Social Action Activities
1. Jewish Social Action Month 2008
2. Temple Emanuel 'cool'...?
3. Food is needed NOW!
4. Community Mitzvah Day (12/25/08)
5. Matan Chaim: The Gift of Life
6. Just 5 minutes
7. Top Web Sites for Advice Seeking Caregivers
8. Slash Hospital Bills...
9. Give Life - Give blood!
10. Movable Feast - Volunteer Nights
11. Whoever saves a life saves the world entire.
12. Share your vision for what America can be...
13. Prepared for Digital TV in Feb 2009?
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Jewish Social Action Month 2008
October 30-November 27, 2008
Cheshvan 5769
www.cheshvan.org
jsam@koldor.org
Whether you call it Tikkun Olam, social action, chesed - Join thousands of Jewish organizations and individuals around the world of all backgrounds and
affiliations for a month of unity through social action. Volunteer with children,rally for Darfur, clean up a river, feed the homeless, raise money for Sderot,paint a mural or do whatever you are passionate about:
What is Jewish Social Action Month?
Jewish Social Action Month (JSAM) is an initiative of KolDor, a global network of young Jewish leaders, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel and socialaction.com to promote both social action and Jewish Peoplehood. In just
three years since its launch, JSAM has evoked a remarkable response. Political support has come from the Presidents of both Israel and the United States of America, British parliamentarians, US senators and congressmen, Israeli
Knesset members and others. A wide spectrum of Jewish religious leaders, major institutions, youth groups, communal organizations and many others from around the world endorsed the initiative and created exciting and
widespread programs.
In 2008 we want to make JSAM even more global and reach more people. All communities, organizations, and individuals - whether they work with the Jewish world or the general society - are invited to participate.
How to Get Involved?
Organizations:
1. Organize a special volunteer or activist event during JSAM and share with the global community on our website.
2. Dedicate an on-going activity to JSAM by using the attached logo.
3. Use www.cheshvan.org to get project ideas, share your initiatives with others, and connect.
4. Advertise JSAM to your partners and constituents by forwarding the YouTube Video or the flyers (English, Hebrew, Russian) found online.
Individuals:
1. Commit to a new volunteer activity during JSAM and share with the global community on our website.
2. Dedicate an on-going activity to JSAM.
3. Organize your friends and family to do a project personally meaningful to you.
4. Use www.cheshvan.org to get project ideas, share your initiatives with others, and connect .
5. Spread the word by forwarding the YouTube Video or the flyers (English, Hebrew, Russian) attached to this e-mail.
6. Join the JSAM Facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2386299644&refurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fs.php%3Fq%
3DJSAM%26init%3Dq.
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Temple Emanuel 'cool'...?
Be Temple Emanuel 'cool'...check out our online Temple store!
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Food is needed NOW!
Donated product at the Maryland Food Bank is at an all time low comprising less than 50 percent of our current inventory. Soup kitchens, food pantries and emergency shelters are not getting the food that they need to feed the hungry in Maryland Agencies served by the Maryland Food Bank are experiencing empty shelves that make it impossible for them to feed the hungry in their community.
This is an unprecedented time at the Maryland Food Bank, and we need your help. Help us fill our shelves through our Virtual Food Drive . (fillemptyshelves.kintera.org).
It's easy and it provides all of the benefits of a food drive without the heavy lifting. You can fill our shelves with our most needed items including cases of tuna, peanut butter, green beans, fruit cups and all of the essentials of a healthy diet.
Please forward this email to everyone you know so that they can be aware of the dire situation that the hungry people in this state are facing.
Don't let any Marylander go hungry this summer. Please help,
Vanessa Reed
Volunteer Coordinator
Maryland Food Bank
vreed@mdfoodbank.org
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Community Mitzvah Day (12/25/08)
Community Mitzvah Day registration is now open!
Light up the community.
Get out and do a mitzvah!
Community Mitzvah Day 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Feed the homeless · Assemble winter survival kits · Visit the elderly
Registration is now open for all Mitzvah Day projects.
REGISTER NOW
For more information, log onto www.jvcbaltimore.org, call 410-843-7490, or email jvcbaltimore@associated.org.
Jen Grossman, Mitzvah Day Chair
Fee(s) if any: Applicable Fees
Location of Event: Location of Event
Start Date and Time: 12/25/08
End Date and Time: 12/25/08
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Last updated: 11/20/08
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Matan Chaim: The Gift of Life
On behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism and the entire family of Reform Judaism, we invite you to join in becoming an organ donor and thus to participate in the mitzvah of matan chaim--the gift of life.
Life, our tradition's highest value, is at the heart of our invitation. By becoming an organ donor you can join thousands who have placed themselves in a position to bring healing, hope and life to others. The Union invites you to choose to make this gift so that others may benefit. We invite you to share this discussion and decision with your family, friends and rabbi; as well as your medical, legal and additional health care providers.
Medical technology has given us the means to dignify, sanctify and sustain lives in ways that were impossible just a few years ago. We invite you to bring to that technology a response of holiness, purpose and life.
Jewish tradition teaches that we are partners with God in continuing and sustaining the daily miracles of creation. Organ and tissue donation are an extension of this partnership. Through donation, you have the unique and holy opportunity to give the gift of life and wellness from one of God's creations - you - to another. With your gift, you respond hineni to God's call.
Matan Chaim: The Gift of Life
http://urj.org/jfc/bioethics/donor/
Sponsored by Committees on Older Adults and Bio-Ethics. Co-Sponsored by Women of Reform Judaism.
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Just 5 minutes
Wanna make a difference? Take 5 minutes and contribute your name to the current initiatives that will support the refugees from Darfur!
http://www.savedarfur.org/pages/current_initiatives
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Top Web Sites for Advice Seeking Caregivers
Some of the best web sites to help you navigate everything from reducing stress to finding government assistance. (Kiplingers Oct '08)
The Family Caregiver (www.caregiver.org) 415-434-3388
Alzheimers Association (www.alz.org) 312-335-8700
CancerCare (www.cancercare.org) 800-813-4673
National Family Caregivers Association (www.thefamilycaregiver.org) 301-942-6430
National Alliance for Caregiving (www.caregiving.org)
Strangth for Caring (www.strengthforcaring.com)
AARP (www.aarp.org/family/caregiving)
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Slash Hospital Bills...
with a little haggling...A medical billing advocate or claims specialist can help you figure out a reasonable amount to pay and can also assist you in making your case.
Find a pro through the Alliance of Claims Assistance Professionals (www.claims.org) or the Medical Billing Advocates of America (www.billadvocates.com)
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Give Life - Give blood!
To find a local blood drive. Time & place...
https://www.givelife.org/index_flash.cfm?thisHB=09/17/2008%2008:26:47
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Movable Feast - Volunteer Nights
Want to volunteer at Moveable Feast but can't make it during the day?
We recently started Volunteer Nights on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 8:30pm.
Volunteers can assist with food preparation, meal packaging and grocery bag packing.
On the first Wednesday and third Thursday of the month we will also have a baking group during the session.
For additional information, please contact Tom Patrick at 443-904-3313.
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Whoever saves a life saves the world entire.
The moral test of any society is how it treats its most vulnerable. Each year, 350-500 million people are infected with malaria. In Africa, more than one million of those infected die each year. The large-scale impact of this disease devastates society and the economy.
Yet, the spread of malaria is preventable and the solution is simple and cost-effective. Studies show that using insecticide-treated bed nets can reduce transmission as much as 50%. A $10 donation goes directly towards the purchase, distribution, and education about the proper use of a family bed net. Contributions raised will provide bed nets to Darfuri refugees who have crossed borders into the Central African Republic and Chad. Save a life--one net at a time, one family at a time. Make a donation. Start a "Net-raiser" team.
Visit: www.nothingbutnets.net
Fee(s) if any: $10
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Last updated: 09/11/08
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Share your vision for what America can be...
Visit
www.change.gov/page/s/yourvision
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Last updated: 11/19/08
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Prepared for Digital TV in Feb 2009?
Get free coupons for your converter box...
https://www.dtv2009.gov/
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