Mitzvah Day - Sunday, May 2nd
On Mitzvah Day, all of Temple Isaiah will reach out with willing hands and giving hearts to help our community. Come join fellow congregants as we work together on community service projects across the East Bay.Mitzvah Day is for all Temple Isaiah members, from the youngest religious school students to senior citizens; from active teens to busy adults. There’s something for everyone!
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Schedule
Projects
Emergency Preparedness
Community Cleanup
Homelessness
Hunger
Career Support Services
The Environment
Soldier Support
Women's and Children's Services
Projects for Religious School Families
Special Collections
Schedule |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Light breakfast & group blessing |
| 9:00 a.m. | Meet in project teams |
| 9:15 a.m. | Leave Temple Isaiah for project sites |
| 10:00 a.m. | Projects begin. Most will end around 1:30 p.m. see specific project for details. |
Emergency Preparedness Projects
| American Red Cross Bay Area - Volunteer Intake Center Training | |
| When: | 10:00am to 12:30pm |
| Where: | Temple Isaiah Beit Knesset |
| What: | The Volunteer Intake Center of the American Red Cross trains volunteers as first responders to disasters, helping people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Our training will include how to share the responsibility of managing the logistics, facilities, screening and placement of spontaneous volunteers, and much more ... before a disaster strikes. Must be at least 14 years old. Coordinator: Dick and Barbara Lemyre - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.RedCrossBayArea.org |
| Blood Centers of the Pacific – Blood Drive | |
| When: | 9:00am to 2:00pm |
| Where: | Temple Isaiah Adult Lounge |
| What: | Give the gift of life! Blood Centers of the Pacific will be stationed in Temple Isaiah’s Adult Lounge to collect critically needed blood. Appointments are preferred, though walk-ins are welcome. Allow approximately one hour for the entire process. Email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to schedule an appointment. Donors must be 17 years of age or older and weigh at least 110 pounds. A 16-year-old can donate blood with the signed "minor donor permit" Coordinator: Arlynn & Craig Bloom - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
Community Cleanup Projects
Please note: Many of the projects in the Homelessness and Women's and Children's Services categories (see below) also involve cleanup & light carpentry. This category is for cleanup at community agencies that do not specifically serve children or needy populations.
| FULL Lafayette Community Center | |
| When: | 10:00am to 12:30pm |
| Where: | Lafayette |
| What: | The Lafayette Community Center houses many of our community’s diverse recreational activities. People of all ages enjoy dancing, art,
music, roller hockey, drama, puppy training, yoga, and aerobics. Mitzvah Day volunteers will help clean up around the Community Center including the Tot Playground. Come help beautify our local community center. Great for all ages. Coordinator: Sadi Adri - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.lafayetterec.org |
| Oakmont Cemetery Clean Up | |
| When: | 10:00am to 12:00pm |
| Where: | Isaiah Garden at Oakmont Cemetery, Lafayette |
| What: | Pay homage to our ancestors by cleaning grave markers at the Isaiah Garden of Tranquility in Oakmont Cemetery located in Lafayette.
