Gemilut Hasadim Committee Update
301-299-7087, Ext. 314
Ongoing Volunteer ProjectsGemilut Hasadim means Acts of Loving Kindness. The Har Shalom Gemilut Hasadim Committee is dedicated to helping those in need within our greater community. “You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to the poor, and to the needy of your land,” says Deuteronomy 15:11.
Throughout the year, the Gemilut Hasadim Committee provides opportunities for congregants to help others who are less fortunate. Our programs include ï Offering a grant to a Har Shalom high school student to enable him or her to develop and implement a social action program. ï Increasing Project Linus meetings for blanket-making ï Adding a gift-wrapping evening ï Continuing to hold Mini-Mitzvah Days. ï Continuing to assist Stepping Stones Shelter with meals and support.
Our “Item of the Month” program offers us a chance to help a wide variety of organizations. Each month, we will focus on a specific organization, provide information about the group, and collect items for which they have expressed a need. Collection receptacles will be located in the main lobby, Religious School and ECEC sections of the building. Please share in Har Shalom’s commitment to helping others. We can make a difference.
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Month |
Items to be Collected |
Organization |
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September |
Non-perishable Food Items (No glass please) |
Manna Food Center & Mazon |
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October |
New and gently used kitchen and bath towels of all sizes and New and gently used Judaica |
Jewish Foundation For Group Homes |
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November |
Non-perishable Thanksgiving Food Items |
Holiday Giving Program, |
|
December |
Gift Cards for the Holidays
|
Jewish Social Service Agency
(JSSA) |
|
January |
Hats, scarves and warm socks |
Montgomery County Men's Shelter & JSSA |
|
February |
Convenience Foods |
Fisher House-National Naval Medical Center |
|
March |
Hametz (include macaroni
groggers) |
Manna Food Center & JSSA Kosher Kitchen |
|
April |
Disposable cameras and travel size toys |
Make - A -Wish Foundation |
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May |
Cell phones – (No longer needed or broken) |
Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Violence |
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June |
Household cleaning supplies |
Stepping Stones Shelter & |
|
July |
Toiletries |
Walter Reed Army Medical
Center – |
|
August |
School Supplies |
Montgomery County Child
Welfare Services |
Note: Non-perishable food items (No Glass Please) and toiletries are collected on an ongoing basis on the shelves in the Gordon Coat Room.
(Suggestions for food donations include: canned vegetables, canned tuna, canned fruit, breakfast cereal,
canned juice, rice or pasta, canned soup, applesauce, canned spaghetti sauce, non-fat dry milk and peanut butter.)
We also urge you to support MAZON, a Jewish response to hunger. Donation envelopes will be available at Har Shalom or see
www.mazon.org.
Mini-Mitzvah Days: Please join us as we make sandwiches, create Birthday Party and Celebration Bags, crochet granny squares and make fleece blankets for Project Linus (we’ll teach you how to crochet the squares and tie knots for fleece blankets), make bookmarks for Children’s Inn and placemats for Camp Caring and other activities to help those in need in our community. All ages welcome, but children under ten years of age must bring a parent, grandparent or other adult with them. Please bring two jars of peanut butter. Donations of cake mix, canned frosting, sprinkles, and new washable acrylic yarn are also needed. Community Service credit for students is available for participating in these events.
This year, the Gemilut Hasadim Committee is holding
two Mitzvah Days, one on
Sunday, Oct 25 called the Fall Mitzvah day,
and the other on Sunday,
May 23 called the Ilene Abrams Mitzvah Day.
These events offer a variety of activities for people
of all ages to work together on projects that help children and adults in
need.
Brighten the Holidays for Jewish Families - Each year, JSSA provides services for about 25 families who cannot afford to buy holiday gifts for their children. Har Shalom, through the Gemilut Hasadim Committee, works with JSSA to purchase gift items from these families' "wish lists." Please contact Gemilut Hasadim chair Sonia Beekman, 301-299-7087, ext, 314, if you would like a family list from which to pick one or more gift items for a family in need.
On-going Gemilut Hasadim Projects:
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