SOCIAL ACTION
ONGOING PROJECTS
Quick Links:
Adopt a US Soldier
Knit and Nosh
Save the Environment - Get your Social Action Grocery Tote Bag
Take Action to Stop Genocide in Darfur
Volunteer for the Hunger Project
CBI Hunger Project Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Recycling Program at CBI
Environmental Education and Action
Other Social Action Pages:
Upcoming Projects and Immediate Needs
About the Social Action Committee and How to Get Involved
About Past Successes
View the 5767 (2006/2007) Social Action Committee Brochure (PDF, 602K)
E-mail Notification of Upcoming Events
We need a few hours of your time to help repair the world. If you would like to receive email notification about Tikkun Olam/Social Action events, please send your email address to
or or contact , CBI Program Director, at 858-535-1111 ext. 3800.
Adopt a US Soldier Project
 The Social Action Committee is joining Reform congregations across the country in supporting our troops through the Adopt a US Soldier program. We need monetary donations in order to purchase and send drinks, food, books, games, health and hygiene products, boot socks and other items. These are things that our servicemen and women need but typically do not get while stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The more you donate, the more we can buy, and the more units we can serve. Committee member Joel Volsky will work with religious school students and CBI youth groups to pack the supplies in flat-rate boxes and send to members of our armed services registered through adoptaussoldier.org. Your donations will cover the cost of mailing as well.
Please make checks payable to CBI and staple a note indicating the check is for "Social Action Committee/Adopt a Soldier project." Mail to: CBI, 9001 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, 92122, Attention Bonnie Graff.
For more information contact Joel Volsky at or Program Director Bonnie Graff at (858) 535-1111 ext. 3800 or email her at .
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Additional Opportunities:
Grocery/gas gift cards are needed for the young adults who are 18 and have just aged-out of the system. Pro-bono or discounted medical, dental and psychotherapy services are needed for young adults, age 21 or older, who no longer have medical insurance.
VFC is a nonprofit organization that serves abused, neglected and abandoned children. For more information about VFC in San Diego County, visit www.voices4children.com
To provide services or make a targeted donation, please contact or , CBI Program Director, at 858-535-1111 ext. 3800.
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Knit and Nosh
Knit and Nosh is a multi-generational charitable needlework group for those who love to knit, crochet, quilt or cross-stitch for a good cause. We create piecework blankets from knitted and crocheted squares and donate them to Vista Hill ParentCare in La Mesa. ParentCare offers a variety of services to help at-risk families break the cycle of substance abuse, child abuse, neglect and domestic violence.
If you don't yet knit or crochet, join us to learn. If you already know how, perform the mitzvah of teaching another. Donations of extra yarn, knitting needles and crochet hooks are welcome. A Knit and Nosh donation container is located in the lobby.
Patterns, instructions and nosh provided. Knit and Nosh meetings are held one Sunday each month at 10 a.m. in the David & Dorothea Garfield Social Hall from September through June. Watch the web site for future dates. Questions? Contact
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Save the Environment:
Get your Social Action Grocery Tote Bag
The CBI Tikkun Olam/Social Action Committee is selling grocery tote bags
to enable us to increase our mitzvah programming to benefit non-profit agencies
in San Diego. Please see the receptionist in the CBI office to purchase your
tote bag. Suggested Donation: $10.
Take Action to Stop Genocide in Darfur
Government-sponsored militias in Darfur are killing, raping, and torturing tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.
The militias burn villages and have chased over 1.6 million people into the desert. Most now live in camps without enough water, food, medical care, shelter, sanitation or safety.
Here's what you can do to help:
- Wear a "Not On Our Watch" green bracelet to raise awareness. Give some to friends.
- Write to government leaders, including President Bush, your senators, congressperson, and the United Nations.
- Write to your newspaper. Ask for more coverage about Darfur.
- Ask religious and community leaders to speak about the crisis.
- Skip a meal and donate the money you save to a humanitarian relief
agency, such as American Jewish World Service. Encourage others to do the same.
For more information visit www.SaveDarfur.org or contact
, or , CBI Program Director, at 858-535-1111 ext. 3800.
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The Hunger Project
Every Sunday
Morning
Your help is always needed at the Hunger Project. Please find time in your schedule to help set up, serve brunch, and clean up on any Sunday morning from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. Reservations
are a must. Contact
at 858-535-1111 ext. 3500.
The Hunger Project prepares and serves brunch on Sunday mornings at the
Paul Mirable Center, part of St. Vincent de Paul Village, which provides services
for homeless people and clients from the surrounding neighborhood.
Recycling Program at CBI
Every Day
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Social Action Committee members contribute
recyclables to Beth Israel's coffers.
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Did you know that CBI recycles? Look for the marked blue containers to
recycle glass, aluminum cans and some plastic. Help save the environment
and recycle while on the CBI campus.
What can be recycled?
- Newspapers, magazines, phone books, junk mail, office paper, shredded paper,
cardboard and chipboard.
- All colors of glass bottles and jars.
- Plastic water and juice bottles as well as plastics with the recycle symbols
1 and 2.
What can't be recycled?
- Yogurt, margarine or wide-mouthed containers, plastic bags, scrap metals,
mirrors, windows or ceramics.
- Other trash that should be put in the regular trash containers.
Please empty and rinse, if necessary, all containers before depositing them into
the recycling bins.
Environmental Education and Action
The Social Action Committee is seeking interested people to help develop new, or work with existing, programs regarding environmental issues. Interested in working with new or existing programs regarding environmental issues? Contact
to offer your assistance.
Interested in joining a Jewish Environmental group? Check out the Coalition
on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL)
Volunteer to Make a Difference in a Social Action Project
Would you want to adopt a new project or choose to volunteer/support one of our existing programs? Our Tikkun Olam - Social Action Committee (SAC) has a variety of programs which help many people in our community. Please check off what interests you and reply directly to the listed project contact person or mail back the attached form to
, CBI Program Director.
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