Temple Beth-El’s
10th Annual Mitzvah Day
February 26, 2012
8:30 – 9:30 Sign-in, Breakfast, and Opening Remarks
9:30 Head out to your project! Expect to be there 2-3 hours
*NEW: Buy a “Vote Mitzvot” T-shirt for just $5.00*
For general questions, please contact Rebecca
Barancik: 551-0004
Contact the Team Captain listed below for
more details about a particular project!
AND, by the way…on your way to the breakfast, please bring in:
- clothes for Clothes 2 Kids
- non-perishable food for the food drive
- children’s books and toys
- baked goods for Daystar lunches
- blankets for Pinellas Hope
- items to send to Jewish soldiers (Please contact Scott Barancik: sbarancik@verizon.net or 710-2823)
- toiletries & other sundries
Items needed to send to Jewish soldiers
We need items in duplicates of 12 (12, 24, etc.). Please contact Scott Barancik if you can bring in any of these items – and wait for a confirmation before you make your purchase. You may bring your items in to TBE any time before Mitzvah Day and no later than the morning of Mitzvah Day.
Thank you!
SUGGESTED ITEMS:
Food (must be kosher, and must be able to last more than 2 weeks)Candy (not chocolate, as it melts easily)
Cookies
Dried fruit
Nuts
Toiletries (full size, not travel size)Toothpaste
Toothbrush
Dental floss
Deodorant
Lip balm
Hand lotion
OtherNotepad(s)
Envelopes
Pens/mechanical pencils
Decks of cards
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Project Name &
Description
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Team Captain
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Location
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Independence Baskets: Preschoolers join to prepare baskets with toiletries and other
sundries to be delivered to high level mentally ill persons living on their
own.
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Randi
Nash-Ortiz: preschool@templebeth-el.com
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TBE
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Boyd Hill Nature Park: Various outdoor
projects such as air potato removal, planting and clean-up.
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Karen Berman
saintpetespaces@aol.com
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Boyd Hill (South St. Pete)
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Bake Sale: Religious school 3rd graders
have a bake sale raising money for a charity.
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Carol Abernathy
beachmom359@aol.com
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TBE
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Ronald McDonald House: Make breakfast and other tasks for this "home away from home" for families of children in Bay area facilities.
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Stefani Margolis
stefanimargolis@hotmail.com
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Downtown St. Petersburg
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Care Packages for Jewish Soldiers: Write letters and put together
care packages for soldiers.
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Scott Barancik
sbarancik@verizon.net
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TBE
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Beach Clean-up: Clean-up at Clam Bayou. Bags, gloves and parking permits provided (although may want to bring gardening gloves if you have them). Wear long pants, closed toe or water shoes, hats and sunscreen!
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Scott Deitche. sdeitche@tampabay.rr.com
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Clam Bayou (Gulfport)
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Pinellas Hope Painting buildings and various other tasks at this homeless shelter.
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Rebecca Barancik
rebfeb@verizon.net
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Pinellas Park
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Daystar Life Center: Prepare box lunches at Temple, which will be picked up for delivery to
Daystar for needy and homeless.
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David Blum
david@davidblumlaw.com
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TBE
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Sojourn Bears Project: This is a joint project with
the senior residents at Philip Benjamin Tower. Sisterhood members and
residents have been cutting and sewing for months. On Mitzvah Day, we will
all stuff the bears and dress them with the scarves and sweaters made by
Tower Residents. This family friendly activity is limited to 40 people.
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Ellyn Tess
Eshebe61@hotmail.com
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Benjamin Towers
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Florida Blood Services: Donate blood at mobile blood donor unit at Temple.
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David Blum
david@davidblumlaw.com
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TBE
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