please contact Cantor David at dshukiar@adatelohim.com, and join our growing list of volunteers who create community through their actions. Please contact Cantor David if you or someone you know is in need.

Learn more here

WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING?

CLUB CHESED - TU B'SHVAT PLANTING

On Sunday, February 5, TAE led by Club Chesed families came together to plant a garden at a local Many Mansions property. Stoll House, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary is located very close to TAE and our congregation was one of many community organizations that came together help get it started. It began as housing for those fleeing domestic violence, and now is a low-income housing property. Thank you to Greg Epstein and Enhanced Landscape for donating the plants and for guiding us as we planted.

FIRST AID KITS

In January, many TAE partners participated in Women's Interfaith Network project making first aid kits for residents of a new Many Mansions property, Summit View Apartments which will provide low-income housing for 48 formerly homeless Veterans and their families. We had a great time coming together at the Hillcrest Villas to make the kits and learn about Many Mansions.

ADL WALK AGAINST HATE

On Sunday, February 26, TAE was a proud sponsor of the ADL's Walk Against Hate at Conejo Creek Park. Over 425 people attended. It was great to be with so many community members all standing together against hate. Temple Adat Elohim walkers had a great afternoon.

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 a place in TAE Social Action. We hope that you will find a project (or many!) that touches your heart. There is something for everyone.

If you support charities or projects, 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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