May 18, 2012   26 Iyyar 5772

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16th Annual Mitzvah Day
Tikun Olam: A Day to Do!

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Join in our largest single-day community service event.
Give your time, energy and talent as a participant in a variety of mitzvot to assist the organizations and individuals in our community.

If you have a few hours to give, there is a meaningful project for you!
Sign up as an individual, family or with a group of friends.

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Outdoors: Nature/Gardening/Repairing  
1. Bluff Lake Nature Center
Gardening, site maintenance, trail work
2. Ekar Farm and Community Gardens (FULL)
Prepare ground and transplant vegetables to produce food for JFS Weinberg Food Pantry
3. Four Mile Historic Park (FULL)
Plant pumpkins and general spring cleaning.
5. Jewish Family Service Group Home (FULL)
Spring clean-up of grounds including planting and getting flower beds ready for planting.
6. Shwayder Camp
(weather dependent) Build a trail in memory of former staff member Jenna Gruben.
Indoors: Food / Clothing  
19. Stinkbug Project (FULL)
Preparing, cooking, bagging and labeling dog biscuits for sale.
20. ARC Thrift Store
Sorting through clothing and household items. Some light cleaning of items may be requested.
21. Clothes to Kids
Sort, tag, and restock store for low-income children.
22. Food Bank of the Rockies
Work as an assembly line filling boxes with food for recipients.
23. Jewish Family Service (FULL)
Bag rice and ingredients to prepare Spanish Rice packets.
24. Jewish Family Service Weinberg Food Pantry
Sort donated food and pack emergency food kits for JFS pantry clients.
25. Delores Project (FULL)
Prepare food for an evening shelter for homeless women.
Outdoors: Grounds  
16. Gateway Women's Services
Paint and treat fence, pull weeds, pick up trash and organize shed.
17. Shalom Park
Painting outdoor furniture and various other tasks followed by bagels and mingling with the residents.
18. Lunch Box Express
Distribute flyers in neighborhoods served by LunchBox Express.
Indoors: Helping  
7. Mizel Museum
Indoor painting and possible outdoor maintenance
8. Temple Emanuel Sanctuary Seats
Minor woodwork and seat repairs in sanctuary.
9. Allied Jewish Apartments (FULL)
Play bingo and other games with Seniors.
10. Denver Health Newborns in Need (FULL)
Hospital tour, assemble warm welcome bags for new babies and stuff activity bags for kids in the emergency department.
11. Jewish Family Service (FULL)
Sort and pack donated hygiene items.
12. Project Linus
Cut fleece and knot ends to create polar fleece blankets for kids in crisis.
13. CAJE Israel Study Tour and Friends of the IDF
Create craft bags for children aat an Absorption Center for Ethiopian immigrants to Israel.
14. Temple Emanuel Library Used Book Sale (FULL)
Staff the Used Book Sale
15. Temple Emanuel Resource Room
Remove and replace books from shelves, dust and replace stickers and cards on books.

26. Jr. Mitzvah Day

Young children (ages 3-10), along with their parents, stay at Temple for Tzedakah projects for the whole family. Have fun with cooking, painting, creating birthday boxes and a while lot more! These projects benefit a wide variety of agencies. (choose activity #26)

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