VOLUNTEER TEMPLE EMANU-EL
"Imagine what could happen if everyone gave a little time."
Rabbi David Stern
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Upcoming Opportunities
Holidays
Social Justice
Caring Congregation
Brotherhood
Sisterhood
On-Going Opportunities
Pre-School Opportunities
Religious School Opportunities
Young Adult and Youth Opportunities
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
- URJ Regional Biennial, Dallas
A variety of volunteer jobs are needed to staff the November 2008 URJ Southwest Council Regional Biennial in Dallas. Jobs include hosts/hostesses for hospitality room, design and make centerpieces for Friday and Saturday evening, transport guest speakers to/from airport, stuff welcome bags for guest speakers and registrant packages, help at registration, monitor meeting rooms, greeters, bus monitors, etc.
Time commitment: November 7-9, varies depending on project.
Contact: Robin Kosberg, rkosberg@sbcglobal.net or Renée Karp, 214.706.0000 ext.126, rkarp@tedallas.org
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES
YOUNG ADULT AND YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES
Assist with High Holy Days preparation. Opportunities include: packet assembly, envelope stuffing, processing seating requests, proofreading, staffing the guest services table, greeting at High Holy Days services, etc.
Time commitment: Varies depending on project.
Contact: Carla Strauss, 214.750.7445, straussf@swbell.net or Rick Rosenberg, 214.706.0000, rrosenberg@tedallas.org
Join the planning committee with other Young Adults (21-39) to help organize this event.
Time commitment: 10 hours the week of Rosh Hashanah.
Contact: Stacy Hoffman, shoffman@cobbmartinez.com, Amie Wilburn, amierene@hotmail.com, or Mimi Zimmerman, 214.706.0000 ext.153, mzimmerman@tedallas.org
Prepare apples and honey trays for presentation during Rosh Hashanah for the first taste of a sweet New Year.
Time commitment: 2 hours.
Contact: Shelly LeFevre, 214.706.0000 ext.164, slefevre@tedallas.org
Help coordinate this flavorful end to a day of prayer. Opportunities include shopping, making phone calls, and cooking.
Time commitment: 15-20 hours.
Contact: Shelly LeFevre, 214.706.0000 ext.164, slefevre@tedallas.org
Be a part of the planning committee to coordinate Sukkot Across Emanu-El.
Time commitment: 1-4 hours.
Contact: Renée Karp, 214.706.0000 ext.126, rkarp@tedallas.org
Come and bring your creativity to decorate the Sukkah.
Time commitment: 2 hour shifts.
Contact: Renée Karp, 214.706.0000 ext.126, rkarp@tedallas.org
Raise awareness and encourage advocacy about the genocide in Darfur. Make pins, fill orders, make phone calls or distribute materials.
Time commitment: 1-2 hours/month. Can be done from home.
Contact: Jean Kazez,
972.931.8918, jkazez@mail.smu.edu
This school is located close to Temple in distance, but it is not in a wealthy neighborhood. Many of these families are at or below the poverty level. The principal has asked for volunteers to tutor the 3rd-5th graders during school hours.
Time commitment: 1-2 hours/week or month, during school hours (8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.).
Contact: Alyson Ray, alysontx@aol.com
Play with the kids while their parents
attend classes. Appropriate for school-aged children
with their parents. Great for teens! Saturday afternoon on May 17.
Time commitment: 2-3 hours/month.
Contact: Karen Naseck,
972.732.8118, ksn90@aol.com or
Deborah Wormser, 214.821.4538, dwr9477@aol.com
Organize and distribute food to the
families of Vickery Meadow. Distributions are the 3rd and 4th Wednesday and 4th Friday of each month, plus one Saturday a month.
Contact: Myra Fischel,
972.490.5252, myra@fischel.com
Temple members in the same zip codes reach out to each other for celebration and need. Help organize or host.
Time commitment: Initially 3-5 hours, after that 1 hour/month.
Contact: Freda Gail Stern, 214.520.1144, fredagail@sbcglobal.net
Answer emergency number after hours.
Time commitment: 1 weeknight/month. All instructions are emailed and training is provided.
Contact: Peggy Papert, 214.706.0000 ext.151, ppapert@tedallas.org
Help lead a Havdalah service at a nursing facility. CD and service provided.
No experience necessary.
Time commitment: Once or twice/month or every other month.
Contact: Peggy Zilbermann, 214.692.6125, pzilbermann@att.net
Go by and visit one of our members in an assisted living community.
Time commitment: 1-4 hours/month.
Contact: Bernie Maslow, 214.794.8918
Teach and play mah jongg at one of the local nursing facilities.
Time commitment: 2-4 hours/month.
Contact: Barbara Einsohn, 972.387.1179, barbara@waterjetworks.com
Deliver meals to those who are just out of the hospital.
Time commitment: 1 hour/month.
Contact: Daryl Gelender, 972.931.2323, dgelender@swbell.net
Visit our congregants in the hospital.
Time commitment: Once/week or once/month.
Contact: Shelley Rosen, 972.248.8750, shelleyr@rosensystems.com
Celebrating the birth of a new baby
is a happy occasion at Temple. Caring Congregation volunteers knit adorable baby booties which are sent to our new parents. More knitters are needed to knit these sweet gifts of love.
Time commitment: Make booties at your leisure. Bootie instructions are available.
Contact: Peggy Papert, 214.706.0000 ext. 151, ppapert@tedallas.org
Work with other men for Temple’s troop. Make a difference.
Contact: Buddy Gilbert, 972.239.0022, lgil901647@aol.com
Assist picking up and delivering plant material and with sale.
Time commitment: 3-4 hours/year.