Directions will be provided at Temple Isaiah. Bring clothing that can take grass stains and gardening, and knee pads if you need them. All other supplies will be provided. All ages welcome. Coordinator: Lucy Di Bianca - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
Homelessness Projects
| CANCELLED Berkeley Food & Housing Project | |
| When: | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Where: | Berkeley |
| What: | Berkeley Food and Housing Project provides assistance to homeless and low-income men, women and children with various services. We operate in four locations and hold programs to provide comprehensive support through meals, shelter, clothing, health services and case management for self-sufficiency. Our mission is to ease and end the crisis of homelessness by offering the tools needed to transition those with no or interim housing into permanent housing. The North County facility is in need of some spring cleaning. Volunteers will help wash down the walls and clean the kitchen, lobby area and first floor offices. Coordinator:Neal Modelevsky - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.bfhp.org |
| BOSS (Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency) – Light Carpentry | |
| When: | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Where: | Hayward |
| What: | BOSS is a community-based nonprofit organization in Alameda County that has served over 60,000 homeless individuals and families since 1971. Our work began in a small room in Berkeley, extending street outreach to people with mental illness who had been released to the streets through the closure of state mental health facilities. Since inception, the organization committed itself to direct service provision and social justice. Today we have three shelters in Berkeley, Oakland, and Hayward, an employment component, several transitional housing programs, a children's learning center, computer center, and a drop-in center in Berkeley. Volunteers will help prepare and install raised beds for an organic herb and vegetable garden. We need some volunteers with basic carpentry skills to help construct planting beds. We also need volunteers to clear and prepare the ground for planting. Our wish list includes: donations to purchase materials for the planting boxes, compost soil and new plants. Coordinator: Robert Friedberg - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.self-sufficiency.org |
| BOSS (Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency) – Garden Work | |
| When: | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Where: | Berkeley |
| What: | BOSS is a community-based nonprofit organization in Alameda County that has served over 60,000 homeless individuals and families since 1971. Our work began in a small room in Berkeley, extending street outreach to people with mental illness who had been released to the streets through the closure of state mental health facilities. Since inception, the organization committed itself to direct service provision and social justice. Today, we have three shelters in Berkeley, Oakland, and Hayward, and employment component, several transitional housing programs, a children's learning center, computer center, and a drop-in center in Berkeley. Volunteers will help attend to a large outdoor courtyard/urban garden that needs weeding, trimming, etc. It is filled with sustainable plants, flowers, and trees and, after this rainy winter, needs a lot of attention. Our clients very much enjoy spending time here in the spring and summer. Please bring hoes, shovels, spades, gloves, trimming clippers, and knee pads for working in the garden. Coordinator: Carrie Paulus - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.self-sufficiency.org |
| FULL Contra Costa Interfaith Housing – Lunch & Activities for Residents | |
| When: | 10:30am to 2:00pm |
| Where: | Garden Park Apartments in Pleasant Hill |
| What: | CCIH is a nonprofit charitable human services agency dedicated to ending the cycle of homelessness for residents of Contra Costa
County. Garden Park Apartment provides permanent supportive housing for twenty seven formerly homeless families. Volunteers will provide lunch and host activities with the apartment residents. There will be arts and crafts, gardening, and a chance to interact with the residents. Come join the fun with your fellow congregants. Coordinator: Rick Lasky - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.ccinterfaithhousing.org |
| FULL Contra Costa Interfaith Housing – Garden Planter Box Project | |
| When: | 10:30am to 2:00pm |
| Where: | Garden Park Apartments in Pleasant Hill |
| What: | CCIH is a nonprofit charitable human services agency dedicated to ending the cycle of homelessness for residents of Contra Costa
County. Garden Park Apartment provides permanent supportive housing for twenty seven formerly homeless families. Help beautify the apartments and give the gift of a garden; you’ll build garden boxes for a vegetable garden. We need volunteers willing to help cut, drill holes for lag screws and assemble the planting beds (some basic carpentry skills are needed). Materials are on site. Please bring work gloves and gardening tools (shovels, rakes, etc. . .) to get the beds ready for planting. Coordinator: Rick Lasky - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.ccinterfaithhousing.org |
| Dorothy Day House - Berkeley | |
| When: | 1:00pm to 3:00pm |
| Where: | Berkeley |
