TAE Social Action
Making a Difference Together
March 2022
Highlights of this Month's Email - (Scroll for Details)


Refugee Shabbat: Afghan Refugees
Speaker Rabia Ahmadi
Friday, March 4
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Conejo Interfaith Refugee Team
Help Afghan Refugees
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Blood Drive
April 3
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Mitzvah Day
May 1
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Electronic Waste Drive
May 1
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Volunteers needed for Mitzvah Day
May 1
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Help Prepare a Hot Meal for Those in Need
Distributed by Harbor House
Last Sunday of Each Month
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Make lunches for those in need
Distributed by Harbor House
Every Monday
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Knitting and Crocheting for Charity
March 27
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Tour of Many Mansions
April 10
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Donate Prom Dresses for Foster Youth
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Provide help to Jews in Ukraine
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Racial Justice Task Forces
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Upcoming drives -
Food Drive - April 1-29
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Social Action Meeting
March 15
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TAE Social Action T-Shirts for Sale
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TAE Caring Community
We hope that everyone is well during these challenging times. We are just beginning to plan projects in person.There are many opportunities available to help others. Watch the weekly TAE-News and visit www.AdatElohim.org/socialaction to learn about TAE social action opportunities. The information changes regularly, so please check back often!

Marcia & Harold Gordon - Social Action Co-Chairs
socialaction@adatelohim.com
REFUGEE SHABBAT
HELP AFGHAN REFUGEES
BLOOD DRIVE
Help us combat the current blood shortage. You could save a life.
Watch the video below to hear directly from TAE donors how important and easy it is to donate.
MITZVAH DAY
ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR MITZVAH DAY
We need your help on Mitzvah Day
Sunday, May 1
from
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
On Sunday, May 1, TAE congregants will be working on over 15 different projects which will benefit over 10 different local non-profit organizations. We need volunteers to help us make this happen. All projects will take place outside. If you can volunteer on May 1, please click here. It will be fun!
HELP TO PROVIDE MEALS FOR THOSE IN NEED - DISTRIBUTED BY HARBOR HOUSE
MAKE A PORTION OF THE HOT MEAL
Temple Adat Elohim members are providing a hot to-go dinner on the last Sunday of every month.

Volunteers are needed to:

  • Prepare a part of the meal at home and drop it off at TAE at 3:15 pm.
  • Create "to-go" boxes at temple at 3:15 pm from the prepared dishes.
  • Deliver the finished "to-go" meals to Harbor House for immediate distribution.

We need your help to provide meals to those in need in our community. Sign ups are now open for April 24, May 29 and June 26.
MAKE LUNCHES

Temple Adat Elohim members are providing to-go bagged lunches and cases of water every Monday.

Preparing these lunches is a great activity for family and friends to do together at home.
The Miller family decorating the bags, making and delivering the lunches.
Harbor House also has a sign up list to bring lunches other days of the week.
To sign up for Tuesday - Sunday visit the Harbor House sign up page directly.
KNITTING AND CROCHETING FOR CHARITY


Upcoming date:

Sunday, March 27
11:30 a.m.
TAE Courtyard
We will be meeting from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the courtyard at TAE (unless a change in the Covid transmission requires us to meet via zoom). RSVP is required so we can contact you in case of a change of location.
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If we meet in person, vaccination or a negative test as well as masks are required to attend.

Join us as we make scarfs, hats and small blankets that will be gifted to local charities for distribution.

You don't need to know how to knit or crochet. Bring your yarn and needles and someone will help get you started!

We will be collecting items for the following organizations:
  1. Knitted knockers - Knitted Knockers are special handmade breast prosthesis for women who have undergone mastectomies or other procedures to the breast. Click here to learn more and get the pattern. These will be collected at Mitzvah Day on 5/1.
  2. My Stuff Bags - Blankets for children who have been removed from their homes. Finished blankets should be no larger than 50×70 inches. These will be collected at Mitzvah Day on 5/1.
  3. The 2022 Community Holiday Dinner - adult hats, scarfs and blankets.(Will be collected in December 2022)
TAKE A TOUR OF MANY MANSIONS
Learn about low-income housing in Thousand Oaks
Tour Many Mansions
Sunday, April 10
from 2-3:30 p.m.
Many Mansions is a non-profit organization that provides well-managed, service-enriched, affordable housing to low-income residents of Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, with a special focus on those of very low-income, who are formerly homeless, seniors, veterans, or disabled. They own and manage 18 properties, over 600 units of affordable housing, serve approximately 1,300 adults and 300 children, provide on-site services and programs that include job training, case management, homework tutoring, supplemental food distributions, college scholarships, and much more. 

Come and see first hand what low income housing looks like.

Take a tour of a few of the Many Mansions properties, right here in Thousand Oaks on Sunday, April 10 at 2 p.m.

Click here to RSVP.
DONATE GENTLY USED PROM DRESSES

The Women's Interfaith Network (WIN) will be collecting items for the Prom for foster youth in March
The Women's Interfaith Network (WIN) will be collecting:
  • Gently used business casual, spring dresses, prom gowns, prom shoes, jewelry. All items must be clean.
  • New makeup and goodie bag items

These items will be given to James Storehouse who will distribute them to foster youth.

Please sign up for the items you would like to donate and then bring them to TAE March 1 - 15. If you would like to help sort the items that are being donated from all congregations - join us at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Thousand Oaks on March 16 at 6:30pm.
PROVIDE HELP TO JEWS IN UKRAINE
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles is mobilizing to respond to the needs of the Jewish community in Ukraine resulting from the Russian invasion. Click here to learn more.
RACIAL JUSTICE TASK FORCES


Racial Justice Task Forces are open to all TAE members and ECC families
We have 4 racial justice task forces that are researching issues, creating and implementing action plans. The task forces meet regularly and are on going. New members are welcome to join at any time.
Criminal Justice Reform
Harold Gordon, Chair

Voter Rights
Susan VanVleet &
Diane Lipson, Co-Chairs

Education Reform
Arianne Walker & Susan Drapkin, Co-Chairs

Inclusion at TAE
Our TAE Inclusion task force is working to ensure that all feel welcome in our community.
Cyndi Levinson and Marcia Gordon, Co-Chairs
SUPPORT THOSE WHO DONATED TO THE COMMUNITY HOLIDAY DINNER
SAVE THE DATE
Food Drive - April 1 - 29
SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING

The next Social Action Committee meeting
will be
Tuesday, March 15
at 7 p.m. via Zoom
All members are invited to join us to learn more about TAE Social Action, bring new ideas, help plan upcoming events and get involved.
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 so that we can show our TAE spirit when we can once again volunteer in the community. Shirts are $23 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 people who are in need to let them know that their TAE family is thinking of them? Do you have time to visit remotely with people who are in need of some contact while they are ill? If you can help, please contact Cantor David at dshukiar@adatelohim.com (805) 497-7101. Please also contact Cantor David if you know someone in need.
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING?
BOWLS OF HOPE
On Sunday, February 6, TAE congregants learned about Many Mansions as they made beautiful bowls that will be used by Many Mansions at their upcoming Bowls of Hope fundraiser.
This monthly Social Action e-newsletter is sent from the Social Action committee at the beginning of each month. It includes upcoming social action opportunities that are available to the TAE community. We invite all TAE members to find your place in TAE Social Action. We hope that you will find a project (or many!) that touches your heart. There is something for everyone. 

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