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Social Action Archive
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Events are listed chronologically. Click on items with blue
links for additional information.
2007/08
Social Action Events - Description |
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Project Linus Blanket Day
Temple Jeremiah congregants got together to knit, crochet,
sew, cut and create blankets for Project Linus. A non-profit
organization that donates handmade blankets to critically
ill and traumatized children, Project Linus has donated
over 1,806,000 blankets to hospitals and agencies serving
children in crisis. |
April 15, 2007 |
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Kids First Health Fair School
Collection Drive
Temple Jeremiah collected new school supplies and backpacks
to help underprivileged families.
The backpacks and school supplies went to support the
15th Annual Kids First Health Fair on Wednesday, August
1, 2007 at Miguel Juarez Middle School in Waukegan.
Serving between 1300 and 2000 children, the fair allows
limited-income children in Lake County to meet public
school health requirements and receive preventive health
services. Upon complete of the required services, the
children receive a backpack with school supplies. Thank
you to our generous donors for their support! |
April
22 - April 29, 2007 |
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Bingo Sunday
The 8th Grade Sunday School hosted this fundraiser
for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund. Participants
played bingo, won prizes, ate, relaxed and raised money
for a good cause. |
April 29, 2007 |
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Annual Noni Dodge Blood &
Bone Marrow Drive
 Temple
Jeremiah hosted a Blood and Bone Marrow Drive to benefit
LifeSource. Thanks to our generous donors for giving the
gift of life. |
November
18, 2007 |
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Project
Linus Blanket Day
Temple Jeremiah made blankets to donate to Project
Linus, a non-profit organization that donates handmade
blankets to critically ill and traumatized children.
To date it has donated over 1,806,000 blankets. Our
blankets went to Project Linus' Northbrook Chapter,
which distributes blanets to 15 Chicago area hospitals
and agencies serving children in crisis.
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April 27, 2008 |
2005/06
Social Action Events - Description |
Date |
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Jacob's Ladder - Collection Drive
for Hurricane Katrina Victims
Temple Jeremiah spearheaded a collection drive of items
to send to the Union for Reform Judaism's Henry S. Jacobs
Camp in Utica, Mississippi, which is serving as a distribution
center for Hurricane Katrina victims. |
September,
2005 |
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Annual Noni Dodge Blood & Bone Marrow Drive
Once again, Temple Jeremiah partnered with LifeSource
to provide this Annual Blood Drive.
In addition, we also hosted a Bone Marrow Drive this year
to match donors with people in need of a marrow or blood
stem cell transplant. |
January, 2006 |
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L'taken Social Justice Seminar
Rabbi Greenberg and several teenagers participated
in the L'taken Social Justice Seminar in Washington,
D.C. as part of the Religious Action Center of Reform
Judaism. Clicl above to learn more about their trip. |
February,
2006 |
Ta'am Yisrael
Learn about an exciting trip to Israel taken by Temple
Jeremiah 8th graders, accompanied by Anne and Jerry Lidsky. |
February, 2006 |
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6th Grade
Drive for PADS
6th graders collected items for the homeless in Lake County
in cooperation with Public Action to Deliver Shelter and
Supportive Services (PADS). |
February,
2006 |
Confirmation
Class Fundraiser for Rwanda
The Confirmation class sold popcorn to benefit the Women's
Equity in Access to Care and Treatment for HIV/AIDS Initiative
(WE-ACTx) in Rwanda. |
Spring, 2006 |
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Rally to Stop the Genocide in the Sudan
Over 400,000 have been killed in the Darfur region
of the Sudan and over 2 million people's lives are at
risk. Elected officials and religious, community and
human rights leaders joined together at a rally to stop
the genocide. The Chicago Coalition to Save Darfur is
an alliance of faith-based, ethnic civic and student
organizations dedicated to ending the atrocities there.
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May
1, 2006 |
Brotherhood Build-a-Playground
Project in Waukegan
As the exciting culmination of this social action project
to benefit Waukegan schools. congregants gathered together
to put up a playground at Waukegan's EPIC Pre-School at
326 Julian Street in Waukegan. Our crew worked throughout
the morning to install slides, swings and other playground
equipment. Sisterhood served lunch to our volunteers. Click
here to learn more
about the Waukegan social action project and to view a
video of the playground installation. |
October 22, 2006 |
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Annual Noni Dodge Blood Drive
Every day 1500 donors are needed. Temple Jeremiah responds
every year by hosting a blood drive benefitting LifeSource.
Thanks to all who gave so generously. |
November 19, 2006 |
2003/04
Social Action Events - Description |
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Habitat for Humanity |
January -
December, 2003 |
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Tzedakah Fair 2003 |
February,
2003 |
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Locks of Love - Salon Extravaganza |
May 18, 2003 |
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Jeremiah Student Dedicates Bar
Mitzvah Proceeds to Food Drive |
September
6, 2003 |
Project NACOEJ (North American Conference
on Ethiopian Jewry)
- Display of
Ethiopian Products
- National Photo
Exhibit
- Sharing An Ethiopian
Shabbat
- Fain
Award |
December 7, 2003
March 14, 2004
March 19, 2004
March, 2005
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Congregants Help Project Linus |
April,
2004 |
Congregant Walks for Breast Cancer
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June 5 & 6, 2004 |
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Annual Noni Dodge Blood Drive
Temple Jeremiah hosted an Annual Blood Drive to benefit
LifeSource. Thanks to all who gave. |
November
14, 2004 |
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Sisterhood Chanukah Mitzvah Project
This project is an opportunity for our congregants
to make the holiday a little brighter for those less
fortunate than ourselves. Congregants take a "Wish
Tag" from the Poster Board on display at the temple
office, purchase the gift indicated and return the gift
unwrapped with the tag to the temple by mid-November.
For those preferring to make a monetary donation, Sisterhood
purchases a gift on their behalf. This year's project
resulted in a tremendous outpouring of gifts from our
congregants. |
October - November, 2004 |
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