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Gift Shop News

With the High Holy Days just around the corner, come and browse our Kol Am Gift Shop. We have many High Holy Days items that would be a perfect gift for you or for someone special. We offer FREE gift wrapping and accept Visa and MasterCard. St art ing September 7th, the Kol Am Gift Shop will be open on Sunday mornings when Religious School is in session from 9:00 a.m.-noon.

 

Jewish Food Pantry

For the month of September the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry is looking for these specific items in order to provide well-balanced nourishment for the community in need:

  1. Macaroni & Cheese
  2. Canned Pasta with Meat
  3. Tuna Fish
  4. Peanut Butter & Jelly
  5. Healthy Snacks
  6. Dry Pasta (noodles, spaghetti, etc.)

Items should be brought to the collection bin located outside the temple office. For further information, contact Louise Levine, (636) 227-1259.

 

 

 

Volunteer Drivers Needed

For more than thirty years, the County Older Resident Programs (CORP), a division of the St. Louis County Office of Family and Community Services, has been providing programs designed to help older adults maintain independent lifestyles in their own homes.  The most sought after service is transportation.  CORP volunteer drivers transport older adults to and from medical appointments at no cost to the older adult.  In cooperation with Jewish Family & Children’s Service, CORP is seeking volunteer drivers who can really make a difference in the lives of St. Louis County older adults.  For further information on how you can help, call Therese Labovitz, CORP Coordinator, at (314)615-4435. 

 

Shabbat Services at Garden Villas

As part of our ongoing relationship with the residents of Garden Villas West Retirement Community, volunteers from Kol Am lead a monthly Shabbat service in the multi-purpose room at Garden Villas on the first Friday night of each month, preceding our regular Shabbat worship at Kol Am.  The brief service begins at 6:15 p.m. and lasts 30-45 minutes.  Our friends at Garden Villas look forward to our visits each month.  The next service will take place Friday, January 5. All Kol Am members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Rabbi Séverine and/or congregant volunteers also assist with leading a brief service in conjunction with Garden Villas’ monthly Shabbat dinners.  The dinners take place at 5:00 p.m. and generally occur on the third Friday of each month.

Very user-friendly Shabbat service booklets are used for these services.  Please consider volunteering to assist with leading these monthly services. No experience is necessary and training will be provided.  For more information, contact Rabbi Séverine at (636) 519-0082 or rabbihazizasokol@sbcglobal.net.

 

 

Speak Up For A Child 

St. Louis City CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) volunteer guardians change the lives of abused and neglected children by helping them move from foster care to safe, permanent homes, giving them hope for a positive future. City CASA Guardian training sessions will begin soon.  To become a voice for a child, call (314) 552-2430 or log onto www.stlcitycasa.org.