Upcoming September-October Events!

Join NCJW's National staff and our partners from Alliance for Justice for a special election “Boiler Room” training for all Sections about how to safely engage in nonpartisan election activities this election season. This training provides a detailed overview for those who are new to this work and a refresher for more seasoned advocates. Bring your questions and consult with experts to ensure how to engage in issue advocacy, safely fact-check candidates, and advocate in your professional and personal capacity. Register here.

Well, our politicians have kindly set up their debate on the very night we’re doing kits! (The nerve!)

So, are we cancelling? NO! Are we changing the time? Well, YES! You’ve got some choices!

Want to watch the debate on a big screen with friends? Come at 5:30 pm. We’ll set up the kit tables and start playing the debate at 6 pm. We’ll work on kits starting at 7 pm, and you can either work on kits or finish watching the debate.

IMPORTANT! Please remember NCJW is nonpartisan, and we do not all share the same opinions. As such, please be mindful and respectful when viewing the debate together.

Just want to work on kits? Come at 7 pm. We’ll put our lean, mean assembly teams together and have our 400 kits done by 8:30!

No speakers this time, but the same great snacks and libations as usual!

Please RSVP HERE by September 8

or by emailing communityservice@ncjwlongbeach.org 

or calling  (657) 235-2511.

Review propositions for the upcoming election and hear from local candidates representing Long Beach City Council District 4, CA State Assembly District 69, and U.S. House California’s 42nd Congressional District.

Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. No backpacks or large bags will be allowed inside. Clear bags that are equal to or smaller than 12 x 6 x 12 are ok, and small 9 x 6 clutches/wristlets are permitted and do not need to be clear.

For questions, please contact Amy Lakin at alakin@jewishlongbeach.org.

Please RSVP and submit questions for the candidates.

Many helping hands are needed, so join us in giving a "hug" to vulnerable children entering or in the foster care system, from ages infants and toddlers to high school! Come learn about and participate under our new plan for packing HugPacks: we will pack for all five age levels at each and every event, increasing our yearly total from 650 to 720 as we move forward! As always, we send huge kudos to Sara Silva and her team at Compton YouthBuild for keeping this project running so smoothly! 

Snacks and drinks are provided, and we guarantee that doing good for others will feel wonderful! While you have your calendars out, why not reserve HugPack evenings for all four 2024-2025 packings? Our dates are Sept. 26, Nov. 7, March 13 and April 24, with an RSVP two days before each session in order to submit an attendee list required by the Alpert JCC.

Please RSVP HERE by September 24

or by emailing communityservice@ncjwlongbeach.org 

or calling  (657) 235-2511.

Join us at the JCC to write Vote Forward letters and/or to decorate them. Vote Forward has conducted a small pilot study and found that enhancements increase the likelihood that a letter will be opened.

NCJW will provide stickers and markers. You can join us and write letters to be decorated, or you can decorate letters that have already been written. If you have them, bring yours from home. We’ll make them look great!

Feel free to bring a bagged dinner. Coffee, tea and water will be provided.

RSVP by Friday, Sept. 27, to advocacy@ncjwlongbeach.org and indicate if you’d like to write some letters and/or decorate.

NCJW - Greater Long Beach & West Orange County invites our members and guests to a free social event in the Alpert JCC sukkah. Come have lunch, visit with old friends and make new ones, hear donation recipient agency speakers, and enjoy a few hours together under the Alpert JCC's sukkah. In addition, the NCJW 2024-2025 year budget will be presented for member approval. 

Traditionally, Jews reside for seven days outdoors in the sukkah (booth) in appreciation of the ingathering of fall crops and gratitude to God for the bountiful harvest. On October 20, we’ll enjoy each other’s company over lunch with a different kind of ingathering, not in celebration of a fruitful harvest but rather to collect diapers and wipes to aid two greater Long Beach organizations -- Long Beach Community College (LBCC) and Christian Outreach in Action (COA) -- meet a significant need for the youngest children of our community. 

Please bring a package or two of diapers and some wipes (sizes 4-6 especially urgent but any sizes will be welcomed) for the 125 to 150 mothers with children who visit Christian Outreach in Action's Diaper Bank every Friday, as well as the 50 student mothers at LBCC sleeping overnight in a  designated "safe area" parking lot on campus.  Special guest speakers from our beneficiaries COA and LBCC will update us on the needs of mothers and children they are working to fulfill. 

All donations, whether monetary (through our website via Donations or Tributes, especially to the College Student Health and Wellness Fund for LBCC) or in-kind donations of diapers, training pants, and wipes, are so appreciated as NCJW works to support the youngest ones in our community.

RSVP on our website:

or email us at membership@ncjwlongbeach.org by October 16th.

Thursday, Oct. 10: Board Meeting at 7 pm, AJCC.



HOW TO REACH US - CALL US IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION

Email us at info@ncjwlongbeach.org, call (657) 235-2511, or send mail to NCJW–Greater Long Beach & West Orange County, 3801 E. Willow St., Long Beach, CA 90815. Please add this contact information to your contacts list.