Social Action News
Habitat for Humanity Project: Our joint efforts with Al Huda Islamic Center and Milledge Avenue Baptist Church to build the Abraham House are continuing. Mark your calendar for our final fundraiser. A Mediterranean Style Dinner will be held on Monday, January 19 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) at 6:00 in the Milledge Avenue Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Tickets are $20 for adults, and $10 for children under 12. The committee is seeking volunteers to help in preparing and serving the dinner, to volunteer contact the Temple office (549-4192).
Toys, Toys, Toys – Thanks to everyone who donated a new toy at the annual Hanukkah Dinner. The toys were wrapped and donated to Our Daily Bread. This kitchen serves lunch daily to Athens’ residents in need, and holds a Christmas dinner with clothing and gifts for families living in poverty.
Project Safe: We recently delivered numerous items that people have donated over the past few months. Thanks to everyone who placed an item in the box in the temple foyer. Please participate in our continuing efforts to support this shelter for women and children fleeing violence in their homes. Items needed include: towels, zip lock bags, diapers, toiletries, tissues, coffee filters, paper towels, liquid hand soap.
Homeless Shelter Dinner: CCI continues to serve dinner at the homeless shelter the second Sunday of each month. Contact the Temple office (549-4192) to sign up for a month to provide dinner at the homeless shelter.
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The Social Action Committee is the community service coordination point for Congregation Children of Israel. The Social Action Committee's purpose is to find meaningful community based projects for members of the Temple. This may include direct participation in a project or by providing any opportunity for members to donate to a specified cause. The Social Action Committee also seeks to help other Temple organizations or groups in advertising or coordinating their community action projects.
The Social Action Committee of Temple also has a variety of "standing" projects that the Social Action Committee oversees. These include:
Project Isaiah—annual food drive during the High Holidays. The collected food is given to the Athens Area Food Bank
Channukah Toy Drive—annual collection of toys during the Channukah season. Toys are either given to Toys for Tots via the Athens Navy Supply School or dispersed through Catholic Family Services.
American Cancer Society Relay for Life—members of the Temple raise funds and then walk in the ACS Relay held every year in May.
In between our standing projects, the Social Action Committee coordinates other smaller efforts or helps to advertise the projects of other groups in the Temple. Examples of these projects include:
Collecting used computers and computer peripherals to be used by individuals with disabilities in the state of Georgia.
Collecting supplies for the Athens-Clarke Humane Society—a project initiated by our Pre-school and Kindergarten classes
Collecting blankets, coats, and clothing for Catholic Family Services
Raising funds to support our 6th grade class in donating Teddy Bears to the local Fire Departments for EMS and Firemen to give to children in need or turmoil
Anybody interested in helping or wanting to start a project, contact the Temple office at (706) 549-4192.