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February 05, 2012   12 Sh'vat 5772
How You Can Help  

Dorothy's Place on Soledad Street in Salinas welcome volunteers for the following program:

Immersion Experiences

The Immersion Experiences is a period of three days to two weeks when groups of youth groups and young adults from high schools, youth groups, or universities come and stay at Dorothy’s Place. The students participate in the daily activities of the Hospitality Center as well as in our other projects.

The primary goal of the Immersion Experience between young people and those who we serve. These very human connections form the framework for understanding the reality of poverty, hunger, homeless, and marginalization. This understanding will, we hope, lead these young people to both a commitment to social justice and to a lifelong commitment to service. It is also our hope to someday go out of business! We want the future leaders of out community and nation good and to the well-being of everyone, especially the most powerless among us.

For more information about Dorothy's Place or becoming a volunteer contact:

Dorothy's Place
30 Soledad Street
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 424-1102

And remember -- It’s a mitzvah!


 

B'nai Mitzvah Student's Projects  

Hungry for Music - The Gift of Music

Daniel Awerbuck is involved with the organiziation Hungry For Music hungryformusic.org which is a non-profit organization that provides the gift of music to underserved children who have a desire to play.   Daniel will be collecting instruments from schools, music teachers and music stores. Through this agency the instruments will be provided to students wanting to learn or teachers who have students in need of an instrument.

Clarity: Water - Safe Drinking Water Program

For Sarah Arnow mitzvah project, Sarah is focusing on the problem of safe drinking water in small villages.  She is helping raise money to help a community build a well so they will have a sustainable water supply.  She has teamed up with Mia Hurst, a local yoga teacher, to raise funds for a well through Charity: Water.  They hope to raise a total of $5,000, enough for a village well for about 250 people.  For more information regarding this program visit: http://www.charitywater.org/about/.

Interfaith Housing Emergency Lodging Program

Aaron Kreitman has taken on as his mitzvah project to cook and serve two I-HELP meals at local community churches. I-HELP offers single men shelter, food and support though the continued support of over 60 congregations throughout Monterey County, including Congregation Beth Israel. I-HELP has never missed a night of offering services for the homeless in its 13 years of operation. For more information on how you can help, visit http://www.shelteroutreachplus.org/index.html.

Save the Honey Bees Project

Isaac Leker has chosen to increase awareness about disappearing honeybees and provide information about the ways that individuals can help. One-third of our nation’s food supply depends on bee pollination, but bees are vanishing in astonishing numbers. Häagen-Dazs has launched a campaign to help fund bee research at www.helpthehoneybees.com. For more information about the current state of bees in the U.S. visit the University of California, Davis Department of Entomology website http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/home.cfm

Ag Against Hunger Project

Maya Pollack mitzvah project is inspired by her pararshat, Emor, where Leviticus 23:22 tells the people to “not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and stranger.”  Maya is working with the organization Ag Against Hunger to organize a gleaning day for her grade at Santa Catalina.  The food gathered that day will be brought to the Food Bank for Monterey County, which provides food for 90,000 Monterey County residents.


 

It's A Mitzvah 2011!  

Mitzvah Day 2011 Success!

On Sunday, May 1, the Synagogue was abuzz with activities to carry out the mitzvah: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”  The spirit of tikkun olam was palpable, as students and adults worked together to make fringed fleece blankets, decorate the tables in the Social Hall with hand-crafted table cloths and tissue-paper flowers, create beautiful collage placemats, and participate in a sun-drenched car wash.

With collections and projects we benefited the following worthwhile organizations:

·       Children of Greenfield Farm Workers

·       Community Human Services

·       Get on the Bus Families of Inmates

·       I-Help

·       Joining Hands Gift Shop

·       Meals on Wheels

·       Monterey County Food Bank

·       MPC Re-entry and Multicultural Center

·       Red Cross Blood Drive

·       Shelter Outreach Plus

·       Troops Overseas

Thanks to all of the donors and volunteers who helped make this year’s Mitzvah Day a success! Mazel tov and todah rabah to all who participated! 

All in all, a great contribution was made to various community groups—and great fun was had by all.  We look forward to working with all of you again next year!

 


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