Contact: Steve Birnbaum, 214.384.8221, stevieb6929@yahoo.com
Come have a little retail therapy in our shop of Jewish unique gifts from around the world.
Time commitment: 4 hours/once or twice/month.
Contact: Kay Schachter, 972.386.0828, kschachter@schachterharris.com
Deliver goody bags to families with newborns. Participate in this lively Friday morning program for our littlest members.
Time commitment: 2 hours/week or once/month.
Contact: Gail Loeb, 214.692.1775, pmayloeb@sbcglobal.net
Two annual Shabbats highlighting the best of the Diaspora - from Uganda to the former Soviet Union to the church down the street.
Time commitment: 6-8 hours each.
Contact: Nita Mae Tannenbaum, 972.239.2932, stnmtdal@sbcglobal.net or
Barbara Stone, 972.661.1840, bmgstone@aol.com
Sisterhood will raise money through a fashion show at Saks Fifth Avenue. Help out and have fun doing it.
Contact: Sharon Willey, 972.495.5316, Sharon-willey@comcast.net
Help coordinate our Tuesday programming for ages 55 and up. Many opportunities are available to get involved in this new program.
Contact: Peggy Papert, 214.706.0000 ext.151, ppapert@tedallas.org
Help Temple’s administrative team by assisting in our offices with filing, indexing of Committee minutes, and other administrative and accounting duties. Training is available.
Contact: Rick Rosenberg, 214.706.0000, rrosenberg@tedallas.org
Join other Temple members in welcoming our guests to the 6:15 p.m. Shabbat service. A great fit if you already enjoy our Friday night service.
Time commitment: Once/week, once/month, or once/quarter.
Contact: Prudence Simkin, 214.706.0000 ext.139, psimkin@tedallas.org
Library duties include re-shelving, computer work and covering books.
Time commitment: 1-2 hours/week.
Contact: Nancy Austein, 214.706.0000 ext.155, naustein@tedallas.org
Come sing in the choir. Rehearsals on Tuesday nights. Perform at 2-3 services per month, plus High Holy Days and special concerts.
Contact: Ralph Stannard, 214.706.0000 ext.137, rstannard@tedallas.org
Answer phones and greet members and guests to Temple. Training included.
Time commitment: 1 hour/day for 1 day/week while our receptionist has lunch.
Contact: Rick Rosenberg, 214.706.0000, rrosenberg@tedallas.org
Assist our archivist in organizing materials.
Time commitment: 2-4 hours/month or every other month.
Contact: Gerry Cristol, 214.706.0000 ext.150, gcristol@tedallas.org
Help with all aspects of our renowned Showcase series. From publicity to decoratins to logistics.
Time commitment: 2-6 hours.
Contact: Sarah Yarrin, 214.361.0486, sarahyarrin@sbcglobal.net
Lectures engage congregation and community in ideas concerning ethics and theology. Pick from multiple projects. Volunteers needed for help with coordinating, hosting, logistics, publicity and greeting.
Contact: Renée Karp, 214.706.0000 ext.126, rkarp@tedallas.org
Be a friend and mentor to those in the process of choosing Judaism. Make a phone call and meet someone at services.
Time commitment: 3 hours/month.
Contact: Amy Seals, 972.661.8988, sealsa@prodigy.net or
Renée Karp, 214.706.0024, rkarp@tedallas.org
Conduct tours of Temple to church and school groups. Not only very important and rewarding experience, but also an opportunity to learn about our magnificent facility. Training provided.
Time commitment: 2 hours/month.
Contact: Julie Lumbert, jayinteriors@sbcglobal.net
Help care for our beautiful Pre-School Gan Shalom
Garden.
Time commitment: 1-2 hours/week.
Contact: Pre-School, 214.706.0020, preschool@tedallas.org
Assist librarian and read to the children.
Time commitment: 1-2 hours/week.
Contact: Pre-School,
214.706.0020, preschool@tedallas.org
Assist our child care worker on Sunday mornings when needed.
Contact: Teri Jajan, 214.706.0000 ext.133, tjajan@tedallas.org
This person would assist the Kadima!/Confimation Coordinator with various office and clerical tasks, and with logistics on Sunday mornings during Religious School.
Contact: Sarith Abramowitz, 214.706.0000 ext.176, sabramowitz@tedallas.org
Supervise 7th, 8th, and 9th graders in the Weiss Youth Wing as they enjoy their Sunday morning Religious School breaks and on Tuesday afternoons during Hebrew School.
Contact: Robyn Galerston, 214.368.6159, rgalerston@aol.com
Support your children and their teachers throughout the year!
Contact: Robyn Galerston, 214.368.6159, rgalerston@aol.com
Answer phones, help prepare materials for Religious School, general office work.
Time commitment: 2:00-5:00 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and/or Thursdays.
Contact: Teri Jajan, 214.706.0000 ext.133, tjajan@tedallas.org
The Temple Emanu-El Young Adults group provides meaningful opportunities to explore Jewish tradition and enrich our Jewish experience. We connect young adults in their 20's and 30's to a welcoming, diverse, Reform Jewish community with inspiring social, educational, spiritual, and social justice programming. There are plenty of ways to get involved!
Contact: Mimi Zimmerman,
214.706.0000 ext.166, mzimmerman@tedallas.org
We need adults to supervise the Tuesday Hebrew students who come early to Hebrew School. Adult chaperones will watch students playing in the Youth Wing, supervise students while they clean up, and escort students to Pollman Hall for worship service.
Time commitment: Tuesdays, 3:45-4:30 p.m., 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Contact: Aimee Wortendyke, 214.706.0000 ext.153, awortendyke@tedallas.org
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