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Mitzvah Corps
Make a Difference with the Mitzvah Corps
MITZVAH DAY 2020:
Sunday, March 22, 2020 – Help us to make this even bigger and better! Don’t miss out on a great opportunity to do good and have fun! Do you have a project that you would like to suggest? Contact Sarah Feld at sarahb223@gmail.com or (727) 631-2489.
or Jackie Wertel at jackie.wertel@gmail.com or (727) 434-1505.
Updates from the Mitzvah Corps:
ALL VOLUNTEERS:
Volunteer sign up books are now located in the office, in the foyer, and in the kitchen. Please sign both in and out so we know who is in the building, and to allow us to count volunteer hours of our members for future grant purposes.
CHATS
Companionship, Help & Access
by Telephone for Seniors
Program Overview &
Volunteer Orientation
Sunday, January 12 at 10:30 am
Join the Mitzvah Corps to learn more
over Coffee, Bagels & Schmear.
For more information, visit CBIStPete.org/event/chats
Meals On Wheels St. Petersburg
is now accepting volunteers
and recipients.
MOWSP was developed to serve seniors and 18+ homebound individuals (due to illness, injury or disability) with a hot meal delivered to their home,
by a volunteer, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
MOWSP is an alternative option for: 1) people placed on a wait-list; or 2) people who do not qualify for other programs due to age.
MOWSP currently delivers to the following
St. Petersburg zip codes: 33701, 33705,
33707, 33711, 33712, and 33713.
Contact Jackie Wertel at jackie.wertel@gmail.com or Sarah Feld at sarahb223@gmail.com to let us know how you would like to participate.
Family Promise
CBI is now a “supporting partner” to Temple Beth-El for Family Promise, a local non-profit organization providing intensive case management to homeless families. Family Promise has the highest success rate of any family shelter program in the area with 93% of participants currently housed for one- to two-week periods. Prepare and serve dinners and/or stay overnight with these families in their group housing. Volunteers must attend a training session.
CBI’s Dorothy Bowser serves on the Board of Family Promise and can also provide information at 917-584-5094.
Participating congregations provide congregational housing for one- to two-week periods while volunteers, including those from “supporting partners,” provide dinner meals and/or sleep overnight to safeguard the guests, approximately 12 people (4 families) at any one time. Family Promise of Pinellas County works together with churches and synagogues to provide temporary housing, food, job finding and budget training assistance to needy families. Volunteer: Prepare and serve dinners and/or stay overnight with these families in their group housing. In addition to housing and food, Family Promise provides job finding assistance and budget training.
CBI Cares Committee (Gemilut Chasadim)
The newly renamed and revitalized Gemilut Hasadim has three primary functions, each to be headed by an as-yet unnamed Chair.
Reaching Out: Cards, calls, visits as appropriate to shut-ins at their home; those in nursing homes, ALF’s, and hospitals; and those undergoing or receiving medical treatment.
Shabbat meals for members in need because of illness, recovery, shiva, or relocation and the member’s caretaker and/or family.
Shabbat kits. The making and delivery a challah, grape juice, non-burning candles, and card to be distributed to those shut in, in a hospital or rehabilitation facility.
Contact the CBI Office for details.
Monday Morning at the Free Clinic Food Pantry
Drop in to help at the Food Pantry on the 3rd Monday of every month from 9:00 to 12 noon. Contact Debbie Sokolov at debbie.sokolov@stpetersburgfreeclinic.org.
Mon, March 18 2024
8 Adar II 5784
Online Minyan and service
Today's Calendar
: 8:00am |
Purim Spiel Rehearsals : 5:00pm |
: 6:30pm |
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Upcoming Events
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Tuesday ,
MarMarch 19 , 2024
Tuesday, Mar 19th 5:00p to 6:30p
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Wednesday ,
MarMarch 20 , 2024
Wednesday, Mar 20th 12:00p to 1:00p
https://zoom.us/j/5403365269 Password: CBI2020 Audio Only Call-In: +19292056099 Meeting ID: 540 336 5269 Phone Password: 149321 -
Wednesday ,
MarMarch 20 , 2024
Wednesday, Mar 20th 5:00p to 6:30p
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Wednesday ,
MarMarch 20 , 2024
Wednesday, Mar 20th 6:45p to 8:15p
Not everyone had an opportunity for Jewish education when they were 13 years old. Not everyone took college courses about Judaism. Now is the chance to begin again! All are welcome. This course is also suitable for those wishing to learn more about Judaism. Topics will include prayer, kashrut, blessings, parenting, Shabbat, festivals, God, Torah, Israel, women’s changing roles in synagogue life and so much more! Partnering with Women's League for Conservative Judaism (WLCJ) and the Melton Research Center at JTS, the Etz Chayim He curriculum will be the starting point, but the full direction of the class will depend on you! Please contact Rabbi Weintraub for more details -
Friday ,
MarMarch 22 , 2024
Friday, Mar 22nd 10:00a to 11:00a
https://zoom.us/j/4475099917 Study the weekly parsha in a congregant led Zoom chat. Study materials will be provided during the session. -
Saturday ,
MarMarch 23 , 2024
Shabbat, Mar 23rd (All day)
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Sunday ,
MarMarch 24 , 2024
Sunday, Mar 24th (All day)
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Sunday ,
MarMarch 24 , 2024
Sunday, Mar 24th 10:00a to 2:00p
Purim fun for all ages after the Megillah reading, Purim Spiel and costume parade: Games and activities for young children, carnival games, bounce house, inflatable fun for kids and adults: sports complex activity bounce house, jousting arena, basketball, dump bucket--prepare to get wet! There will be Gaga and prizes, hot dogs and hamantaschen. Please bring $$$ for some super fun tzedakah opportunities! -
Sunday ,
MarMarch 24 , 2024
Sunday, Mar 24th 12:00p to 1:00p
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Wednesday ,
MarMarch 27 , 2024
Wednesday, Mar 27th 6:45p to 8:15p
Not everyone had an opportunity for Jewish education when they were 13 years old. Not everyone took college courses about Judaism. Now is the chance to begin again! All are welcome. This course is also suitable for those wishing to learn more about Judaism. Topics will include prayer, kashrut, blessings, parenting, Shabbat, festivals, God, Torah, Israel, women’s changing roles in synagogue life and so much more! Partnering with Women's League for Conservative Judaism (WLCJ) and the Melton Research Center at JTS, the Etz Chayim He curriculum will be the starting point, but the full direction of the class will depend on you! Please contact Rabbi Weintraub for more details -
Thursday ,
MarMarch 28 , 2024
Thursday, Mar 28th 6:45p to 8:00p
Brush up on your Hebrew reading while learning or reviewing the parts of the Seder! Our focus will be reading fluency, but we will have plenty of opportunity to discuss the parts of the Seder in detail, investing them with meaning and music to add to our Passover experiences. This class meets in person after minyan at CBI. -
Friday ,
MarMarch 29 , 2024
Friday, Mar 29th (All day)
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Friday ,
MarMarch 29 , 2024
Friday, Mar 29th 10:00a to 11:00a
https://zoom.us/j/4475099917 Study the weekly parsha in a congregant led Zoom chat. Study materials will be provided during the session. -
Friday ,
MarMarch 29 , 2024
Friday, Mar 29th 7:00p to 9:00p
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Sunday ,
MarMarch 31 , 2024
Sunday, Mar 31st 5:30p to 6:30p