Social Action Throughout the Year
Social Action Committee projects include collecting donations for the Food Bank, making hats for the homeless and other volunteer opportunities throughout the year. See our Projects Through the Jewish Year page for more information. Contact Committee Chair Linda Blackwell at blackwellbham@gmail.com or (360) 739-1492.
How to help this winter
Lydia House and DVSAS have cooperated to staff a third shelter opening November 2018. They are in need of full size blankets, feminine hygiene products and other emergency supplies. Please consider giving, and placing these items in Social Action boxes in Kesher or on the main floor.
Pride Parade 2018
Thank you to everyone who came out Sunday, July 15, 2018, and walked behind our Congregation Beth Israel banner. It was the third year that Beth Israel marched and showed Bellingham a welcoming Jewish community. Looking forward to next year!
Read about Congregation Beth Israel’s initial participation in the 2016 Bellingham Pride Parade, in this letter from Rabbi Samuels:
Letter to Communty from Rabbi Samuels
Mitzvah Opportunities
Sandwich makers needed
Interfaith Coalition’s CAST food outreach program (Coffee and Sandwiches Together) has faithfully delivered simple meals of soup, sandwiches and hot drinks four evenings a week, prepared and served by committed volunteers for the past 10 years. Many of the guests – often more than 50 each night – appreciate the simple fellowship as well as the meal.
Needed: Volunteers to help us make sandwiches on a regular basis.
Shifts are available Monday through Thursday afternoons, from 3 to 4 p.m. To become involved in this marvelous program, please contact volunteer coordinator Mary Ann O’Hara by calling (360) 325-2613 or emailing her at maryann.ohara@gmail.com
Mitzvah Day
Each year the Social Action Committee organizes Mitzvah Day, which includes a selection of projects for all ages and abilities.
Religious Action Center
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