Team Chesed
Rooted in our rich Jewish tradition of caring for one another, Team Chesed fosters a culture of compassion within our community. As a congregation, we choose to perform acts of lovingkindness. It is in our name, and it is what we do together. Your actions are the driving force behind this mission.
Our Impact and Outreach
Team Chesed is focused on deepening our community impact through dedicated support initiatives:
- Milestones and Connection: We send greeting cards for major life events and make regular phone calls to homebound congregants.
- Care During Loss: Trained congregants are available to lead a shiva minyan when clergy are unavailable.
- Holiday Deliveries: Members prepare and deliver chicken soup and treats to more than 40 households for Rosh Hashanah, Chanukah, Passover, and a mid-summer Shabbat.
- Transportation Assistance: We are developing a congregant-led driver program to help those unable to drive at night attend Shabbat worship and Temple activities.
- Max Block Food Pantry: We combat local food insecurity by collecting donations. We encourage you to bring food every time you visit the Temple.
Keep Us Informed
We can only take action when we know there is a need, and that is where you become a crucial part of Team Chesed. If you know a congregant or family member in need of extra support, please share the information with us. We prefer to hear about the same situation multiple times rather than not to hear at all. Do not assume someone else has notified the Temple.
Make An Impact
Review the lists below to find an opportunity that matches your capacity. Your participation provides direct support to our congregants, local partners, and the wider community.
- Make a pot of chicken soup.
- Call a Temple member who is recuperating from illness or surgery.
- Visit a congregant whose family lives at a distance.
- Invite a congregant to join you at a Temple activity.
- Provide transportation to a doctor’s appointment or a Temple activity.
- Pick up groceries for someone else when doing your own shopping.
- Got computer skills? Help someone not as technologically adept.
- Deliver, or bake, a challah because Shabbat is coming.
- Deliver holiday packages.
- Notify the Temple when you hear about a congregant or family member in need of extra support.
- Bring food for the Max Block Food Pantry every time you come to Temple. Suggested items: peanut butter, rice, pasta, canned fish and meats, canned vegetables, and fruits.
- Spend a few hours on Christmas Day delivering a meal to Aging True clients.
- Make or deliver home-baked goodies to first responders on Christmas Day.
- Donate school supplies for JFCS children so they are ready for the first day of school.
- Donate sweaters, sweatshirts, and blankets before winter begins.
- Donate new socks and underwear for Sulzbacher clients.
- Provide menstrual products for JFCS clients (government programs cannot be used to purchase these products).
- Donate medical equipment for Buddy's Place, a medical equipment lending room in partnership with 3 Grains of Rice Missions.
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