Chesed

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Your Chesed committee has been hard at work.

These are some of our activities.

Would you like to join us in these mitzvot?

If so, please email doreenlerner@sbcglobal.net

We’d love to have you participate!

As appropriate, kids and teens – and not just adults - are welcome to be part of our committee.

· Bikur Cholim

· Shiva visits

· Create, write and mail bereavement cards when a shul member sustains a loss in their family

· Deliver Kaddish: Womens’ Voices to female shul  members who’ve experienced a loss

· Participate as a committee in Yom Chesed at Beren

· Chanukah candle-lighting project with homebound members

· Deliver groceries after surgery for isolated members

· Transportation to medical appointments for isolated members

· Provide food for Shabbos following surgery

· Phone calls to isolated/senior members

· Visits to senior/isolated members

· Widow to widow network

· Participate in the shul’s quarterly Tikkun Olam program

If you learn of any Chesed needs in our community, please be sure to let us know!

UOS TIKKUN OLAM INITIATIVE

Co-chairs: Doreen Lerner and Marisa Brown

Spring, 2020 Tikkun Olam project

Sunday March 22, 9 am – 12 noon

Houston Food Bank

Portwall: Main Warehouse
535 Portwall St., Houston, TX 77029

Volunteer projects vary based on need and may include inspecting/sorting food, repacking dry food into family-sized bags, stocking/cleaning the Emergency Food Pantry or one of many other opportunities.

Closed toe shoes and sleeved shirts are required.

Please contact Marisa Brown at mbrown222@gmail.com to sign up

for this project and to receive some important volunteer information.

Only 10 slots are available!!