Social Action Blog

Shir Shalom Annual Mitzvah Day was a big success

May 7, 2019 by • , ,

Thanks  to our Social Action Committee,  and all the congregants and friends and family who attended this year’s Mitzvah Day and worked on a variety of projects to help organizations in our community: 

Making blankets for Kids in Crisis, braiding dog toys for the SPCA, potting flowers for nursing homes, baking cookies for the homeless, and of course outdoor work and clean-up and so much more! 

 

See for yourself our volunteers enthusiasm and energy!

 

Mitzvah Day 2019

April 24, 2019 by • ,

Join us for our annual Congregation Shir Shalom Mitzvah Day!

Don’t miss this opportunity to help those in our community who are in need ….and to spend the day working with a bunch of nice folks too!
We will reach out to Kids in Crisis, Daily Bread Food Pantry, SPCA of Westchester, Dorothy Day soup kitchen, Community Center of Northern Westchester and Women’s Center of Danbury just to name a few.

Check out the full list on this link. Sign up to go to one of our OFF-SITE LOCATIONS OR TO STAY AT SHIR SHALOM for a variety of meaningful and enjoyable outreach activities.

Many charitable organizations are relying on us.

Sign up and spread the word! We are also collecting new and gently used children’s books for Danbury Family and Children’s Aid!

Also, you can donate old broken crayons (to be remade for hospitalized children), new school supplies for the Community Center of Northern Westchester, and candy for our troops.

Thanksgiving Drive

TIME SENSITIVE/SHIR SHALOM: Please help the needy in the New Year! Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen dates

September 17, 2018 by • , ,

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Happy New Year Everyone!

If you would like to start off the New Year by reaching out to others in need, here’s your chance.  We really need your help!   

Please join our energetic, dedicated teams for one or more of the below-listed sessions (the more the better of course!).  A couple of hours of your time can truly make a difference to others…and be enjoyable too!   No experience is necessary of course.

Daily Bread Food Pantry: man the Pantry as needy clients shop.  Shir Shalom volunteers are responsible for the dates below:

 

  • Monday, September 24, 9:30 a.m. – 11: 45 a.m. (PRIORITY!)
  • Monday, October 29th, 9:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
  • Friday, November 30th, 9:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Also, during the entire month of October, the Pantry we will need many more hands on deck on Monday and Friday mornings from 9:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. to help clients fill out brief/simple annual registration forms and to give out tickets for our  Thanksgiving food distribution event.   Please let us know if/when you can help.  The Pantry would be so grateful to you! 

  1. Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen: prep and serve a meal to hungry clientswith Shir Shalom volunteers and our partner church teams.
  • Sunday, October 7th, 2018, 1:15 – 5:00 pm
  • Sunday, November 4th, 2018, 1:15 – 5:00 pm
  • Sunday, December 2nd, 2018, 1:15 – 5:00 pm

Reach out to me at SocialAction@OurShirShalom.org. I’d be happy to provide more information/answer any questions!

Thanks so much Everyone!

All my best,

Debbie Landzberg

Social Action Committee Co-Chairperson

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Save The Date! Sunday, May 7 is Mitzvah Day!

January 27, 2017 by •

 

Each spring, over 150 congregants and friends of all ages gather to participate in a variety of Mitzvah (good deed) projects at Congregation Shir Shalom and off-site area agencies. On this single day, we stock local food pantries, collect children’s books, knit hats for newborns and preemies, wash windows at senior residences, prepare meals for the homeless, and more. We conclude this amazing day of community spirit with a party for our volunteers, including a slideshow celebrating their accomplishments.  

The Mitzvah Day Committee is hard at work planning an amazing day of service. We are currently seeking volunteers to help with set-up and take-down. If you’d like to help, email Debbie Lavin. Click here to email Debbie.

So, put Sunday, May 7th on your calendar and keep an eye out for more information! 

First Shir Shalom Annual Mitzvah Day

May 24, 2016 by • ,

Mitzvah Day was a Huge Success – 150 Enthusiastic Volunteers Helped the Community!

 

Congregation Shir Shalom of Westchester and Fairfield Counties’ “First Annual Shir Shalom Mitzvah Day” on Sunday, May 15th was a great success! Throughout this day of good deeds, more than 150 enthusiastic volunteers reached out to help a variety of groups and connected with each other along the way. Congregants of all ages, members of the teen youth group and friends from the community made this day a memorable one.

Volunteers worked on-site and off-site in Fairfield and Westchester County townships on varied projects such as collecting food for food pantries, washing and detailing a mini-bus and baking cookies for clients of the local soup kitchen. The work benefited more than a dozen charitable local organizations including: Kids in Crisis, Neighbors Link of Mount Kisco, the Daily Bread Food Pantry of Danbury, the Community Center of Northern Westchester, Women’s Center of Danbury, Family and Children’s Aid, SPHERE of Ridgefield, Ballard Green Residences, Laurel Ridge Nursing Home, Meadow Ridge Nursing Home, SPCA of Westchester, Hope’s Door of Pleasantville, Dorothy Day Hospitality House, The Crayon Initiative and local hospitals’ neonatal units.

The organizers thank their volunteers for donating their time and energy as well as these local vendors whose generosity made this event possible: Kohl’s, Gossett Brothers’ Nursery of South Salem, Posadas Landscaping, Katonah Nursery and Party Depot of Ridgefield. Stay tuned for next year’s event! Everyone is welcome!