TBS TIKKUN OLAM DAY A Day Dedicated to Healing Our World Sunday, April 3, 2016 at The Village Club, 83 Morton St. Needham Join our entire TBS community for a day of social action activities to help make a difference and repair the world! To register for any of these projects, please click here to use the online registration form or email Judy Weinberg at judithfweinberg@gmail.com KICKOFF BREAKFAST Our day will begin with breakfast at 9:00AM. Please here to register for breakfast. Please choose from one or more of the following choices. Please note that there are morning and afternoon choices.
WRAP THEM IN ROSES! CALLING ALL SEWERS Wrap Them In Roses is a sewing project that provides home-made isolette covers for the Level 3 NICUs in Jackson, MS and Boston Children's Hospital. Please come with or without your sewing machine to make these isolette blankets. The Zoe Rose Memorial Foundation provides all the fabrics and simple to follow directions. Minimal sewing skills required. If you can cut, pin or sew, please join us! Older children, teens and adults welcome! If you have pins and/or scissors, please bring them. What is an isolette cover? It is a blanket that is placed over the top of an incubator/isolette to act as a buffer for noise and light. This re-creates a womb-like environment for the babies to grow outside of their mother. These blankets stay with the babies as they grow and leave the hospital. Time: 9 AM to Noon Meet:Village Club Click here to use the online registration form. Register:Project Leader: JudyWeinberg(judithfweinberg@com) For more information about this project or the Zoe Rose Memorial Foundation, email Judy or go to Zoerose.org
FUN WITH THE KIDS FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN: Perfect project for families with young children! Join us from 10-11am to help repair the world! We will be baking challah and creating paper flowers and vases to bring cheer to members of our TBS community. Teach your child that THEY have the power to make a difference Project Leader: Ellen Dietrick (edietrick@tbsneedham.com) Time:10-11 AM Or drop in any time during this time. Meet:Village Club kitchen Register:Click here to use the online registration form or send an email to Judy at judithfweinberg@gmail.com or Ellen. edietrick@tbsneedham.org. Please contact Ellen with questions. CRAFTS PROJECTS FOR CHILDREN Pair cooking with one or both of these projects: MAKING BIRTHDAY CARDS FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE HOMELESS AND MAKING BOOKMARKS FOR CHILDREN AT THE MOZART SCHOOL Time: 10:00-11:30 Or drop in any time during this time. Meet: Village Club NO REGISTRATION NEEDED
CALLING ALL KNITTERS KNIT HATS FOR ISRAELI SOLDIERS If you... Like to knit? Like doing mitzvahs? Like being with friendly people? Come join us in this fun project. The hats will be delivered by Rabbi Jay and our TBS travelers to Israel. We will supply the yarn and needles (If you have size 7 needles, please bring them) For more information contact: Bobbi Niss at bobbiness@yahoo.com Time: 9 a.m. to noon Meet:Village Club Hall Register:Click here to use the online registration form
NEEDHAM COMMUNITY FARM Time: 9:00-11:00 Meet: Newman Elementary School farm site, 1155 Central Ave., Needham (parking in the few spaces right next to the farm site and in the back elementary school lot) Register: Click here to use the online registration form The Needham Community Farm produces thousands of pounds of fresh, organically grown fruits and vegetables each year for distribution at the Needham Community Council food pantry and four Needham Housing Authority affordable housing sites for low-income individuals and families, seniors, and people with disabilities. The farm also offers educational programs, including a youth program focused on youth-led change in the food system and 14- week organic gardening classes in which students learn to grow their own food in their own garden space at the farm. The classes are offered free of charge to low-income
community members, who also receive all needed seeds, seedlings, tools, and support. For Tikkun Olam we will be preparing our Newman site for planting. At the Newman site alone, we grow over a thousand pounds of food each year for families who might not otherwise be able to afford it. Tasks will include clearing straw and debris from the farm beds, loosening the beds with pitchforks, filling wheelbarrows with compost and dumping it on the beds, and smoothing the beds with hoes and rakes. Time allowing, we will also spread wood chips to control weeds in the pathways. Please dress warmly in clothes that can get dirty, and wear waterproof, supportive shoes or boots (if the weather has been wet, boots are preferred as the site can become quite muddy). Please bring your own hats, sunscreen, gloves and full water bottles; there is no drinking water on site. Limited to 12 persons, ages 7 and up. Children between the ages of 7 and 12 must be accompanied by and adult.
RIDGE HILL SPRING CLEAN UP Let s help our town get ready for spring! Activity Help with trash pick-up and clearing limbs from the trails and entrance to Ridge Hill Meet upper parking lot of Ridge Hill near the light pink house that s on the property at 3:00 PM Attire closed toed shoes, long sleeves and pants are best because of ticks Supplies I ll have tick spray, trash bags, and gloves Ages: all ages welcome Register: judithfweinberg@gmail.com PASSOVER PREPARATION FOR FAMILY TABLE The Family Table project will be: What: Help Family Table by sorting donations and helping organize our Passover distribution. Where: JF&CS 1430 Main Street, Waltham. Who: Individuals or families (kids should be at least 5
years old). Limit for this project is 10 people. TIME: 9:00-10:00 a.m. April 3rd Register: Click here to use the online registration form To register for any of these projects, please click here to use the online registration form or email Judy Weinberg at judithfweinberg@gmail.com