Temple Adath Israel's adopt-a-school program
Congregation set up a school tutorial program for neighboring inner-city elementary school students.
Initiative to educate community about issues of gun control, safety measures and awareness.
One congregant realized that many children began school wearing shabby clothes and without school supplies. The Temple created a committee in which families would "adopt" a student and buy clothes, school supplies, and other necessities for the start of the school year.
North American bar/bat mitzvah students sponsor and exchange letters with Ethiopian-Israeli peers.
Congregants pledged to volunteer 18 hours a year.
Volunteers are trained to tutor local students.
Creation of a week-long day camp for local homeless and battered children.
Distribution of toiletry kits to local homeless shelters.
Congregational families with children visit a local senior community.
Collect and distribute books to under-resourced classrooms or disadvantaged families.
Congregants volunteer regularly at local soup kitchens.
The Temple put social action as the centerpiece of its culture. By creating on-going programs in many different areas the congregation enables its members to be involved in many different areas of Social Action work.
Congregation “adopts” a school in a poverty-stricken neighborhood.
The Temple has built a strong social action program which has seeked to mazimize opportunities for members to be involved.
“Dolls for Darfur” was a national advocacy campaign designed to raise awareness about, and bring an end to, the atrocities being committed in Darfur. Dolls for Darfur provides congregations, camps, and other interested groups with postcards and tiny dolls that represent individuals who have lost their lives in Darfur, as well as detailed instructions and materials for lobbying elected officials and curriculum ideas for educated our youth.
Visit a different social action website each night of Chanukah. Use these sites as a springboard for volunteer work and charitable giving.
The congregation collaborated with the administration of a local inner city school. Congregants tutored students, others provided supplies and money for field trips, while others gave their time during after school projects.
Fill your mishloach manot baskets with Fair Trade products and create a more just and sustainable world while enjoying tasty treats.
GUCI campers worked throughout the summer in a Tikkun Olam project facilitated by Keep Indianapolis beautiful. They helped create parks, staffed the Boys and Girls Club, and fixed up neighborhood gardens.
Emphasizing Purim gift-giving to children in crisis.
Youth prepare weekly lunches for the homeless.
Hurricane relief committee created post-Katrina to aid those affected and prepare in case of future disasters.
The congregation continues to do tikkun olam projects through partnerships with various churches and other inter-faith groups throughout the year.
Congregation creates a safe space for homeless families.
Congregations and individuals donate surplus Judaica to developing Central and South American Jewish communities.
The synagogue's B'nai Mitzvah students, teens, and adults work together to improve literacy through tutoring programs, donations of books and backpacks, and through volunteer at after school programs.
Congregants worked together with First AME Zion Church to mentor and tutor 4th grade students at Main Street Elementary.
The synagogue runs a homeless shelter from November until April in which guests are given a hot meal, a warm bed to sleep in, and a breakfast in the morning.
The Temple works to provide shelter for the homeless and needy one night a week during the long winter months. They provide warm meals, a place to sleep, and breakfast in the morning for those who need to take shelter in the synagogue.
A congregation's community outreach program to support an impoverished community in rural America by using Maimonides' injunction that the highest form of tzedakah is to help people help themselves.
Congregation Emanu-el in San Francisco, CA created Project H.E.L.P.
Congregants assist needy families in the area by preparing and delivering monthly packages of canned goods, preserved foods and family favorites.
Central Synagogue in NYC formed a partnership with PS84
Teens in grades 7-12 across the state went door-to-door on the evening of October 31, Halloween, “trick-or-treating” for canned goods to donate to local shelters.
The synagogue's goals are to dismantle racism and economic injustice. They do this by working with other inter-faith groups, by mentoring at local schools, by helping out at Habitat for Humanity, and in many other ways.
The synagogue worked together with other community members to help revitalize a Day Care Center in the inner-city.
By rotating where donations are directed, one's contribution to the tzedakah box can serve a variety of efforts.
Temple Brith Kodesh in Rochester, NY partnered with a local elementary to provide programs and support
A monthly endeavour to collect various items to benefit organizations that provide aid and assistance to people in need. These organizations serve the homeless and people of all faiths.
The Temple partnered with two churches in the South Bronx in order to foster connections between the communities. Through tutoring, blood drives, homeless shelters, and other means, the communities have worked together through iner-faith relations to help make our world a better place.
Bar and Bat Mitzvah students participate in meaningful i-fundraising efforts with ORT America and help fellow students around the world.
The synagogue has partnered with a local elementary school to improve the literacy of the students. By donating money for new books, buying books, and creating tutoring programs, the synagogue has shown what it means to be "The People of the Book."
The Temple created a multifaceted AIDS awareness/action Project. The project provides assistance, support, advocacy, and education for all who are infected, affected, at risk, or concerned about HIV/AIDS.
The Temple created a Tikkun Olam project for every grade of the religious school. In this way, students learned Jewish texts throughout the year, were involved in the project with their families, and were able to build ongoing relationships with other Temple families.
The Temple revamped its Social Action Committee by creating pledge cards in which congregants can indicate which type of Social Action projects they are interesting in doing and how often they are available to do them.
The Temple's religious school engaged in a year long project to support Ethiopian Jewry. They sold embroidery, hosted a Ethiopian-themed Shabbat, and created a national photo exhibit.
