CJFS Senior Grocery Initiative (SGI) community service: unload and pack groceries

CARES Building 3794 Crosshaven Drive, Birmingham, AL, United States

If you are looking for community service that is quick and efficient, then you've come to the right place!  Join CJFS volunteers to *unload and pack groceries for Sunday SGI delivery day.  Please contact Caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101 to join the SGI signup genius email list. Corporations and groups welcome.  Typical volunteer need: 10-12 individuals.  Youth 6+ welcome. *Do you have a truck or large vehicle and want to help transport grocery boxes from Community Foodbank of Central Alabama (Homewood) to our CARES site (Cahaba Heights)?  Please let Caleigh know! Todah rabah

Free

Prayer Gathering for the Release of Captives – TEE

Temple Emanu-El 2100 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL, United States

It is a custom in Judaism to pray for the release of captives. On Friday evenings, we will gather in the Hess Chapel to read the over 200 names we have of those being held since October 7, and offer a prayer for their release. All are welcome.

YBIB Shabbat B’Yachad with TEE

Temple Emanu-El 2100 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL, United States
Federation Programming

Join You Belong in Birmingham for a young adult's Shabbat service and dinner at Temple Emanu El

Holocaust Memorial Dedication

Elmwood Cemetery 600 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Birmingham
Events and Meetings

Holocaust Memorial Dedication

Religious School – TEE

Temple Emanu-El 2100 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL, United States
Education

Gail & Jeffrey Bayer Family Religious School

CJFS Senior Grocery Initiative Delivery Day

CARES Building 3794 Crosshaven Drive, Birmingham, AL, United States
Education

CJFS is celebrating our 5-year partnership with Community Foodbank of Central Alabama to provide The Senior Grocery Initiative food deliveries directly to client's doorsteps.  One Sunday a month, volunteer's transport groceries and have the opportunity to provide a wellness visit!  Please contact Caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101 to complete volunteer intake & receive the signup genius emails.  Todah rabah Shift 1 2-3 volunteers needed 11:50-1:15 to transfer groceries into delivery volunteers vehicles Shift 2 Volunteers sign up for as few or as many deliveries as they are interested in.  Pickup opens at 12:15 and ends at 1:15.  Volunteers have opportunity to provide a friendly visit during delivery--friendships encouraged!

Free

Yom HaShoah Commemoration with the Alabama Holocaust Education Center

Virginia Samford Theatre 1116 26th Street South, Birmingham
Events and Meetings

On Sunday, April 27, 2024, the Alabama Holocaust Education Center (AHEC) will host a poignant Yom HaShoah Commemoration. The gathering will honor the memory of the over six million lives lost during the Holocaust and will feature moving stories shared by survivors and their families, who will pay tribute to victims, survivors, and liberators. This event will take place at the historic Virginia Samford Theatre and is free and open to the public.

Free

Roll into Summer- Jewish Teen Skate Night

Skates 280
Events and Meetings

We're celebrating the end of the school year with a skate party open to all Jewish teens in 8th through 12th grade! Dinner is provided.