Jewish Civics Initiative: Bridges Outreach

This Sunday, October 28, 2007, the Jewish Civics Initiative Group will be doing a “run” for Bridges Outreach.  During a “run” participants go out into the streets of Irvington and meet with the homeless.  Our group will be handing out bagged lunches, clothing, and toiletry items. 

The JCI group will meet in The Partnership offices at the Aidekman Family Campus on 901 Route 10, Whippany, NJ at 9:30AM on Sunday, October 28, 2007.  The group will be back at Whippany at 2:30.  Each student should have a Central Hebrew High School permission waiver, and a Bridges Release Form: all three must be signed by a parent (the Bridges Release is in two parts):

Click here to download the Central Hebrew High School permission Waiver For Students Participating in the Bridges Run

Click here for the Bridges Release and Safety Guidelines 

Bagged lunches will be prepared the night before, at Conregation Beth Hatikvah 36 Chatham Road, Summit, NJ.  Some of the food for the run was donated by Whole Foods in Millburn, NJ.  This program was coordinated by The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life of MetroWest, NJ.

         

Mitzvah Opportunity: Bagged Lunches Needed in Summit

The following email was forwarded to me.  It’s from Bridges Outreach.

Brown Bag lunches are needed on Fridays this summer. Our greatest need is for the following Fridays:

July 6
July 13
July 20
August 3
August 20
August 17
August 24

Lunches include a sandwich of meat on sliced bread (mayo or mustard in packets, please), a drink, a fruit, salty and sweet snack all in a brown paper bag. Feel free to decorate the bags!

Deliver to BRIDGES, 651 Springfield Ave. (Springfield Ave. side of Christ Church, Summit, NJ 07901, between 8:30 and 6 p.m.

This is a great summer activity for friends, families and neighbors.

Thank you and Happy Summer!

Lois Bhatt
Executive Director
BRIDGES
P.O. Box 1444
Summit, NJ 07902-1444
908-273-0176 (phone)
908-273-2477 (fax)

If you are interested in volunteering as an individual or with a group, click here for more information.

Donate your “free matza with puchase.”

Yesterday I did another round of shopping for the passover holiday.  At the supermarket they had a coupon for a free 5lb package of matza when you spend $75.  I knew that I already had about 20lbs of matza in the house, but decided to take the free matza anyways.  I reasoned that there must be someone out there who doesn’t have access to free matza and would probably benefit from it more than I do.

So when I got into the office I got in touch with the Bobrow Kosher Food Pantry located at Congregation Oheb Shalom in South Orange.  I asked Marci Silbert (marci@silberts.com)  if the Food Pantry could use another 5-10lbs of matza.  She told me the following:

1. The Food Pantry will definately take any matza that you’re not using.
2. If you still haven’t cleaned for passover and need to get rid of some of your dry goods chametz, you can drop it off at the Food Pantry and they will store it for use after passover.
3. If you end up with left over passover food, you can drop that off as well.

The Bobrow Kosher Food Pantry is located at Congregation Oheb Shalom 170 Scotland Road, South Orange, NJ 07079.  The usual hours of operation (when you can drop off food) are 9:00AM to 4:00PM Monday through Thursday, and 9:00AM until 2:00PM on Fridays.  When you get there look for Fran or call her in advance at 973-762-7067 and tell her you’re coming, and let her know who you are so she knows who to thank.

For more information about the Bobrow Kosher Food Pantry, contact Marci Silbert 973-376-1790 (marci@silberts.com) or Mark Jaffe (markjaffe@att.com).