| What: | Dorothy Day House is a volunteer-based organization that has provided meals and shelter for homeless and low-income residents in Berkeley for over 30 years. We do all this without an office and just two part-time staff members through the hard work of volunteers, a Board of Directors, donations from Berkeley residents, partnerships with local churches/businesses and funding from the City of Berkeley and private foundations. We are dedicated to fostering community by providing a caring presence and sustenance to the poor among us. The Dorothy Day House needs help with their spring cleaning. Volunteers will help clean the kitchen that has served so many. Grills, ovens, a refrigerator and freezer, floors, etc. all need a thorough cleaning. All supplies will be provided. Coordinator: Ellen Kirmayer - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.dorothydayhouse.org |
| FULL Shelter Inc. - Antioch | |
| When: | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Where: | Shelter Inc.’s site in Antioch |
| What: | SHELTER, Inc. is an independent, charitable, nonprofit organization founded in 1986 to alleviate Contra Costa County's homeless crisis. The mission of SHELTER, Inc. is to prevent homelessness and promote self-sufficiency among Contra Costa residents. Volunteers will provide lunch and host activities with residents of Shelter, Inc’s transitional housing project apartment for 19 families in Antioch. Along with providing lunch, temple families will work with the residents on craft projects, games for children, and making the luncheon a fun event. Coordinator: Cynthia Schaffer - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.shelterincofccc.org |
| FULL Women’s Daytime Drop-in Center | |
| When: | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Where: | Berkeley |
| What: | The Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center (WDDC) is a non profit program addressing the needs of homeless and low-income women and children to ensure that they have a safe daytime refuge where they receive support, nourishing meals, and access to community resources to overcome homelessness and to become empowered to regain self-sufficiency. The WDDC needs your help to spruce up the dining room and living room. Volunteers will give the rooms a fresh coat of paint. Paint and tarps will be provided. Please bring rollers and paint brushes. Coordinator: Erica Zeidenberg - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.womensdropin.org |
Hunger Projects
| FULL Contra Costa Food Bank | |
| When: | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Where: | Concord |
| What: | The Contra Costa Food Bank is the largest donated food resource in the East Bay. Donations are needed to keep the food bank stocked. Volunteers will help to sort and label canned goods at their warehouse. Please bring along vans, SUVs, or even one car per adult to help transport food. Suggested items: canned goods (chicken, tuna, beans, soup, fruit, vegetables), dry beans, pasta, fruit juices, rice, macaroni and cheese, pancake mix, peanut butter, jelly, and instant oatmeal. Coordinator: Pat Reyes - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.foodbankccs.org |
| FULL Shelter Lunch Preparation | |
| When: | 10:00am to 11:30am |
| Where: | Temple Isaiah Kitchen |
| What: | Volunteers will make sandwiches and bag lunches for distribution to residents of a local homeless shelter. A few volunteers will be needed to distribute the food. Great for all ages. Coordinator: Amy Skepner - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
Career Support Services
| FULL Wardrobe for Opportunity | |
| When: | 10:00am to 12:30pm |
| Where: | Concord |
| What: | WARDROBE FOR OPPORTUNITY has been helping clients find jobs, keep jobs and build careers since 1995! This nonprofit organization partners with over 100 community agencies to help their low-income clients seeking employment. It not only provides interview clothing but also offers wonderful workshops and career development programs. On Mitzvah Day volunteers are needed to get the clothes shop ready by steaming, ironing, mending and tagging clothes. We will also be putting together toiletry bags for the clients. Lastly we will help to spruce up the shop by organizing and cleaning shoes, accessories and preparing items for display. Donations Needed: Handled gift bags for toiletries size 6"x8", jewelry bags, jewelry, scarves and purses. Tax receipts and donation drop-off information will be available. Coordinator: Kim Drucker - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.wardrobe.org |
Environmental Projects
| Save Mount Diablo | |
| When: | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Where: | Clayton |
| What: | Save Mount Diablo’s mission is to preserve Mount Diablo's peaks, surrounding foothills, and watersheds through land acquisition and preservation strategies designed to protect the mountain's natural beauty, biological diversity, and historic and agricultural heritage; enhance our area's quality of life; and provide recreational opportunities consistent with the protection of natural resources. Volunteers will help with weeding and watering at our Marsh Creek IV property. Bring sunscreen and a hand trowel if you have one, and we’ll provide gloves. Bring plenty of water and a picnic lunch to enjoy along the creek. Coordinator: Nadav Rave - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.savemountdiablo.org |
Soldier Support
| Card Making to Brighten Soldiers’ Lives | |
