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Roxbury Farm Partnership
After engaging in a study of kashrut and Jewish thought around eating, congregation forms CSA (community sustained agricultural) partnership with local farm.
Run for Shelter
Run/walk event to raise funds and awareness to combat chronic homelessness. Community Contact Information: Temple Emanuel Greensboro, NC www.tegreensboro.org Goals: Raise money and awareness for local homeless assistance network. Engage the larger community in a social action project.
RUSH (Rural Self Help) Initiative
Congregation supports local underprivileged community using Maimonides' teaching that the highest form of tzedakah is to help people help themselves. Community Contact Information: Temple Emanu-El Birmingham, AL www.ourtemple.org Goals: Assist an impoverished local community.
S.O.S. Save Our Soldiers
Raised awareness to the plight of the three Israeli soldiers captured in the 2006 Lebanon War.
Save Our Soldiers
A group of teens from NJ is dedicated to raising awareness about the kidnapped Israeli soldiers Save Our Soldiers (SOS) is a group of teens from the Short Hills, New Jersey area dedicated to raising awareness of the kidnapped Israeli soldiers.
Schenectady Day Nursery Project
Members of the social action committee at Congregation Gates of Heaven helped a Nursery school The social action committee at Congregation Gates of Heaven in Schenectady, New York adopted the Schenectady Day Nursery, which serves low income families with medical needs and provides day care for pre-K
School 52 Partnership
Temple Brith Kodesh in Rochester, NY partnered with a local elementary to provide programs and support Temple Brith Kodesh (TBK) in Rochester, New York gives educational support for students, teachers, and administrators of a local elementary school by providing classroom volunteers, book donations,
Second Helpings
Temple Sinai in Atlanta, GA created a food rescue program.
Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped
Reform Jews can help serve the blind and the visually handicapped by volunteering to tape a book or other articles. Target Groups: Adults, Multi-generational Social Action Program The U.S.
Serving the Hearing Impaired
The Temple opened its High Holiday services to people with hearing difficulties.