Tikkun Olam - Social Action

We participate in an ongoing food drive by collecting non-perishable food for the Athens Community Food Pantry. Everyone is encouraged to bring canned and boxed food at each visit to the Temple. Volunteers then transport it to the food pantry.

• We have contributed to Blue Star Mothers, an organization which sends care packages to overseas troops.

• We have collected and delivered items for Chanukah and Passover gift bags, as well as items of dignity given to residents of local nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

• Our Hebrew School students collect tzedakah and make an annual donation to an organization of their choice. Past recipients have been St. Jude’s, The Athens Community Food Pantry and Namutumba Ugandan Jewish Community.

• We actively support the Namutumba Ugandan Jewish Community through donations of Judaica, including prayer books and prayer shawls for their bar and bat mitzvah students. We also have a letter writing initiative with their community members.