| When: | 10:00am to 12:00pm |
| Where: | Temple Isaiah Social Hall |
| What: | Volunteers will make greeting cards for American soldiers in harm’s way. Let your creative energies flow by creating and sending a supportive card from back home. It means a great deal to the soldiers. Supplies will be provided. Great for all ages. Coordinator: Michele Holtz - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
Women's and Children's Services
| CANCELLED A Better Way, Berkeley | |
| When: | 10:00am to 2:00pm |
| Where: | Berkeley |
| What: | A Better Way, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency providing adoption, foster care, and therapy programs to children and families in the greater Bay Area. Our mission is to provide a nurturing environment; to make a positive difference in the lives of children we serve; to help them become healthy, confident, and productive individuals. We offer free parenting skills classes and children's classes to the public as well as professional trainings for our peers in mental health working with youth in foster care. We are headquartered in Berkeley and also have offices in Hayward and San Francisco. We need your help to spruce the place up with two projects. Volunteers can choose to help paint visitation and conference rooms or help plant and garden. Please bring gardening gloves and knee pads for the gardening if needed. All other supplies will be provided. Must be at least 12 years old. Coordinator: Larry and Michele Downes - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.abetterwayinc.net |
| Build House - Berkeley Youth Living with Disabilities | |
| When: | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Where: | Berkeley |
| What: | Build House seeks to provide an alternative to traditional residential placement for Bay Area families and individuals with developmental disabilities. We are a small non profit residence in West Berkeley housing 6 individuals with severe to moderate developmental disabilities. We provide quality care while emphasizing family involvement in our residents’ active lives as they develop their daily living skills and utilize the many opportunities for community interaction in Berkeley. Volunteers and residents of Build House are in for a fantastic afternoon at Aquatic Park in Berkeley. We will supply a picnic lunch, arrange to play games, sing songs and take a stroll. Coordinator: Mo Levich - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.buildhouse.org |
| FULL Shalom Bayit | |
| What: | Shalom Bayit is a Bay Area organization run by Jewish women to end domestic violence within the Jewish community. Volunteers will sort, organize and make gift baskets for the residents of Shalom Bayit. Suggested items:
Coordinator: Pierre & Lisa Hirsch - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| CANCELLED Building Futures with Women & Children | |
| When: | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Where: | San Leandro |
| What: | Building Futures serves women and children in crisis, building communities free from homelessness and family violence through shelters, housing, support services, domestic violence services and community outreach in Alameda County, 365 days a year, since 1988. The Sister Me Home Safe house has a twenty bed capacity which offers a home-like atmosphere for women and children to be able to heal from domestic violence in a location safe from their abusers. Sister Me Home provides weekly case management meetings, individual therapy to women and children, weekly support groups in life skills, domestic violence, and parenting support, children's programming, family night activities, and community resources. Due to low funding Sister Me Home relies greatly on the help of community donations. We need your help to spruce up the Safe House. Volunteers will give a fresh coat of paint to the dining room, living room, kitchen, staff office, and hallway. Paint and tarps will be provided. Please bring rollers and paint brushes. Coordinator: Roger Lamm – .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.bfwc.org |
| Concord Child Care Center | |
| When: | 10:00am to 2:00pm |
| Where: | Concord |
| What: | Concord Child Care Center is a non-profit corporation established in 1973 to provide early care and education to the very young children of low income families in central Contra Costa County. The mission of Concord Child Care Center is to provide leadership and support to children and families by offering high quality education. The majority of our parents are native Spanish speakers and it is important that their children learn English. We have a strong focus on literacy for the whole family and language development for the children. We also have an emphasis on good nutrition and physical activity. Our agency depends on volunteers for most of our plant maintenance, classroom tutoring and special projects. Volunteers will first sand and then creatively paint an existing outdoor play house that needs attention. This is a good project for someone with an artistic bent. Supplies Needed: Electric sanders, Painting supplies: brushes, tarps, paint thinner ( we are working with oil-based paints), Primer paint, different colors of oil-based paints for designs. Coordinator: Nina Fishman - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.concordchildcare.org |
| Cookies for Kids’ Cancer | |
| When: | 8:00am to 9:30am |
| Where: | Temple Isaiah |
