Mitzvah Day Updates

Marvin Marcus reports that the sorting of books was a success:
We've got 10 boxes of reusable Silverman siddurim (approx 250 volumes) that will be distributed to
institutions in need. Arrangements are being made by Howard Shalowitz, who has agreed to act as our "broker".

We have a larger quantity of siddurim requiring burial (approx. 350 volumes--mainly, but not exclusively, Silverman siddurim). Details of burial remain to be worked out.

Some materials (children's books, etc) were made available to our congregants. See the Office for details.
As for the non-religious books: Marvin will be seeing to the disposal of this material (some will go to JCC booksale, some will be discarded). We're talking about several hundred volumes.

Actually, there's a considerable quantity of books of various descriptions that will have survived this "de-accquisition" effort. Hope it won't take another mitzvah day to finish what we've started.

In connection with the Tallit repair project, Stevie Freidman reports:
I would like to thank those who helped with the tallis project, especially Howard who devoted much time to tieing Tztzi. Tallis tally: 8 tallisim re-tztzized. this takes about 45 minutes per tallis.

Denise Field (who was filling in for the day for Debbie Schuster who did all the legwork in advance) reports on the clothing drive that there were at least 20 bags (We used almost an entire box of garbage bags, as well as about 5 other huge bags.)

Gary Kodner also deserves thanks for getting things organized at Mitzvah Day.

I want to make sure to thank the folks who donated clothing as well as the many who helped sort-- including Jules and Terry Kenny (Debbie Rubin's folks), Debbie Zimmerman, Susan Cort and her younger daughter, Hannah Klein, Joel Portman, Mark Levin, Roger Lewis, and many others.


Sunday, April 28 was Mitzvah Day 2002 at BSKI

Mitzvah Day 2002 is shaping up to be another wonderful opportunity to do Tikkun Olam ­ check out our web site, www.e-bski.org for details.
This year several of the projects involve the collection of donated items:

  1. New and gently used children’s books and games for Kids’ Place and Reading is Fundamental can be brought anytime through April 28th.

  2. New and gently worn clothing to be donated to shelters and clothing distribution points can be brought on Mitzvah Day.  (Please do not bring clothing before April 28th because we don’t have sufficient storage).

  3. New (not used) items for backpacks for children removed by police from their homes due to domestic violence. 

    toiletries: combs, brushes, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, barrettes, hair bows.

    clothes: socks, hats, T-shirts

    school supplies:  pens, pencils, hi-lighters, notebooks, markers, crayons, coloring and activity books, stickers, small puzzles, construction paper.

    comfort items:  small stuffed animals. flashlights, transistor radios

    water bottles
    key chains
    back packs
    Items needed for boys and girls ages 5-8 and 9 ­11 and should be brought by April 21 so that we can make sure that all categories of items are adequately covered to fill the packs.

  4. Cans and boxes of food for the Jewish Food Pantry can be brought at any time. 

Items brought to BSKI before April 28th should be placed in the cloakroom on the lower level. 

Thank you for your support of these projects and remember to check the web site, www.e-bski.org for updates on Mitzvah Day activities.

Shalom

Rhona Lyons
Tobi Don
Zella Blum

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