Barnert Temple Circle

Social Action Update

ITN North Jersey, Mitzvah Mall 2016, Family Promise,
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id Syrian Refugees, Unwanted 2016 Calendars, Memories and Materials, Social Action Drives
Drive a Senior and Perhaps Save a Life!
iTN NorthJersey We all have known seniors who can't or shouldn't be driving anymore.
If you can spare just one hour a month, please consider volunteering to drive one short trip for a senior or blind person through iTNNorthJersey.  Please contact Jeff Wild at [email protected]  or Sandy Cohen or [email protected], for more information about this life-saving organization with which Barnert is partnering!
Mitzvah Mall 2016 Activities and Awareness Continue 

Logo - Mitzvah Mall
Thanks to everyone who participated in Mitzvah Mall 2016, raising funds and awareness for 10 grassroots organizations close to home, in Israel and around the world.

There is still time to donate!  We have already raised more than $30,000 and will continue collecting through the end of February.  Click here for a donation form.
 
Next Dine and Donate:  Cafe L'Amore in Oakland, February 23 - 26.  Just present a Mitzvah Mall coupon and they will donate 20% of your lunch or dinner to our charities.  Click here to print the flyer with coupon, or pick up a coupon in the Sanctuary Lobby or Atrium.

Watch for more programs and information on how to continue supporting our new Mitzvah Mall partners.
Family Promise Volunteers Needed
Sunday, March 13
Fam Prom of Berg CtyCan you spare a few hours on Sunday, March 13?
Volunteer for a shift at the Family Promise Day Shelter in Ridgewood.  Choose one shift that runs 8:30 - 11 am, 11 am - 2 pm or 2 - 5pm. Volunteers visit with the families, chat with the parents, play with the kids and are generally just "present" to staff the center.  Contact Temple member Donna Meyer at [email protected] to volunteer. 
Family Promise is the only organization in Bergen County providing services and shelter to working homeless families.  The program operates through the support of churches and synagogues like ours. 
Hear The Call.  Be The Call.
The Syrian Refugee Crisis - You Can Make A Difference.  

Syrian Refugees
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.

2. Contact Rabbi Frishman, Jeff Wild or Elizabeth Resnick and let them know you want to be part of the Barnert Community response to help refugees! 

3.  Make a Donation:
  • 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/
2016 Calendars
Calendar
We are no longer collecting 2016 calendars for the inmates at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. 
If you have extra 2016 calendars, you can send them directly to the Bedford Hills Correctional Center, 247 Harris Road, Bedford Hills, New York   10507-2400 (Attention:  Warden) and note that they are from Barnert Temple/Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Contribute to the Mitzvah Mall Archives:

Share Memories and Materials So Others May Benefit From Our Experience

Phtot Album 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 [email protected].
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.


Toiletries 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.
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