| What: | Cookies for Kids’ Cancer was founded by a very determined mother to help increase her young son’s odds in his fight against cancer. Her goal is to raise money to support pediatric cancer research. Pediatric cancer is the number one disease killer in the U.S. of children under the age of 18 and yet, it receives a very small percentage of the National Cancer Institute’s $4.8 billion annual budget and almost no research and development dollars from pharmaceutical companies. Every dollar counts and every dollar makes a difference. Research funding has made a direct and measurable impact on the survival rates of pediatric cancer. As the mother whose idea it was to create Cookies for Kids’ Cancer says, “If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes the world to fight pediatric cancer." Volunteers are needed to set up and sell baked goods. Baked goods are also needed to sell. Please bring any baked goods you think your fellow congregants would purchase during Mitzvah Day breakfast (no nuts please). All proceeds will go to Cookies for Kids' Cancer. Coordinator: Jennifer Fish Wilson - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.cookiesforkidscancer.org |
| CANCELLED Family Support Services of the Bay Area | |
| When: | 10:00am to 2:00pm |
| Where: | Oakland |
| What: | Founded in 1989, FSSBA’s services are targeted to low-income families who face serious challenges in nurturing their children successfully. Our services improve the functioning of the total family system, benefiting the children and youth while investing in the caregivers’ effectiveness. Our agency is known for its high standards of services, the outstanding commitment and professionalism of our staff, and the attainment of concrete and meaningful outcomes for vulnerable families. We invite you to join us for a Spring Cleaning project that includes the revamping and deep cleaning of two suites, the waiting room and youth program play area. Volunteers will help to clean walls, doors, and counters, weed out toy supplies,and use their creativity to brighten up two waiting rooms. Coordinator: Steve Lipson - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.fssba-oak.org |
| Habitot Children’s Museum | |
| When: | 10:00am to 2:00pm |
| Where: | Berkeley |
| What: | Habitot is a nonprofit organization dedicated to early childhood learning, parenting education and support, and bringing community together. The mission of Habitot Children's Museum is to help parents and caregivers raise curious, creative and confident children. Following three years touring the East Bay as a traveling museum, Habitot Children’s Museum opened a 7,000 sq. ft. facility in downtown Berkeley in 1998. Since opening, more than 850,000 people have visited, interacting with hands-on discovery exhibits and/or participating in children’s or adult classes or programs. With subsidized admission fees for everyone, families from all walks of life make up Habitot’s socio-economically and racially-diverse audience which ranges from 60,000 upwards annually. Twice a year Habitot welcomes 10-12 person crews for a day of deep cleaning, painting and light repairs on exhibit spaces. Volunteers will re-paint, clean and otherwise freshen up this 4,000 sq. ft. museum and adjacent classroom annex. Unique hands-on exhibits like a little town grocery and cafe and small-scale farm need special attention. Coordinator: Karen Chandler - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.habitot.org |
| Stitches from the Heart Knitting Projects | |
| When: | 10:00am to 12:00pm |
| Where: | Temple Isaiah |
| What: | Stitches from the Heart is a nonprofit organization that sends handmade clothing, blankets, and love to premature babies all across the nation. They also have a senior program that helps seniors help others by donating yarn and supplies. Come join us as we knit preemie items to donate to Stiches from the Heart. The items will be given to underprivileged mothers for their newborns. You can make anything from a hat to booties to a blanket or sweater. All levels of knitters welcome. Help will be available for knitting and pattern direction. Coordinator: Kim Miller-Hershon - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
Religious School Projects
These projects are for Religious School families only. If you do not have a child enrolled in Religious School please choose from the projects above.| KINDERGARTEN: Alameda County - Tzedakah | |
| When: | 9:30am to 11:30am |
| Where: | Temple Isaiah |
| Contact: | Barb Silberglitt - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| What: | We will collect, sort and package clothes, toys and other items for kids aged 0-5. See the Alameda County special collection below for deatils about what to bring. |
| FIRST GRADE: Oakland Children's Hospital - Jewish Home | |
| When: | 9:30am to 11:30am |
| Where: | Temple Isaiah |
| Contact: | Angie Corritone - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Roxanne Gray - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Jennifer Lurie - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| What: | Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the only independent children’s hospital in Northern California. That's why it's able to focus all its attention and all its people on caring for children. Children's Hospital Oakland, the oldest pediatric medical center between Los Angeles and Seattle, has provided exceptional medical care for children in the region and beyond for 95 years. We will make cards and assemble activity bags for children in the hospital. www.childrenshospitaloakland.org |
