Social Action

We are a very busy, involved congregation Beth Shalom, offering a variety of projects for our congregants to fulfill the commandment of Tzedakah. Contact the coordinators of programs which interest you. Please get involved soon! It is a great way to meet our members and help our community.  For further information about the Social Action Committee of Temple Beth Shalom, please contact Kimberly Levinson

Susan G. Komen - Race for the Cure Join Temple Beth Shalom's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Team! The race is November 4, 2007. You may know that one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. What you may not know is that you can help these women and thousands of others in the fight against breast cancer. I will be participating in the 10th Annual Komen Austin Race for the Cure® in Austin, Texas, with a great team of dedicated people. Join the fight by registering as part of our team or by supporting our efforts with a pledge contribution. The money raised through the Race will fund vital education, screening and treatment programs for underserved women in Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties and support the national search for a cure. Last year the TBS team raised over $1,500 for the cure for cancer. We all know someone who has had cancer. Let's show them how much we care by participating in the Race for the Cure. It's easy to join the race held on Auditorium Shores. Just sign in online at www.komenaustin.org then click Race for the Cure and follow directions on Join An Existing Team. Our team name is "Temple Beth Shalom Torah Trotters". If you are unable to join in the race fun, please consider making a contribution in our team name or sponsoring a participant. Any questions, email Lis Chozick. We need your support! Every step counts!

Tzedakah Boxes Our congregation distributes the silver boxes at Shabbat Services and Sunday School. Funds collected are used for Social Action projects of Temple Beth Shalom. Pick up a can and bring it back full of coins. Then grab a receipt for taxes--and get a new, empty box to fill! Contact Janis Delman. 

Slovakia Pen Pals Our member, Ron Klayman, has introduced this great Pen Pal project to the Temple Beth Shalom Religious School with Jewish students in Slovakia. We will post letters as they arrive! If your child receives a pen pal letter at your home email address be sure to share it with us! Contact Ron Klayman

Meals on Wheels Each week we deliver meals and a smile. Happy congregants involved include : Lois and Ira Goodman, Merry Ballis, Tiffany Goodman-Bilbe, Lisa Goodman, Beverly Whitley, Marcia Kohm, Carol Dochen, Kara Snelson, Lydia and Harold Servetnick, Jeri Saper, and Karen Wolchansky. Contact Nancy Miller

Undercover Project Start buying packages of men's underwear and socks and save gently-worn towels. Soon we will collect them for distribution to our city's homeless population. Contact Janis Delman.

Mobile Loaves and fishes More about this wonderful project to come! Contact Bob Batlan

Knitting Project for Israel Get your needles ready! Contact Eve Merrill

Story Book Project Member Judy Fox, reports our congregation's involvement has been featured in an article by the National Crime Prevention Council. Several congregants travel to the women's prison in Gatesville to assist female "mom" inmates read and record on tape children's books. Those recordings are sent to their children to listen to over and over as a substitute for their mother's presence. The congregation gets letters of heartfelt praise from the kids-it makes you cry. If you have one or two Saturdays a year to spare, join this active group of volunteers. Contact Judy Fox.

  
Story Book Project Members