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Thanksgiving Basket Drive and Holiday Shoeboxes

10/08/2024 08:38:06 AM

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Every year our Religious School children and families gather food and donations to support the Goodman Community Center Thanksgiving Basket Drive. Each grade participates in doing this mitzvah, bringing in specific food items to see which class can collect the greatest number. You can help by bringing items to Temple and placing them in the collection bins in the coatroom, starting on October 27 and ending at 9:30 am on Sunday, November 24. 

Anyone can donate these items, and the appropriate grade will be credited for the donation, even if it was made by a family with no students in our school. See here for a list of what’s needed. If you would prefer to make a monetary gift, you can donate directly here; please note it’s part of the Temple Beth El drive. 

After Thanksgiving, we will continue to brighten the holidays for our community through our holiday shoebox collection. For the second year, TBE congregants will fill shoeboxes with gift items for children, teens, or adults who might otherwise not receive any gifts during the holidays, as part of Nehemiah’s huge holiday shoebox gift giveaway. We have a list of recommended small items. The collection begins on November 20, and boxes must be returned to the TBE coatroom no later than December 12. Last year we exceeded our expectations by collecting 102 shoeboxes! 

We will also gather to wrap and deliver the boxes. Donations of new rolls of winter or Christmas wrapping paper are welcome to help us wrap the boxes.

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