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Social Action Allocation Highlight: Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) OIC assists those who are ready and willing to achieve a better quality of life for themselves, their families and our community. In 2010-2011, students in the GED Preparation Class made 134.6 Grade Level Advances. Fifteen students earned a GED last year, and OIC helped 48 of its clients get jobs at an average of $9.75 per hour ($20,270/year). In soft skills training, students completed 80 modules in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook. The value of these skills added significantly to the marketability of the clients. OIC received funding from Social Action Allocations in 2012 to assist the agency in providing assessment, training, education and job placement services. Attention Seniors !!! The Social Action Committee is sponsoring a Medicare Prescription Plan Review at The Temple on Saturday, November 17 th & Sunday, November 18 th at 12:30 p.m. Dr. Bob Neaderthal & Judy Book FNP-C, will review the medications you take & help select the plan best suited for your needs. Bring your prescriptions.....you will be seen on a first come first served basis. The review will take approximately 10 minutes. Teamwork Improves Recycling Program Greater Efficiency Produces Monetary Savings by Charles Krivcher, co-chair of the Building & Maintenance Committee Collaborative efforts of three committees working closely with the Temple staff have taken our recycling program to the next level. Members of the Building & Maintenance, Green Team and Beautification Committees, along with the advice and consent of the staff, have combined trash and recycling efforts under the umbrella of our ongoing relationship with a single vendor, Clarksville Disposal, LLC (a subsidiary of Waste Connections, Inc.). Effective October 1, 2012 The Temple has one trash container and one single stream recycling container, as well as a number of movable recycling bins located around the building. The Temple will save over $2,000 per year with the added benefit of being able to recycle more items while creating less trash. Please be in touch with any comments and suggestions, as we strive to be both “greener” and more efficient in our operations. We would also welcome your support as a volunteer (perhaps, an hour each week) to maintain our current composting and organic gardening activities. Thank you! Thank you to everyone who donated coats for the Temple Coat Drive this year! We collected dozens of coats that will be distributed to local homeless men and women by Room in the Inn. Room in the Inn was especially grateful for our donation, as these were the first coats they had received since the fall weather arrived. The drive was such a success that the Social Action Committee plans to make it an annual event. Special thanks to Lynda Gutcheon and the Ninth Grade Religious School class for sorting and loading the coats for delivery. page 10 ~ November2012 - www.templenashville.org - 615-352-7620
.........continued from page 2 While living on a food stamp budget for just a week cannot come close to the struggles encountered by low-income families week after week and month after month, it does provide those who take the Challenge with a new perspective and greater understanding.” Think about what you spend in a day on food – perhaps a $4 cup of coffee, a $12 sandwich, maybe $50 for a couple to have dinner out. In Tennessee, the average weekly total for food stamps is $33.45. That is $4.46 a day. We invite you to participate in the challenge for one week, spending only the allotted average $33.45 a week on food. We will host a Global Hunger Shabbat Friday, November 2, where we will learn more about this Challenge and how we can help. This program was inspired by our young adult members in our community who seek to create understanding and change in our world. They will be helping to lead our Challenge and participate in our service. We will join other Challenge participants, like the AARP, Jewish Council for Public Affairs , MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger , National Council of Jewish Women, National Council on Aging , and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Join us for this important Shabbat and join the SNAP Challenge. Second Harvest Food Bank ~ A Rewarding Experience by Glenda Kraft About 20 years ago, my friend Missy Russ invited me to join her in volunteering at Second Harvest Food Bank. Along with some other friends, we spent hours every Wednesday preparing a large weekly mailing. Admittedly, part of the appeal was spending time with the group and going out to lunch after we finished. Even though we weren’t working directly with food, our help amounted to saving the food bank many man (or woman) hours of paid labor. Over time, different friends have joined us, our job has changed a few times, we’ve seen staff come and go, and the facility has moved. All these years later, Missy and I are still the “Wednesday ladies”, as the staff refers to us, and most Wednesday afternoons you can find us folding, stuffing, sealing and stamping at Second Harvest. The reason I’m still committed is that I see what important work is done there. Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee provides food to a lot of hungry people, and 31 percent of those people are kids. It’s estimated that in our state, 1 in 4 children are food insecure. Last year, over 19 million pounds of food was distributed throughout 46 counties, providing more than 16 million meals to people of all ages and circumstances. During recent years, when many have encountered difficult economic times, this made the difference between being able to feed the family, or going to bed with empty bellies. `The food may be in an emergency food box, sent out to an outlying community in the Mobile Pantry, or sent home in a school child’s backpack. Wherever the need arises, Second Harvest gets the food to those who would otherwise go hungry. As one who loves to eat, and to share meals with family and friends, knowing that too many in our community are ‘food insecure’ is saddening to me. So I am grateful that the food bank provides me with an opportunity to help in a small way. I encourage you to go to the website, www.secondharvestmidtn.org. There you can learn more about their mission, the various programs, (including my favorite: the backpack program), and how to help. Then, join us on November 14 th for lunch and a personal tour of Second Harvest Food Bank, and see for yourself this impressive facility and the even more impressive work that is done there! Join us for a Private Lunch & Tour at Second Harvest Food Bank 331 Great Circle Road, Metro Center, Nashville Wednesday, November 14, 11:30 am ~ 1:00 pm hosted & led by Mark Rubin Director & Executive Chef of the Culinary Arts Center of Second Harvest Food Bank $12 donation, to feed the Hungry of Middle Tennessee For more information & to RSVP, contact Missy Russ, missy.russ@comcast.net If you would still like to make your food drive donation to Second Harvest our web page (http://vad.aidmatrix.com/vadxml.cfm?driveid=6580) will be active until December 1 st November2012 - www.templenashville.org - 615-352-7620 ~ page 11
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