TAE Social Action
Making a Difference Together
May 2022
Highlights of this Month's Email - (Scroll for Details)

Mitzvah Day
May 1
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Electronic Waste Drive
May 1
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Collection Drives on Mitzvah Day
May 1
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Habitat for Humanity
Build in Port Hueneme
May 20
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Women's Interfaith Network
Welcome Baskets for Refugees
May 21
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Help Prepare a Hot Meal for Those in Need
Distributed by Harbor House
Last Sunday of Each Month
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Make Lunches for Those in Need
Distributed by Harbor House
Every Monday
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Conejo Interfaith Refugee Team
Help Afghan Refugees
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Knitting and Crocheting for Charity
May 22
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Fair Trade Gift Fair
May 7
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Stamp Out Hunger
May 14
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Racial Justice Task Forces
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Social Action Meeting
June 6
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TAE Social Action T-Shirts for Sale
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TAE Caring Community
We hope that everyone is well during these challenging times. We are just beginning to plan projects in person.There are many opportunities available to help others. Watch the weekly TAE-News and visit www.AdatElohim.org/socialaction to learn about TAE social action opportunities. The information changes regularly, so please check back often!

Marcia & Harold Gordon - Social Action Co-Chairs
socialaction@adatelohim.com
MITZVAH DAY
This Sunday! No RSVP required - just come and bring your family and friends!
ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING
TIME FOR SPRING CLEANING - DONATIONS NEEDED FOR MITZVAH DAY!
At Mitzvah Day we will be putting together Welcome Baskets for newly arrived refugee families. Please consider making a donation to help cover the cost of the materials for these baskets. If you can help, please click here and make a donation to the Social Action fund.
FOOD DRIVE
BUILD A HOUSE WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 

You Can Help Build a Home in Port Hueneme
Friday, May 20
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Many of us probably think - "I can't build a house, I don't know what to do and the work is too physical". Habitat for Humanity has wonderful opportunities for us to help build a home for a local family. No experience is required - Habitat crew leaders give all instructions. The job site is located in Port Hueneme and most times the family who will be living in the home is working along side us! The 5 townhomes are almost finished and we will help put on the finishing touches!
 
Space is limited. RSVP by May 10. Click here to request the sign up instructions.
Photos from October 2021
MAKE WELCOME BASKETS FOR REFUGEE FAMILIES
This is a great way for the family to volunteer together! Join with the Interfaith Community to help others.
If you cannot attend the event on 5/21 and would like to donate items, please sign up for the items you can donate and drop them off in the box in the office at TAE by Thursday 5/19.
HELP PROVIDE MEALS FOR THOSE IN NEED - DISTRIBUTED BY HARBOR HOUSE
MAKE A PORTION OF THE HOT MEAL

We especially need your help on Sunday, May 29.
Temple Adat Elohim members are providing a hot to-go dinner on the last Sunday of every month.

Volunteers are needed to:

  • Prepare a part of the meal at home and drop it at temple at 3:15 pm.
  • Create "to-go" boxes at temple at 3:15 pm from the prepared dishes.
  • Deliver the finished "to-go" meals to Harbor House for immediate distribution.

We need your help to provide meals to those in need in our community. Sign ups are now open for May 29 and June 26.
MAKE LUNCHES

Temple Adat Elohim members are providing to-go bagged lunches and cases of water every Monday.

Preparing these lunches is a great activity for family and friends to do together at home.
The Miller family decorating the bags, making and delivering the lunches.
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.
KNITTING AND CROCHETING FOR CHARITY


Upcoming date:

Sunday, May 22
11:30 a.m. at TAE


We will be meeting from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at TAE (unless a change in the Covid transmission requires us to meet via zoom). Join us directly after the Annual Congregational Meeting. RSVP is required so we can contact you in case of a change of location.

Join us as we make scarfs, hats and small blankets that will be gifted to local charities for distribution.

You don't need to know how to knit or crochet. Bring your yarn and needles and someone will help get you started!

We will be collecting items for the following organizations:
  1. Knitted knockers - Knitted Knockers are special handmade breast prosthesis for women who have undergone mastectomies or other procedures to the breast. Click here to learn more and get the pattern. These will be collected at Mitzvah Day on 5/1.
  2. My Stuff Bags - Blankets for children who have been removed from their homes. Finished blankets should be no larger than 50×70 inches. These will be collected at Mitzvah Day on 5/1.
  3. The 2022 Community Holiday Dinner - adult hats, scarfs and blankets.(Will be collected in December 2022)
STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE

Letter Carriers
Stamp out Hunger
Food Drive
for
Food Share
Saturday, May 14
After a two-year hiatus, the National Letter Carrier Food Drive is back! This event is a major source of food for our hungry friends and neighbors who are being pushed to the limit by rising food, gas and home rental costs.

Do you live in one of these zip codes? Here’s how you can help!

On Saturday, May 14, if you live in any of the following zip codes, please leave a sturdy bag of non-perishable, shelf-stable pantry items on your doorstep by 8 am and your mail carrier will collect and transport the food to Food Share in Oxnard. 

Participating zip codes: 91360, 91361, 91362, 93001, 93003, 93004, 93030, 93033, 93035, 93036, 93010, 93012
RACIAL JUSTICE TASK FORCES


Racial Justice Task Forces are open to all TAE members and ECC families
We have 4 racial justice task forces that are researching issues, creating and implementing action plans. The task forces meet regularly and are on going. New members are welcome to join at any time.
Criminal Justice Reform
Harold Gordon, Chair

Voter Rights
Susan VanVleet &
Diane Lipson, Co-Chairs

Education Reform
Arianne Walker & Susan Drapkin, Co-Chairs

Inclusion at TAE
Our TAE Inclusion task force is working to ensure that all feel welcome in our community.
Cyndi Levinson and Marcia Gordon, Co-Chairs
SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING

The next Social Action Committee meeting
will be
Monday, June 6
at 7 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.
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 that we can show our TAE spirit when we can once again volunteer in the community. Shirts are $23 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 remotely with people who are in need of some contact 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 HAVE WE BEEN DOING?
BLOOD DRIVE
WOW! Thank you to all the heroes who did something amazing by donating blood at our April 3rd Blood Drive. We collected 78 pints of blood! Thank once again to Joyce Bloom for organizing another wonderful drive. Our next drive will be on Sunday, November 7.
HOT MEALS FOR HARBOR HOUSE
On the last Sunday of every month, Temple Adat Elohim provides a hot meal for those in need in our community. Participants cook the food at home and bring it to TAE to package it in to-go containers and then the meals are distributed by Harbor House. A huge thank you to those who bring the food and to Michele Zinn and Karen Begun for organizing each month. Here are some photos from our 4/24 meal. See the information above to sign up for the coming months!
ELISA AND ROBIN HIRSCH RAISE $7600
FOR THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
Yasher Koah to Elisa and Robin Hirsch. Elisa bakes delicious Challah and during the last few months she made a challah for anyone who let her know that they made a donation to the World Central Kitchen for their efforts in Ukraine. Through this effort, they were able to donate $7600!
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. 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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