TAE SOCIAL ACTION

Making a Difference Together



August 2024

August Highlights

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  • Operation Gratitude Assembly Day
  • Shoes That Fit
  • Bag Stapling for High Holy Day Food Drive
  • Community Service Day for 9/11 - Make Lunches
  • Hot Meals for Harbor House
  • Knitting and Crocheting for Charity
  • Relay for Life - Fight Against Cancer Make Luminarias
  • Blood Drive
  • Holiday Dinner Planning Committee Forming
  • Kindness Café
  • Club Chesed
  • Lunches for Harbor House
  • Book "It Could Happen Here"
  • Social Action Committee Meeting
  • TAE Social Action T-Shirts for Sale
  • TAE Caring Community


DATES TO REMEMBER:

  • 8/5 - Social Action Committee Meeting
  • 8/10 - Operation Gratitude Assembly Day
  • 8/1 through 8/25 - Shoes That Fit Sign-Ups
  • 8/25 - Hot Meal for Harbor House
  • 9/11 - Make lunches for Harbor House
  • 9/15 - Stapling Bags for the Food Drive
  • 9/15, 9/22, and 9/29 - Purchase Luminarias for Relay for LIfe
  • 9/17 - Community Holiday Dinner Planning Meeting
  • 9/15 - Club Chesed
  • 9/22 - Knitting and Crocheting for Charity
  • 10/5 - Relay for Life
  • 10/11 and 10/12 - High Holy Days Food Drive
  • 10/16 - Manna Food Sorting
  • 11/3 - Blood Drive
  • 12/25 - Community Holiday Dinner

OPERATION GRATITUDE ASSEMBLY MORNING

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SHOES THAT FIT

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HIGH HOLY DAYS FOOD DRIVE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

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COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY FOR 9/11 - MAKE LUNCHES FOR HARBOR HOUSE

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MAKE A PORTION OF A HOT MEAL FOR THOSE IN NEED: DISTRIBUTED BY HARBOR HOUSE

Sunday, August 25, 2024

We need your help!


  • On the last Sunday of each month, except September and December, TAE partners provide a delicious hot meal for 60 clients of Harbor House.
  • Volunteers prepare a part of the meal at their homes and bring it to TAE.
  • The meals are then packed into to-go boxes and delivered to Harbor House. 


Sign up to prepare a dish at home with your family and deliver it to TAE. Drop it off or stay and assist in packing the meals. Kids are welcome! Packing typically takes about 30 minutes!


Harbor House clients rely on us to provide this meal each month, and we can't do it without your help!


The next hot meal we need sign ups for is Sunday, August 25, 2024.


You can help by:

  • Preparing a protein dish to serve 20 people
  • Preparing a veggie dish to serve 20 people
  • Preparing a starch dish to serve 20 people
  • Providing dessert for 20 people
  • Providing bread for 20 people


Please bring your contribution to TAE on August 25, 2024, at 3:15 PM. The address will be provided to those who sign up.


Stay and help package the meals from 3:15 - 3:45 PM


Please sign up if you're available to contribute!


A heartfelt thank you to each and every volunteer who makes the meals possible, and to Michele Zinn and Karen Begun who coordinate the meals.

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KNITTING AND CROCHETING FOR CHARITY

MAKE A LUMINARIA IN HONOR OF A LOVED ONE FOR RELAY FOR LIFE

RELAY FOR LIFE - TAE TEAM FORMING

BLOOD DRIVE

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COMMUNITY HOLIDAY DINNER



Community Holiday Dinner Planning Committee now forming


First meeting 9/17/2024

Although it is months away, it is time to start planning the 30th Annual Community Holiday Dinner, which will be held on December 25, 2024, at Temple Adat Elohim. Committee subgroups include decorations, advertising, entertainment, food/desserts, gifts, and more. The first committee meeting will take place on September 17, 2024, at 6:30 PM.


If you are interested in being a part of the planning committee, please email taeholidaydinner@gmail.com.

CLUB CHESED

KINDNESS CAFE

MAKE LUNCHES FOR HARBOR HOUSE

Temple Adat Elohim's congregants continue to provide 'to-go' bagged lunches and cases of water for those in need in our community.


Preparing these lunches is a wonderful activity for families and friends to do together at home. You can sign up to bring 10 or more lunches any day of the week, each prepared at home and then delivered to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Thousand Oaks.

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BOOKS AVAILABLE

"IT COULD HAPPEN HERE"

BY JONATHAN GREENBLATT

Temple Adat Elohim is entering its third year as a "Kulanu" congregation with the ADL. Kulanu means "all of us" and was created by the ADL to empower congregations to address antisemitism and hate in their communities through education, community engagement, and advocacy.


As a Kulanu congregation, we received a limited number of copies of Jonathan Greenblatt's book, It Could Happen Here. If you would like a copy, please send an email to socialaction@adatelohim.com.

SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING

The next Social Action Committee meeting

will take place on

Monday, August 5, 2024,

at 7:00 PM, via Zoom


All TAE partners are invited to attend the meeting to learn more about TAE Social Action, get involved, bring new ideas, and help plan upcoming events.

Click here to RSVP and receive the Zoom link

TEMPLE ADAT ELOHIM T-SHIRTS






Temple Adat Elohim - Making a Difference Together T-shirts are now available for purchase!

Get your t-shirt now so you can wear it with pride every time you volunteer. We hope everyone will have a shirt to show our TAE spirit when we volunteer in the community. Shirts are $26.50, and can be ordered here.

CAN YOU HELP?

Caring Community of TAE needs your help!


Our Caring Community is dedicated to reaching out to those in our TAE community who are in need. 


Do you have some time to make a few phone calls to TAE partners in need letting them know their TAE family is thinking of them? Are you available to visit (either remotely or in-person) with people who are in need of contact while they are ill or homebound? If you can help, please contact Cantor David at dshukiar@adatelohim.com and join our growing list of volunteers who create community through their actions. If you or someone you know is in need, please don't hesitate to reach out as well.

Learn more here

WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING?

KINDNESS CAFE

Our first meeting of the Kindness Café took place on July 18, 2024, to make paracord lanyards and write thank-you notes to first responders for Operation Gratitude. Kindness Café is a small group of people joining together to make a difference in our community. Keep a lookout for our upcoming Kindness Café events!

This monthly Social Action e-newsletter is sent from the Social Action committee at the beginning of each month, highlighting upcoming social action opportunities for the TAE community. We invite all TAE partners to find a place within TAE Social Action. We hope you will find a project (or many!) that touches your heart, as there is something for everyone. 


If you support charities or projects, please share them with us at socialaction@adatelohim.com. We may be able to involve others in a project that is important to you! 

Temple Adat Elohim | SocialAction@AdatElohim.com | www.AdatElohim.org

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