Sunday, December 15 & January 19

Make (in your home) part of the Sunday dinner that Park volunteers provide for the residents of the Journey Center for Safety & Healing, a shelter for families that have experienced domestic violence. Sign up to make a veggie tray, salad, side dishes, fresh fruit, or dessert for the 20 mothers and 25 children at Journey Center, and then take it on the specified date to Journey Center Dinner Co-Chairs Wendy & David Firestone’s home in Beachwood, so the Firestones can then deliver the entire dinner to the Journey Center. Volunteers can choose to be reimbursed for the cost of their ingredients. This is a great family mitzvah project!

Sunday, December 8 • 9:30 - 10:30 am
2004 S. Green Road, So. Euclid

All volunteers ages 6 & up are needed to help at the Cleveland Kosher Food Pantry to pack bags of produce and other grocery items for people in need in the Jewish and general communities. Great family mitzvah project! A limited number of volunteers are needed, so register soon.

Volunteer through the Park website, Weekly Wrap, or by emailing Ellen Petler at epetler@parksyn.org

Sponsored by Park’s Social Action Committee

Imagine being a refugee and arriving in a strange country and not having everything that you need to live. To help our new neighbors who recently were resettled in Cleveland, Park is partnering again this year with US Together, one of Cleveland’s active refugee resettlement agencies, to help new families in our community have a brighter holiday season. To learn more about US Together, please visit its website at http://ustogether.us

Who? Park has committed to provide gifts for a number of refugee families who recently arrived in Cleveland from many different countries. All the families are being assisted by US Together to become integrated into the Cleveland community. US Together helps with their housing, furniture, food, and basic needs, but we want to give these new families some “extras” that will make their lives a little nicer and brighter.

What? Help by “adopting” a refugee family and purchase the exact items that will be most helpful to them. With your help, the families will receive items they requested, such as gift cards for Target or Walmart, NEW blankets, kitchen goods, warm winter outdoor wear, and clothes.

How? If you and your family would like to “adopt” a family, please contact Ellen Petler at epetler@parksyn.org or (216) 371-2244, ext. 122. Ellen will then pair you with one of the refugee families and give you details about what their holiday requests are. Please include your phone number when contacting Ellen.