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From the pages of Kadima, the newsletter of Congregation Adas Emuno:
A Report from Annette DeMarco
Social Action Committee Chairperson
Social action is ongoing. It takes volunteers to make it happen, to make it work, to help those who need help. I want to thank the volunteers, members of Adas Emuno, for being involved. Beginning with Erev Yom Kippur, so many of you "volunteered" to donate food to the Center for Food Action. The small room outside of the sanctuary was overflowing! Thank you!
And a big toda raba to Norm Rosen, who printed up copies of the food wish list, helped to staple them onto the bags and made arrangements to have the food items picked up from the temple. Food items continue to be collected. The eyeglasses we collected were delivered to the Lions of Leonia. Thank you to Bara Capote for hand delivering them! (This collection is now closed.)
We are currently collecting warm winter clothing for adults, which will be split between the Womens' Center of Englewood and the HUC Soup Kitchen/Clothing Closet in New York. Donations will be accepted through November. Thank you to Richard Alicchio for his help on Mitzvah Day sorting through items already brought in. And thank you to Maranda Raskin who stopped in to help sort books and toys.
Our Mitzvah Day project is a co-sponsorship with the Adas Emuno Religious School. Books and toys collected will be donated to a school in Elizabeth. They will be wrapped by students and parents at a special family program. Marilyn Katz and Lauren Roland, from the Social Action Committee, as well as the parent in charge from the religious school, took shifts in the social hall to accept donations being dropped off. Books and toys will continue to be collected through November 24th, as well as tape and wrapping paper. Soda can tabs are still being collected for donation to the Ronald McDonald House.
Please watch for more details about our cooking and serving for the Hackensack Shelter on Sunday, December 23rd.
L’Shalom, Annette <acheryl21 at gmail.com>
From the pages of Kadima, the newsletter of Congregation Adas Emuno:
A Report from Annette DeMarco
Social Action Committee Chairperson
Thank you to those who have been donating food throughout the summer. Approximately ten bags were brought to the Center for Food Action. Special thanks to Cheryl and Richard Alicchio for helping to pack up and deliver the items. An email was sent to you recently regarding ways we can assist people in Bergen County who are still suffering from Hurricane Sandy. For anyone who responded, please share your experience in an email to me.
The collection of eye glasses, in conjunction with the Lions of Leonia, will continue throughout September. Please bring unused glasses in a labeled bag to the back of the sanctuary and place either on the table or in the small room.
Another ongoing collection is that of tabs off of soda cans, which will be given to a Ronald McDonald House and sold for their metal content, with monies used to provide families with services. Please place in the glass vase on the table outside of the sanctuary.
As the cooler months approach, please think about winter coats to be donated. Info regarding this will be forthcoming. We are also looking into donating winter clothing for adults and children. If anyone knows of places or individual families needing these items, please let me know.
When bags are given out on Rosh Hashanah to be filled with food for the Center for Food Action, there will be a "wish list" attached to each, naming the products most needed. Though these are the products most sought after, we all know that food is food when someone is hungry, so let's just fill those bags!
As the old year ends, I want to thank my wonderful committee for working with me as I "learned". The Social Action Committee is grateful to everyone who has supported our projects. Tikkun Olam, saving the world, is ongoing, so we will continue to make requests of you.
Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy new year, filled with lots of laughter!
Annette DeMarco
Social Action Committee Chairperson
acheryl21 at gmail.com
A Report from Annette DeMarco 
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