CUMAC Wish List, Food Drive, Mitzvah Mall 2016, Aid Syrian Refugees, Memories and Materials, Social Action Drives
CUMAC Wish List 2015 We Still Have 43 Kids To Find Families Fo
Barnert Temple will once again participate in the CUMAC annual Wish List program to provide holiday gifts to children living in poverty in Passaic County. CUMAC is a former Mitzvah Mall Charity. Many of the Wish List recipients are victims of abuse or neglect, have the added burden of residing in a homeless or battered women's shelter, or are coping with chronic or terminal illness such as HIV/AIDS. These children are especially in need of a happy holiday season. We have a list of children and gifts they would love to receive.
If you would like to participate by granting their wish and purchasing their gift, please contact Steve Kiel at (201) 797-7965 or smkiel@outlook.com. All gifts must be delivered to the Temple no later than November 22.
Top The Teepee Food Drive November 10 through November 20
Our annual Thanksgiving Top the Teepee Food Drive is on and runs through Friday, November 20.
All donations will go to the Center for Food Action in Mahwah. Please give generously to those less fortunate this holiday season. Food collection is in the School Atrium. Click here for the full flyer and items needed.
Join Team Tzedek For Next Mitzvah Mall Planning Meeting Sunday, December 6, 9 to 11 am
Team Tzedek is growing, with many opportunities to make a difference!
Plan to participate in the next Mitzvah Mall 2016 planning meeting, and find out how you can help raise funds and awareness for the 10 grassroots organizations our community chose to support.
Next Meeting:
Sunday, December 6, from 9 - 11 am
All meetings are potluck and the food is fabulous!
"Be quick in performing a minor mitzvah as much as a major one; and flee from transgression, for mitzvah goreret mitzvah, aveirah goreret aveirah, one mitzvah leads to another, and one transgression leads to another."
Pirkei Avot 4:2
Hear The Call. Be The Call.
The Syrian Refugee Crisis - You Can Make A Difference.
Three things we can do:
1. Go to the HIAS (formerly called the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) website (HIAS.org - look for the "Global Refugee Crisis - How You Can Help"):
- Sign the online petition to President Obama: "Commit to resettling in the United States 100,000 of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees, allowing more individuals and families to start new lives in safety and freedom." - Call your Senator, House of Representative Members using the HIAS script requesting support for the increase in refugee funding and legislation to improve the lives of refugees.
HIAS - the only Jewish organization whose mission is to assist refugees - whomever they are and wherever they are, through action and advocacy. HIAS.org
IsraAID - is a humanitarian aid agency helping people all over the world and providing millions with vital support for over a decade. http://www.israaid.co.il/
Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief (JCDR) - brings together the experience, expertise, and resources of North American Jewish organizations that seek to assist victims of natural or man-made disasters outside of North America on a non-sectarian basis. http://www.jdc.org/jcdr/
Social Action Drives
We are Always Collecting Food: Check out the On-Line Option for Donating Food!
Local food pantries are struggling to meet demand. We're always collecting food in the Atrium, but now you may also donate food through the click of a button. Click here for our Barnert Temple Food Drive webpage at yougivegoods.com. It's simple! Select the food you would like to donate and pay on-line. All purchases will be delivered to the Center for Food Action in Mahwah.
Winter Coats and Jackets : We are still collecting for children and adults. Please donate new or gently used coats and jackets today! They will be donated to the Paterson community through CUMAC (Center of United Methodist Aid), a 2009 Mitzvah Mall Charity.
New Toiletries, Cosmetic Bags, Toiletry Bags: Center for Hope and Safety (formerly Shelter Our Sisters, a 2002 Mitzvah Mall Charity) still need items. Full sizes or the small bottles of shampoo, conditioner, lotion and bars of soap from hotels are great! New cosmetic bags and toiletry bags are needed as well!
Please drop off your contributions in the baskets in the Atrium.
Contribute to the Mitzvah Mall Archives:
Share Memories and Materials So Others May Benefit From Our Experience
Team Tzedek is collecting all photos, memories, agendas and handouts from past Mitzvah Malls to use for a Power Point we will be creating to share with Temples and other organizations that would like to create similar programs. If you have anything you would like to share, please send it to Mitzvah Mall Archivist Florette Lynn at faygel@optonline.net.
We are Always Collecting Food:
Winter Coats and Jackets :
Team Tzedek is collecting 