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Mitzvah Day 2020

Sunday, January 26, 2020 • 29 Tevet 5780

9:00 AM - 12:00 PMDubin Center

 

Click here to see items needed for the Mitzvah Day Drives: ACT, Cycle forward, Gulf Coast Humane Society, Eva's Closet, Dress for Success

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All items and/or monetary donations must be delivered to
Temple Beth El by Friday, January 24th. Thank you!
    ACTs of Care
Type: Assembly, Crafts
Ages: All Ages
Length: 60 min.
On-site
Jewish Value: Supporting Those in Need, Taking care of the body
Description: We will be creating toiletries kits for the ACT women and children’s shelters in Ft Myers. ACT provides life skills and a supportive residential environment to break the cycle of domestic violence. Help us fill regular pillow cases with travel sized toiletries and add a hand-made card of support. This is the perfect project for families with young children.
Donations needed: regular size pillow cases, washcloths, travel size shampoo, tooth brushes, tooth paste, soap, baby soap, sock-slippers
    Golisano Baby Welcome Kits
Type: Assembly Ages: 8+
Length: 60 minutes
On-site
Jewish Value: Welcoming the Stranger
Description: Help us assemble “Baby Welcome Kits” to be distributed through Children’s Hospital to families as they welcome their newborns. Please plan to bring 1-2 small baby toys (under $10) that may be new or gently used (and clean).
Donations needed: newborn diapers, diaper cream, newborn bottles, baby washcloths, baby soap
    Golisano Pediatric Craft Kit
Type: Assembly
Crafts Ages: All Ages
Length: 60 min.
On-site
Jewish Value: Visiting the Sick 
Description: We will be decorating and assembling gift bags of arts & crafts supplies that pediatric patients can use to keep busy while in the hospital. We will also decorate cards and write messages of encouragement to add to the bags.
Donations needed: small boxes of crayons/markers/colored pencils, small blank notebooks, 2 packages value pack white or beige (50 cards/envelopes), one package brown lunch bags
    Voter Registration
 Type: Engagement
 Ages: 17+
 Length: 60 min.
 On-site 
Jewish Value: Ensuring Every Voice Counts, Role modeling Description. We will be taught how to register voters and become a pool that can be called to participate in non-partisan community voter drives. 
   

