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Temple Beth-El offers many opportunities to make a difference in the lives of others this December. Won't you help out? See the options below, and sign up for one or more!
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Christmas Dinner for Needy Families
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A volunteer-run Christmas Dinner will be held at the Temple for food insecure families in the neighborhood from
12:00 to 2:00 pm on Sunday, December 25th. We are planning on feeding 400 people! Specific food items are needed for this event — sign up to purchase
ONLINE. You may also make a
donation to help purchase food & supplies (be sure to specify "Christmas Dinner" in the other purpose section of the form.) Many volunteers are needed for food prep and cooking sessions the week before, help on the day — a
sign-up form is available online.
Questions? Contact the Chair of this event, J.B. Sampson at 210-489-0799 or
[email protected].
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Beth-El Food & Fun WINTER Day Camp
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For food insecure children in the Temple neighborhood, Temple Beth-El will offer Winter Camp
December 26 to 30, 8:00 am to 12:30 pm. Volunteers are needed for camp activities! Call 210-849-6082 or email
BFFSummerDayCamp@ gmail.com if you can help. Kathi Kardon and Robyn Rosen, Co-Directors
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Adopt-A- Family Mitzvah Project
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Volunteers buy gifts for needy families given to us by Family Services Association. We will gather on
Sunday, December 18, at 12:00 noon to wrap, sort, and bag the gifts by families, and to enjoy lunch! Sign up
online to purchase gifts and/or contact Geri Gregory at (210) 733-9135, or
[email protected] to let us know you will be there at 12:00 Noon on the 18th to help wrap & sort.
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Volunteers answer phones on
Sunday, December 25 for three Ronald McDonald House (RMH) locations, so RMH staff can celebrate the holiday at home — 4803 Sid Katz, in the Medical Center area, 227 Lewis St., between San Pedro & McCullough, near the Temple, and Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, 333 N. Santa Rosa.
The three shifts for volunteers are 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, 12:00 to 3:00 pm, and 3:00 to 6:00 pm. Volunteer duties include answering phones and assisting/checking-in families. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. Contact Liz Medina directly at Ronald McDonald House to volunteer at (210) 614-2554 or e-mail
[email protected].
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Hanukkah Parties for our Seniors
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Volunteers are needed for GMJSS Hanukkah Parties at Adante Senior Living on
Sunday, December 11, at 2:00 pm, and Madison House on
Wednesday, December 28, at 2:30 pm. Contact Geri Gregory at 733-9135, ext. 120 or email
[email protected] if you can help.
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2nd Annual Shower Our Community with Love
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Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of San Antonio is hosting their second annual "Shower Our Community with Love" event,
Thursday, December 1, at 7:00 pm. It is a wonderful opportunity to come together as women of San Antonio and give-back to the community – in this year’s case – The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. Each person is asked to bring an unwrapped gift from the hospital's wish list. There will be desserts and a line-up of 18 local vendors to help check off your holiday shopping lists. Go
ONLINE to purchase tickets and see the wish list (just scroll down below the “Admit One” ticket) .
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