SOME AT CHRISTMAS
Christmas at SOME (So Others Might Eat) is a very special event for Temple Emanuel. Help is needed to serve the meal on Christmas Day, as well as bake cookies and roast turkeys in advance.
Please contact Val Fagen, vfagen@verizon.net, for information so that you can be part of this much needed and greatly appreciated annual holiday event.
Worldwide!
December 7th, 2019
It’s getting cold out. While some of us have the pleasure of enjoying the changing of the seasons, others are forced to sleep outside. In the United States alone, over 552,000 people were counted as being homeless on a single night according to HUD.
KESTY is proud to announce that in solidarity with 50 other cities around the world, we will be joining the World’s Biggest Sleep Out to raise funds and awareness for the global homelessness refugee crisis. Nathan Rhein, our SAVP, has taken the reins on organizing a Big Sleep Out for the whole community. Thank you to CSAC, the Global Mitzvah Committee, the Rabbi’s Fund, and Stepping Stones Shelter for your partnership.
From Saturday December 7th to Sunday December 8th, all Temple Emanuel community members and friends are invited to the Big Sleep Out to raise funds and awareness about global homelessness and displacement. Our Big Sleep Out is one of hundreds around the world. From 6PM to 10PM, we’ll have programs about homelessness for all ages from ECC to adults, including a community dinner over a bonfire. At 10PM, we’ll read a bedtime story and transition to sleeping in at Temple. We’ll have sleeping options for teens, young families, and individuals.
Our KESTY board is looking to raise $300 for the Big Sleep Out. 100% of funds raised will go to charity. Half of the money will go to Stepping Stones Shelter in Rockville, Maryland. The other half will go to UNICEF.
You can donate to KESTY’s BSO team at tinyurl.com/KESTYBSODONATE and sign up to attend the event at tinyurl.com/KESTYBSO2019.
Yours in Solidarity,
Devorah
For questions about The Big Sleep Out, contact Director of Youth Engagement,
Devorah Stavisky, at dstavisky@templeemanuelmd.org.
“Imagine congregants motivated by core Jewish values… teaching our community that being a Jew means caring for needs around our world and making a difference in small ways.” – Rabbi Warren Stone
The Global Mitzvah Project (GMP) plans and conducts fund-raising, educational and global advocacy activities to inspire active involvement of Temple Emanuel youth and adults in tikkun olam. In partnership with reputable international organizations like Plan USA/International, Tevel b’Tzedek, Engineers Without Borders, Innovation:Africa, and Free the Slaves, the GMP has pinpointed critical areas of need in many countries (e.g., Guatemala, Haiti, Kenya, El Salvador, Uganda, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Cambodia). Funds have been raised to improve health, education, safety, food security, and self-determination for women and children in these countries. The project has demonstrated a strong commitment to social justice while involving a majority of the congregation in multi-faceted, community wide activities.
To date, 26 different projects have been supported in 17 countries. The total amount of funds donated to these projects has exceeded $40,000 thanks to the generosity of our congregation and friends. GMP celebrated its 10th Year in 2018 and completed two milestone products: (1) booklet featuring 10 of the GMT’s successful projects;
(2) team video describing the work of the GMP. To review significant project activities and accomplishments visit:
https://globalmitzvahte.wordpress.com/
Congregants are invited to join the Global Mitzvah Team and attend our meetings. Please contact co-chairs, Stan Fagen (sfagen@verizon.net) or Caroline Smith DeWaal (dewaalcaroline@gmail.com) for more information.
Kiva.org is a site for disadvantaged people all over the world seeking small loans to start their own businesses. Join the Global Mitzvah Project Lending Team by making a donation for as little as $25, and help a borrower of your choice to improve the life and well being of their family.
The Bereavement Committee maintains a state of readiness. We are prepared to serve a Meal of Comfort to Temple members following the funeral service of a loved one. In order to continue to serve the Temple community we need additional volunteers. Can you help us with any of the following?
Please contact Mark Rother at Mdrother@gmail.com with any questions or to volunteer.
Cooking for SOME at Christmas
Thanks to all who volunteer to cook and/or serve at SOME for Christmas Day! The people at SOME are great to work with and very appreciative of our help. Thanks so much for your continued support of this worthwhile Christmas Day project.
Provide-a-Meal Program
Throughout the year, we also participate in the SOME Provide-a-Meal program, which feeds homeless and poor people in the Greater Washington, DC area.
Four times per year we prepare 38 Shepherd’s pies to delivery to SOME. Each casserole feeds 10 – 12 people — that’s between 380 – 456 men, women & children!
Click here for the recipe to make Shepherd’s Pie for SOME
NOTE: Making lunches for homeless people through Temple Emanuel is an accepted volunteer activity which qulaifies for Student Service Learning (SSL) hours — get your children to help you and they’ll benefit too!
For more details, or to volunteer, please contact Fran Bernstein at fbernstein2@gmail.com.
Spread The Love – Sandwich Donation
November 11, 2019 by urjnetworkadmin • Front Page, Mitzvah Opportunities •
Spread the Love!
8:45am-9:30am
Drop off at Temple Emanuel
(in the parking lot)
Every month, members of Temple Emanuel donate to Martha’s Table, a non-profit in gentrifying DC that needs 1000 sandwiches per day for its low income clientele. Martha’s Table also needs granola bars, individually bagged trail mix (in small baggies), muffins that are wrapped individually. Please consider donating whenever you can.
Notes:
On the designated Sundays, Shazi will be in the Temple parking lot, near the bamboo with the trunk up. She will be in the green Alfa Romeo.
Questions? Email Shazi Spieler at shazbone@gmail.com or call/text 202-669-4837
*Please remeber not to bring the PB&J sandwiches into the synagogue.