SOCIAL ACTION

 Social Action Team

Goals

• To create and implement a meaningful program for social action and community service, that will personally touch members of Congregation Shir Ami while positively impacting the community.
• To create a vision of “giving and serving” that will become a defining aspect of our congregational identity.

Objective:  To select social issues that Congregation Shir Ami will adopt as a congregational priority in order to fulfill the Biblical mandate to be a light to the nations, making the world a better place for all people.

Process:  The Social Action Team 2007-2008, chaired by Lori Allee and Peg Sturman, will

·        identify issues to be adopted by Congregation Shir Ami for monthly collections that will engage the entire congregation in a meaningful and thoughtful way and impact various underserved populations, 

·        continue providing volunteers for monthly service to Neighbor to Neighbor Food Pantry and Thrift Shop

·        monitor local, national and world events to see where our contribution can be most valuable,

·        recommend additional appropriate and worthwhile social action projects,

·        welcome suggestions from all members of Congregation Shir Ami.

2007-2008
SOCIAL ACTION PROJECTS

Monthly Collection Drives and Community Service Projects

SEPTEMBER FOOD DRIVE

serving Neighbor to Neighbor

OCTOBER WINTER CLOTHING DRIVE

supporting 400 Westchester County homeless students

NOVEMBER EYE GLASSES DRIVE

for VOSH Volunteer Optometrists Serving Humanity

DECEMBER HOLIDAY SHARING DRIVE

sponsored by Junior League of Northern Westchester

 

Upcoming drives for 2008 will include

Dress for Success and Neighbor-to-Neighbor household need drive

Mitzvah Day – Mark your calendars!
Sunday, April 6 – a great day of giving for all Shir Ami Families

with opportunities for every member to help our community.

Watch emails for projects and details

Neighbor to Neighbor Food Pantry and Thrift Shop in Greenwich

Many of you are familiar with Neighbor to Neighbor, a Greenwich-based organization that gathers and distributes food and clothing to area residents. In a normal month, Neighbor to Neighbor distributes food for more than 13,000 meals and serves 1,600 client households throughout Greenwich, Stamford and Port Chester each year. Neighbor to Neighbor depends on the good will of volunteers to work at the Food Pantry and Thrift Shop, both located in Christ Church Annex.

Congregation Shir Ami will serve as the volunteer force

for the Neighbor to Neighbor Food Pantry and Thrift Shop

on the following Saturday mornings from 8:30-12:00

June 23, 2007
July 21, 2007
August 11, 2007
September 29, 2007
October 27, 2007
December 1, 2007

January 26, 2008

March 15, 2008

May 3, 2008

Only 8 volunteers are needed each time.

Children – age 8+ – are welcome accompanied by adults.

Please contact pegbier@aol.com

Clothing, household items, and books, are always needed.

When you clean out your closets, bring your gently used items

to Christ Church Annex any morning from 8:30-12:00!

We hope that every Shir Ami Family will take part in our social action program!

Please continue to explore this site. We have so much happening in Social Action that every Shir Ami member will be able to respond. Our calendar lists all of the upcoming events. For more information, feel free to call or email

(203) 921-1001

socialactionteam (at) congregationshirami.org

 

"We must become the change that we wish to see in the world" Mahatma Gandhi

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