[yshavurah] NOSH & BOX PARTY: Social Action Project for the High Holidays
- From: "Cheryl Levine" <clevineys@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Havurah Listserv" <yshavurah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:03:24 -0400
Hi Everyone!
The official date for picking up the boxes was October 10th--and wow, do we
have a lot of stuff! I'd like to invite everyone over for a Nosh & Box Party
this Sunday, October 17th at 4:00PM. We need lots of sorters and boxers--some
of the stuff will need to be donated elsewhere, as I've noticed some cold
weather stuff mixed in.
Oh well, more to give!
Please RSVP and let me know if you are coming (X9293).
I'm especially hoping the kids can make it, as it's a nice culmination of their
efforts.
We did good!
-c
----- Original Message -----
From: Cheryl Levine
To: Havurah Listserv
Cc: Randy Longenecker ; Deb Rothenberg ; Andrea Herman ; Fregeau, Morissa
(GEI, GEFA)
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:45 PM
Subject: [yshavurah] Social Action Project for the High Holidays
Hi All,
I've been thinking about a way to address these High Holidays in light of
what's happening in the world, and I'm tired of feeling like there's nothing
much I can do. I wonder if you would be interested in a project that involves
collecting clothes and school supplies for the children of Sierra Leone.
Here's the information that pulled me in...I also like the idea of our Havurah
children participating in Tikkun Olam by helping other children:
Old Clothes, New Friends
Clothing Drive for Children of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is a country that does not receive much press coverage; however,
the hardships and suffering of the people of Sierra Leone are very real.
The children of Sierra Leone have borne the greatest abuse. During an
eleven-year civil war from 1991 to 2002, they were subjected to brutal violence
and recruited as military combatants. They lost parents, homes, schools and
medical care. Some three thousand children still beg in the streets of Freetown
naked, hungry and often missing limbs, victims of wanton cruelties. Faced with
this knowledge, we must place ameliorating human suffering at the forefront of
our collective consciousness.
To this end, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism has partnered with
Saving Needy Children and Arms Around Africa, two non-profit humanitarian
organizations helping the people of Sierra Leone, to hold a Sierra Leone
Clothing Drive during the summer months. This is the first time that Saving
Needy Children and Arms Around Africa have partnered with a Jewish
organization.
During the Holy Days, we read the famous charge from Isaiah: "Is not this the
fast I look for: to unlock the shackles of injustice, to undo the fetters of
bondage, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every cruel chain? Is it
not to share your bread with the hungry and to bring the homeless poor into
your house? When you see the naked, to clothe them, and never to hide yourself
from your own kin?" Together, we affirm yet again the Jewish tradition of
seeking justice and tikkun olam (repair of the world) and together we will do
our part to give the children of Sierra Leone reason for hope of a better
future.
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For these High Holy Days, I'd like for us to place a box at Rockford Chapel
that we can fill and send. It may not be much, but it's something. Maybe
Antioch School would like to participate, or the Quaker community. Maybe
others?
If folks don't feel like doing this as a group, you can send a box of
clothing directly from your home; we're asked to label it as follows:
The Religious Action Center's Sierra Leone Clothing Drive
c/o Saving Needy Children/Arms Around Africa
Mission Center 5 Pleasant View Drive
PO Box 2053
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
DONATION/NO VALUE
Items for collection include: shoes, t-shirts, shorts, underwear, socks,
hats, head scarves, sports equipment, toys, and school supplies. They may new
or gently used, and suitable for children of any age. All items will be
delivered to orphanages and camps.
For more information, see the website: http://www.rac.org/pubs/sl.html
Thanks, Cheryl
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