| SECOND GRADE: Save the Bay - Community/Taking Care of the World | |
| When: | 11:00am-3:00pm |
| Where: | Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, Hayward |
| Contact: | Karen Boateng - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Sarah Langbein - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| What: | Save The Bay is the largest regional organization working to protect, restore and celebrate San Francisco Bay. As its leading champion since 1961, Save The Bay protects the Bay from pollution and inappropriate shoreline development, making it cleaner and healthier for people and wildlife. We'll work in Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, Hayward, to help restore this former salt pond. Our efforts will increase habitat for threatened and endangered waterfowl, shorebirds and fish, and provide recreation opportunities for residents who have been walled off from the shoreline for decades. What to bring and wear: Expect to get dirty! Be prepared to be outdoors for the duration of the project. Dress in layers, bring a hat and rain jacket (if necessary), and wear close-toed shoes to protect your feet. Long pants are recommended, but not required. Please also bring your own water bottle and help us cut down on plastic. Take precautions in wet weather with valuable items like binoculars and cameras. Our programs are at public parks; use caution when locking valuables in your car. www.savesfbay.org |
| THIRD GRADE: East Bay Children's Book Project - Torah Study | |
| When: | 9:30am to 11:30am |
| Where: | Temple Isaiah |
| Contact: | Stri Zulch - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Carine Mink - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| What: | The Children’s Book Project helps economically disadvantaged children learn to read by providing the children and their shelters, schools, and daycare facilities with books and other resources. Since its beginning in January 1992, Children’s Book Project has given hundreds of thousands of free books to facilities serving children in the East Bay and Greater Bay Area. We will sort, organize, and pack collected books. The CBP can use all types of children's books, especially ones in Spanish and with multi-cultural themes. www.childrensbookproject.org |
| FOURTH GRADE: Lafayette Reservoir - Israelites' Journey through the Wilderness | |
| When: | 9:30am- 12:00pm |
| Where: | Lafayette Reservoir |
| Contact: | Rosemary Cowen-Knight - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Matt Silberglitt - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| What: | Lafayette Reservoir Recreation Area is an all-year day-use area ideal for hiking, jogging, fishing, boating and picnicking, located across Mt. Diablo Blvd. from Temple Isaiah. We'll journey on foot from Temple Isaiah to the Lafayette Reservoir, where we'll clean up the trails by picking up trash. Afterwards, we'll picnic and have fun at the playground! This is an outdoor project, so dress accordingly. Please bring water, sunscreen, snack/lunch, and hats for your family. You may also want to bring extra trash bags, hand sanitizer, and work gloves. www.ebmud.com/services/recreation/east_bay/lafayette/ |
| FIFTH GRADE: Books for the Barrios - Edot | |
| When: | 10:00am-11:30am |
| Where: | Books for the Barrios, Concord |
| Contact: | Robin Bateman - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Jackie Novick - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| What: | BOOKS for the BARRIOS began in 1981 among U.S. Navy families who were stationed in the Philippines. From 1981 to 1986, they worked closely with other knowledgeable, motivated volunteers as well as the U.S. Navy and Philippines Airlines to distribute hundreds of thousands of books throughout the Philippines. American children play a pivotal role in building and driving the organization's vision and operations. Growth of the organization into a worldwide project has been through the emphasis of the contribution and critical role of all participants, whether staff or volunteers. This project has a global citizenship and learning focus. We will be empowered to reach out to 18 million disadvantaged children in the remote islands of the Philippines. We will view slides of the project, pack boxes on pallets, learn how to shrink-wrap, and taste a Filipino treat. The students must bring with them three bags full of books, textbooks (math, science, english), toys, board games, puzzles, national geographic magazine, summer party dresses, tennis balls, baseball gloves, sports gear, arts and crafts supplies, educational supplies. New or used accepted. All donations must be in good condition with all parts. There is also a donation of $5.00 per person attending the project. NOTE: Please dress appropriately for physical work! We'll be packing boxes. www.booksforthebarrios.com |
| SIXTH GRADE: TBA - Heroes/Family History | |
| When: | TBA |
| Where: | TBA |
| Contact: | TBA |
| What: | This project is TBA. 6th grade families will be notified by email when details are available. |
| SEVENTH GRADE: Coloring Books for Kids With Cancer - Cancer Research/Support | |
| When: | 9:30am - 11:00am |
| Where: | Temple Isaiah |
| Contact: | Ilana Samuels, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| What: | Students will help to create, design, and assemble the coloring books that will bring joy to many kids with cancer.
