Social Action

The Temple Sinai Social Action committee is committed to putting into practice the principle of tikkun olam, the repair of the world. Recent projects include:

• School supplies for HAWC (Healing Abuse, Working for Change) – helping to fill the year-round need for backpacks and school supplies for children who flee their homes due to domestic violence
• Boxes on the Bima – collecting cereal boxes for the Marblehead and Jewish Family Service Food Pantries in honor of Shavuot, the Jewish holiday associated with the grain harvest
• Passover food – providing kosher for Passover food for the 26 client families of the JFS Food Pantry
• Films with social action themes such as “Wrong Side of the Bus”, about the Jewish response to apartheid in South Africa
• Shalach manot – preparing baskets of food and treats for congregation members who are students on college campuses
• Winter clothing drives for area homeless shelters
• Dinner at homeless shelters – preparing and serving meals are area homeless shelters
• Mobile phones -  collecting mobile phones for use by women at risk of domestic violence
• Speakers on social action issues  such as the Save Darfur Coalition of the Jewish World Watch
• JFS Food Pantry – sorting and delivering food to client families
• Babysitting nights – proceeds have been used for causes such as hurricane relief and a gemilut chasadim fund
• North Shore Coalition for Literacy – reading, writing, and talking with children whose literacy skills need extra attention and encouragement
• Anti-slavery campaign

Join us !

To volunteer for a project or to suggest a new project, contact Committee Chair Caren Lawee, or Co-Chair Alison Brookes.

Here’s some highlight pictures from our activities: