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from Gift Recipients

Aston Gardens - Alan Pollack, Debbie Hafetz & Harold Price entertained the senior residents with a phenomenal show, highlighting Kol Tikvah’s talented singers, pianists & performers.

Becca’s Closet - Katie Skopp organized 9 young ladies to assist in outfitting under served girls for their prom so that they could look & feel beautiful.

Jewish Family Services - 4 families helped pack over 1000 Passover boxes for needy Jewish families, Holocaust survivors & seniors.

Hatikvah House - Kim Fields organized 4 families to paint, scrapbook & play board games with developmentally challenged residents.

Broward Outreach - Meryl Guerrero arranged for 5 families to serve and prepare lunch for a local homeless shelter. The group also donated bags of bagels from our breakfast.

SOS Children’s Village - Mark Solomon coordinated an informational session about foster care & football game with the residents for 15 teen boys.

US Troops - Nat & Nancy Nussbaum set up a box packing operation of supplies for our soldiers with military precision.  Over 125 boxes were packed & shipped.

In Jacobs Shoes - Harlene & Murray Zweig organized a group of dedicated volunteers to build 15 shelving units & sort 1500 books for under-served pre-schools & classrooms from K-9th grade.

Eyes of an Angel Dog -Alex Spessot organized several activities to assist this rescue dog operation. Volunteers brought in much needed dog supplies, made “adopt me” bandana’s, prepared “goodie bags” , walked, fed & gave a lot of love to the dogs.

The MacLeod family adopted Bella, an adorable English bulldog - mazel tov!

Race for Hunger - Nina Hersch set up a mini-marathon, complete with a warm-up, medals & granola bars for close to 50 participants who ran or walked 100’s of laps

to fill Broward County’s depleted food pantries.  Remember to bring in your cans & Publix gift cards!

Kol Tikvah’s GREEN project - Manuel Mesa with the help of 5 families planted flowers & laid sod to make Kol Tikvah as beautiful on the outside as it is in the inside.

Butterfly Project- Susan & Rachel Kahn set up a calm & inviting atmosphere for volunteers to create over 100 beautifully decorated butterflies to be delivered to the Houston Holocaust Museum exhibit.

Kolot/Women in Distress/Broward Outreach - Stephanie Kaufman set up an assembly line operation to create close to 200 emergency toiletry bags for women who are victims of domestic violence & men at a local homeless shelter.

Special thanks to the entire Kol Tikvah staff, Men’s Club & Sisterhood.  Also, thank you to our tireless volunteers for your hard work & generous donations of supplies. This will enable us to make a cash contribution to all of the above charities, desperate for funds on behalf of Congregation Kol Tikvah.  Consult the Social Action page on the Temple website for information on how to continue doing “mitzvahs” all year long - don’t wait for Mitzvah day!