Social Action

TBS Social Action Committee Wishing all our members a happy and healthy New Year!   Bottle Drive: Continue to collect and sort your plastic bottles and soda cans for the drive scheduled for Sunday, 10/27/24  9 - 12 pm. We continue to earn substantial funds for our programs while we perform Tikkun Olam! We Would like to give a special thanks to the Greengas family  and Cynthia Popoli for already donating many bags of cans and bottles for our upcoming bottle drive. Thank you for taking the time out to bag your cans and care for our community. You “CAN” definitely make a difference. Any questions, contact Fran at (203)430-7362.   Columbus House: We were able to provide a dinner for 100 clients of Columbus House the past month. A nutritious meatball and pasta dinner with fresh apples from Blue Hills Farm were purchased and delivered by our committee members.…

Agency Contacts Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen Gary Drucker gdknix@gmail.com M.L.Keefe Center & Sleeping Giant Build Debby Pines debby@snet.net New Reach & IRIS & North Branford Food Pantry Fran Parness 203-430-7362 The Towers Eta Kaplan 203-281-3349 Knitting Project Helene Meltzer 203-281-0709 Fresh Fruit Program Deborah Wilkenfeld Wilkenfeld_Deborah@yahoo.com Columbus House & Partnerships Adult Day Care Marjorie Drucker mdrocks2@gmail.com Ronald McDonald House Pop Tabs Gerry Ganezer 860-620-0907

This month we will focus on our work with The Towers. Their mission is to create a warm and vibrant senior community infused with Jewish values where people live their best lives.They provide an inclusive community, fostering respect for all. They are committed to compassionately putting the person before the task and to connecting genuinely with one another.They strive to be a center of excellence focused around seniors and based in Jewish values, always innovating ways for people to continue growing and connecting within and beyond our walls. Our volunteers support ongoing programs such as music bingo, knitting, horticulture, to name a few. We also make financial contributions for resident programming. Can we please ask you to support our work with local agencies by donating to the Diane Kaplan Social Action Fund?  We can only do this with your support…..any amount goes a long way!!

Donate to the Diane Kaplan Social Action Fund Each month we plan to highlight each of our agencies so you may know more about what they do. Please continue to give generously to the fund. It allows us to support these agencies in the greater New Haven area. This month we will focus on two programs that have been helping many in our community; our Knitting Group, and Pop Tabs for Ronald McDonald House. Ongoing Programs: Knitting Project: Helene Meltzer and a dedicated group of knitters have produced approximately 500 knitted items this year. The hats and scarves were donated to IRIS, New Reach and the Keefe Center. The knitting group has received heartfelt letters of thanks including one from BH Cares, an abuse center in Greater New Haven. New knitters are always needed. Ronald McDonald House: Gerry Ganezer has been collecting and bringing pop tabs to the Ronald McDonald…