Greeting Cards for Israeli Soldiers, Vets and Children in the hospital

Type: Crafts
 Age: 5+
 Length: 60 min.
 On-site
Jewish Value: Caring, Supporting Those in Need, Respect, Honor, Supporting those in need, commitment to honor Jewish family, Happiness, Encouragement 
Description: Create original greeting cards. Helpers will guide children in creating original works of art on greeting cards. Adults and teens also welcome to participate. Bring smock or wear clothes appropriate for arts and crafts. Donations needed: Israeli, Veteran/American service and Children themed stickers and decorations at add to cards. Also 3-4 Value packs white or beige cards and envelopes ( 50 sets/pack) 
    TBE Indoor Spruce-Up
Type:Cleanup/Sorting
 Ages: 8+
Length: 60-90 min.
On site
Jewish Value: Honor & respect, caring
Description: Come to help clean and refresh the Temple including the sanctuary, kitchen, hallways and bathrooms. Bring your work gloves! 
    Beach Clean-Up
Type: Clean up
Ages: all; children with parental supervision
Length: 60 min
Off-site:Meet at 10 am in parking      lot to car pool to Ft Myers Beach
Jewish Value: Educating our children; Being good stewards of the Earth, repairing the world Description: Be a part of a group volunteering to clean up one of our local beaches. Bring your own work gloves and drinking water.
Donations needed: work gloves, garbage bags
    TBE Outdoor Spruce-Up
Type: Cleanup/Sorting, Gardening
Ages: 5+
Length: 60-90 min.
On-site outside: Temple Beth El Preserve and campus including front parking lot
Jewish Value: Educating our Children, Being Good Stewards of the Earth, Keepers of the Earth
Description: Come to our own back (and front!) yard to do grounds clean up, weeding and watering. Do your part to help sustain our community garden. Bring your work gloves, rakes, clippers, biodegradable lawn bags and your refillable water bottle! We will be planting butterfly host plants and more.
    TBE Jewish Cemetery
Type: Gardening, Cleanup/Sorting
Ages: 10+; will include the Confirmation Class and Rabbi Length: >90 min.
Off-site: Garden of Memories Cemetery 3200 Michigan Avenue, Fort Myers, Florida
Jewish Value: Honoring the Deceased, compassion, proper behavior
Description: We have the only Temple owned cemetery in Lee County and is located within the City of Fort Myers Cemetery. Join the confirmation class and Rabbi and visit this sacred place and learn about the Mitzvot and traditions for burying and honoring the deceased. We will be cleaning the  headstones and doing general grounds cleanup. The cemetery is peaceful, and children truly love this project. Please consider bringing them. What to bring: a bucket, a stiff brush, LOTS of old cloths, gardening gloves, rakes, gardening shears for bush trimming, biodegradeable lawn bags, and mild dish detergent.
Donations needed: gardening gloves, biodegradable lawn bags, old cloths
    Kindness & Peace Memorial Stones
Type: Craft, discussion
Ages: 15+
Length: 60- min
On-site
Jewish Value: Compassion, Honoring the deceased, Respect, Nurturing Community support of grieving building community.
Description: With artists to assist and encourage, you can design and decorate a beautiful memorial rock with the option to place it in our memorial garden. Story telling of your memories encouraged. We anticipate this art & conversation will develop into a long-term opportunity for Grieving support at our Temple going forward.
Donations needed: 30 +Black or white 2-3” Natural Smooth Surface Rocks for Painting; Paint pens for Rock Painting /Paint Marker Pens for Rock Painting [Oil-Based, Quick Dry, Water Resistant] for Art Rock Painting Set of 12 Medium Tip and Set of 12 Extra-fine tips.
    Blood Mobile
Type: engagement, donation
Ages: 16+ ( 16 year old need signed permit from their parent; you are never too old to donate!)
Length: 60- min.
On-site: outside parking lot
Jewish Value: Saving a life, uniqueness of every human being, love your neighbor as yourself
Description: Blood donation thought One Blood. Blood is made up of four main components. Red blood cells, platelets, plasma and white blood cells. Each whole blood donation has the potential to save up to three lives.
    Berny's Kitchen Knife Sharpening
Type: Donation
Ages: adults
Length: 10 minutes
On-site
Jewish Value: responsibility
Description: For $1 per knife, Berny Aronson will sharpen your kitchen knives (no machetes this year, please!). Your donation goes directly to support TBE general fund.
    Health Park Origami Cranes
Type: Assembly
Ages: 8+
Length: 45minutes
On-site
Jewish Value: Visiting the sick, building the Community
 Description: Help us construct Origami cranes to be brought to Health Park as part of the National Crane Project model. Once 1000 cranes are collected they will be strung into rows of 50, and then attached 20 strings to a wreath base, placed horizontally, to create a mobile of 1000 which can be hung from the ceiling. Cranes will then be installed in the pediatric cancer center.
Donations needed: 500 sheets 6” origami paper
    Gratitude Trees
Type: craft
Ages: 6+
Length: 60 min
On-site
Jewish Value: Gratitude; generosity, building community
Description: We will be writing what you are grateful for on tags to decorate miniature trees which will subsequently be used to decorate tables at Jewish Federation Senior Lunches.
Donations needed: Fine point blue and black pens
    Jewish Values Keepsake Boxes
Type: craft
Ages: 6+
Length:60 minutes
On- site
Jewish Value: Charity, love of nature, caring for the earth including cleaning the ocean, generosity
Description: We will create keep-sake boxes using Jewish value themed decorations. Once completed, these boxes will be given to Jewish seniors in assisted living
Donations needed: 5 large bottles Elmer’s glue 
    Gulf Coast Humane Society Training
Type: Education
Ages: 13-15 yo with parent, 16-17 signed waiver, all adults welcome
Length: 3 hours 10:45-1:45
Off-site: at Gulf Coast Humane Society 2010 Arcadia Street FM, FL
Jewish Values: Treasure all of God's creations, Ethical treatment of animals
Description: We are invited to the GC Humane Society to spend time with staff and caring for the animals including holding and soothing kittens, cats, puppies and dogs. We can learn the requirements and practice the skills to become a permanent volunteer.
 
    Upgrading ADA Standard for Inclusion
Type: handi-help assisting Fabin
Ages: teens+
Length: 60-90 minutes
On-site
Jewish Value: Respect, responsibility
Description: Using the ADA review report, assist Fabian in a number of tasks that need additional helping hands.
Donations: TBD
    Making Bag Lunches for Community Cooperative
Type: Assembly, Meals and snacks
Ages: School age and up, with adult supervision
Length:30-60 minutes
On-site
Jewish Values: Acts of loving kindness, Feeding the hungry
Description: We will be preparing bag lunches for the Community Cooperative, our local partner striving to alleviate hunger and homelessness. In Lee County, 1 in 6 residents are in need of food assistance.
Donations needed:Bread, peanut butter, jelly, apples, carrot packages, single serving cracker or chips, single serving cookie packet or other dessert, lunch bags, napkins and baggies.
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