As a continuation of our Seventh Grade Fund project focusing on cancer, we will make coloring books for kids with cancer that will be delivered to two organizations: Camp Okizu, a foundation dedicated to providing peer support, respite, mentoring, and recreational programs to meet the needs of all members of families affected by childhood cancer; John Muir Health Foundation, dedicated to improving the health of the communities they serve with quality and compassion. |
How to help in advance: |
If you would like to create a coloring book page for this project, please do the following: - Use only black pen to make your picture. - Draw picture on 8 1/2 by 11 piece of paper - Be sure to leave at least a 1/4 inch around the edge blank so it will copy easily. - Drawings should be appropriate for children ages 2 and up. - Turn picture in to Dan Lange no later than Sunday April 25th |
| SEVENTH GRADE: Build-A-Bear for Kids With Cancer - Cancer Research/Support | |
| When: | 2:00pm - 4:00pm |
| Where: | Build-A-Bear Walnut Creek, 1248 Broadway Plaza |
| Contact: | Ilana Samuels, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| What: | For those families who participate in our morning coloring book project, we invite you to join us again at 2:00pm at the Build-A-Bear in Walnut Creek.
Bring $10/person and build a bear to be donated to children served by these organizations: Camp Okizu, a foundation dedicated to providing peer support, respite, mentoring, and recreational programs to meet the needs of all members of families affected by childhood cancer; John Muir Health Foundation, dedicated to improving the health of the communities they serve with quality and compassion. |
| SHIRA: Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living - Music | |
| When: | 10:00am- 11:30am |
| Where: | Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living, Danville |
| Contact: | Dan Parnas - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| What: | The Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living provides multi-levels of living experiences to meet the needs of the elderly in our community. It offers a life-enhancing environment rich with tradition, the highest quality health care, world class dining, and enrichment programs that stimulate the mind-body-spirit through friendship, respect and dignity. We will sing songs for the residents, then have a nosh and socialize with them! www.rcjl.org |
Special Collections
Blood Drive - See Above
| Wardrobe for Opportunity | |
| What: | Wardrobe for Opportunity provides quality business clothing and accessories for economically-disadvantaged job-seekers in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties.
Tax receipts will be available. |
| Shalom Bayit | |
| What: | Shalom Bayit is a Bay Area organization run by Jewish women to end domestic violence within the Jewish community. Shalom Bayit needs summer items:
Coordinator: Pierre & Lisa Hirsch - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| FULL Contra Costa Food Bank | |
| What: | Donations are needed to keep the food bank stocked. Suggested items:
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| Contra Costa Humane Society | |
| What: | Contra Costa Humane Society is a private nonprofit animal welfare organization serving Contra Costa County animals and those who care for them. Donations are needed for their AniMeals program. The program provides pet food for financially-challenged families in partnership with the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano. Please bring pet food to donate. Coordinator: Lisa Kvech - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| Alameda County Infant & Toddler Collection | |
| What: | This collection will support infant/preschool programs sponsored by the County of Alameda. We are collecting clothes, toys and other items suitable for babies, toddlers, and kids aged 0-5. |
| Contact: | Barb Silberglitt - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| Oakland Children's Hospital | |
| What: | Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the only independent children’s hospital in Northern California. Children's Hospital Oakland, the oldest pediatric medical center between Los Angeles and Seattle, has provided exceptional medical care for children in the region and beyond for 95 years.
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| Contact: | Angie Corritone - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Roxanne Gray - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Jennifer Lurie - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| East Bay Children's Book Project | |
| What: | The Children’s Book Project helps economically disadvantaged children learn to read by providing the children and their shelters, schools, and daycare facilities with books and other resources. Since its beginning in January 1992, Children’s Book Project has given hundreds of thousands of free books to facilities serving children in the East Bay and Greater Bay Area. The CBP can use all types of children's books, especially ones in Spanish and with multi-cultural themes. www.childrensbookproject.org |
| Contact: | Stri Zulch - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Carine Mink - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| Books for the Barrios | |
| What: | The Children’s Book Project helps economically disadvantaged children learn to read by providing the children and their shelters, schools, and daycare facilities with books and other resources. Since its beginning in January 1992, Children’s Book Project has given hundreds of thousands of free books to facilities serving children in the East Bay and Greater Bay Area. The CBP can use all types of children's books, especially ones in Spanish and with multi-cultural themes. www.booksforthebarrios.com |
| Contact: | Robin Bateman - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Jackie Novick - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |