Mitzvah Day

GRJC Mitzvah Day: Five Drives to Help Lives!! November 4, 2012 Activities surrounding Glen Rock Jewish Center's Annual Mitzvah Day will give you multiple opportunities to perform acts of loving kindness. This year's theme is "The Year of the Child".

Blood Drive at GRJC November 4, 2012 9:30 am to 2:00 pm Your blood donation will be used for the patients in our area hospitals who require life saving blood transfusions. It could be someone in your family, a friend, a neighbor, a co-worker...a baby, a mother, police officer or fire fighter. Please do your part. Give Blood. Save a Life! To register: Contact Frances Skrobe at 201-652-1216 or via email at fskrobe@verizon.net or Jodie Stewart at jastewart@optonline.net. Walk-ins are welcome!!! Please eat before donating and bring a photo ID. Thank you! Soles4Souls Drop off at GRJC Your donations of used children's and adults' shoes will go to disaster-stricken areas in this country but also overseas to developing countries via Soles4Souls. The shoes can even be in bad shape but should be clean, with the pairs secured together, either tied or with rubber bands around each pair. Bring shoes in any time between now and November 11 or 12 and leave them in the alcove near the front door of the synagogue. Thank you! Toiletries to Benefit the Homeless Drop off at GRJC Toiletries will be collected to benefit homeless adults in the Bergen County Shelter in Hackensack, NJ. Items needed include: shampoo, soap, conditioner, moisturizers, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc. No mouthwash, please. Bring items in any time between now and November 11 or 12 and leave them in the alcove near the front door of the synagogue. Thank you! Book Donation Program Drop off at GRJC We will be collecting Books for Ramapo Readers to distribute to K-12 students in the Paterson public schools. Books more suitable to adults will be brought to the Bergen County Shelter for Homeless Adults or to other venues. Bring books in any time between now and November 11 or 12 and leave them in the alcove near the front door of the synagogue. Thank you! . Food Drive Collection at GRJC Those who haven't yet brought in their filled grocery bags, please do so. If you have already brought your bag for the Center for Food Action please consider bringing in a second filled bag. Donors can bring their bags any time. There are a lot of struggling folks out there who depend on our contributions! Thank you! To view the Mitzvah Day brochure and sign up for a variety of volunteer opportunities, please visit: Mitzvah Day 2012 "There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up." John Holmes THANK YOU!!