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03/03/2020 02:01:51 PM

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Do you have some time to give? We have lots of great opportunities to help out in our community.

Packing Weekend Food for Thoreau Elementary Families
Temple Beth El has joined with other neighboring congregations and organizations to provide children at Thoreau Elementary School with food to take home over the weekend. We are looking for help packing and distributing food to students. Dates are March 12 and 13; March 18 and 19; March 26 and 27; April 9 and 10. You may work any or all of these days. Packing takes place at Westminster Church on Nakoma Road (usually on Thursday afternoon) and distribution is at 9:00 am at Thoreau Elementary School (usually on Friday morning). Please contact Vic Levy  if you are interested in participating in this activity. To volunteer in the schools, you also need to go through a background check as a volunteer with the Madison Metropolitan School District (go to the MMSD volunteer website).

Serving Meals at the Catholic Multicultural Center
Looking for a fun, easy opportunity to help the community and spend quality time as a team? Help serve the daily meal at the Catholic Multicultural Center! The Catholic Multicultural Center provides free meals every day to low-income community members and people experiencing homelessness. Volunteers set out and serve the food and clean up after the meal; you’re busy the whole time and on your feet. Temple Beth El has agreed to serve on the second Monday of each month. Sign up here or contact Sue Levy.

Shopping and Cooking for Porchlight Men’s Shelter
Our next Porchlight meal is Wednesday, April 29. Each time we serve a meal (4 or 5 times a year), we need shoppers, cooks, cookie bakers, kitchen minders, delivery people, and servers. This is a fun way to get to know your fellow volunteers! Sign up here and learn about Porchlight here .

Cooking Meals for Healing House
Our next week to help at Healing House is May 31–June 6. Healing House, a program of Madison-area Urban Ministry (MUM), gives people without homes a place to recover after receiving medical care. This eight-bed facility at 303 Lathrop Street provides 24/7 recuperative care by medically trained staff and volunteers for up to 28 days. Volunteers are asked to assist by cooking and dropping off meals or by serving and cleaning up after dinner at the house. To help with this mitzvah, please sign up here.

Serving at Emerson Elementary School Multicultural Dinner
Seven years ago, Jewish Congregations for Social Justice “adopted” Emerson School on Madison’s east side, and we have been supporting their academics and family programming ever since. On Tuesday, May 5, Emerson is holding its annual Multicultural Dinner, where families bring foods from their own traditions and local restaurants send food to support the school. This volunteer gig is both fun and delicious—when everyone is served, we eat too! You can sign up here or contact Betsy Abramson.

Help Recent Refugees as They Resettle in Our Community
Jewish Social Services provides case management, job help, and housing for newly arrived refugee families from a number of countries. Our volunteers work to set up their apartments with furniture and food. We also provide summer and after-school tutors for refugee students. To volunteer, contact Sherie Sondel.

Three Easy Steps to Register Voters in Dane County

  1. City Clerk of Madison: Voter Education Ambassador Training. This basic training gets you ready to answer frequently asked questions about voter ID, voter registration, and early voting. Trainings are 90 minutes, held monthly, registration required. You need not be a Madison resident to take this training. The next available session is May 11, 2020.
  2. League of Women Voters: “Everything you wanted to know about helping voters but were afraid to ask.” This follow-up training reviews and reinforces information from the Voter Education Ambassador training, including practice activities. Learn More
  3. Voter ID Coalition Outreach Opportunities. The League of Women Voters of Dane County and the NAACP Dane County branch are the lead organizations in the Dane County Voter ID Coalition. They send regular emails about dates and places where voter registration services are requested. It’s helpful to be on both email lists. Sign up here.

For more information about voter registration efforts at TBE, contact Marcia Vandercook.

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