Social Action

DO YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE SERVING OVERSEAS?

Do you have anyone in your family who is now serving abroad? Do you have friends or co-workers who have family members or friends serving overseas? Congregation Beth Shalom would like to send them a care package.

Please contact Jill Olefsky at 847-565-5045 or jolefsky@aol.com with the name of the serviceman or woman and their overseas address. We want them to know that CBS cares about them and appreciates their sacrifice.

Congregation Beth Shalom is Collecting Candy for our National Guard & Fill a Heart 4 Kids thru November 14th - collection bins in the CBS Front Lobby

Thank you!!!

YOU “CAN” MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Each time you come to Beth Shalom, bring an unexpired CAN or two of food with you to be donated to the Northfield Food Pantry.

PROVIDE WARM WINTER WISHES!

JCFS is once again looking for donations for Project Winter Warmth and Holiday Gift Drive.

Project Winter Warmth partners with Burlington Coat Factory to provide winter wear for children under 18. Donations are used to provide store vouchers for winter wear items

Holiday Gift Drive – Chanukah is coming! Donations needed to buy Chanukah wish list gifts and gift cards to children in our area.

Please reach out to Samantha Spolter, Safer Communities Coordinator at JCFS - 847-745-5430.

LOOKING TO SHOP FOR SOMETHING GOOD? What about shopping for an ARK family? What about encouraging a fellow congregant or family to participate with you in this important mitzvah? Congregation Beth Shalom will reimburse you for your grocery expenses!

Please reach out to Merrill Medansky for more information - 847-559-8097 or merrill.medansky@gmail.com.

IT’S IN THE BAG!

Yes, save those brown paper bags from the grocery store! They are needed for Vernon Township Food Pantry! Bring bags to Beth Shalom or call Jill Olefsky - 847-565-5045 - to arrange for a bag pick up. Feel free to even put in a few cans of food, those are welcome too.

SNACK TIME!

Leatte Gelfeld works with Hunger Free Northbrook to provide special bags for food insecure Elementary School students These donations are in addition to any food pantry items they may receive. Hungry Free Northbrook provides lunches and snack items for weekends and after school. Cost per bag is approximately $25. Drop off donations at Leatte’s house or volunteer to help purchase and package bags. Please give her a call to hear more about this program contact Leatte Gelfeld - 312-310-6950.

DO SOMETHING ACTIVE!

Can you help drive someone to the doctor? Deliver goodies to the hospital? Make phone calls to check in on members of the Congregation Beth Shalom family? The Mitzvah Committee could use your help! Please reach out to Fern Roseman for more information - 847-564-9266.

IT’S TIME FOR DINNER!

PADS - Providing Advocacy, Dignity & Shelter, relies on volunteers to prepare meals for their clients in the shelter. You can do a mitzvah by cooking or preparing part of a meal to be delivered to the PADS shelter in Buffalo Grove. Please reach out to Sara Weinstein for more information – 847-477-5993.