The Jewish Social Service Agency needs volunteers to deliver packages of challah, apples, honey, candles, and other High Holiday items to Jewish families in need throughout the metropolitan area. This is a wonderful mitzvah to do with your family!  BASKET DELIVERY WILL BE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2010.  Pick up baskets between 9:00-10:00 AM at Jewish Social Service Agency (Montrose Road office in Rockville, MD to deliver before 1:00 PM).  If you are interested in delivering baskets.

Contact us here for more information or call 1-888-246-1818 or volunteer@shalomdc.org

Wednesday September 15  4:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Join us to:
*Donate Blood
*Make a beginning Emergency Kit for your home
*Get emergency preparation information from HSEMA (Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency), American Red Cross and The Humane Society of the United States.

For more details contact us at 1-888-246-1818 or volunteer@shalomdc.org

Volunteers needed to escort residents, and assist during and after services for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur at both Traditional and Reform services on the following dates: September 8th, 9th and 10th, 17th, and 18th.  Volunteers are also needed on September 23rd  24th and 29th and 30th for the Sukkot/Simchat Torah Holiday.

Contact us here for more information or call 1-888-246-1818 or volunteer@shalomdc.org

Sukkah building and decorating at 21 different JFGH homes will take place on the morning of Sunday September 19 as well as other times by arrangement.  Help also very much needed with taking down the Sukkot after the Holidays.  We are looking for interested individuals and for youth, teen, family and adult groups of all ages.  Homes are located in Rockville, Silver Spring, Reston, Gaithersburg and Potomac.

You are also encouraged to invite one or more residents into your home for a Holiday dinner or lunch, and you are invited to come to one of our homes during the fall holidays for any of the following:
Help cook a part of a festive meal.
Join our residents for dinner or lunch and lead the blessings and meaningful table talk.
Lead residents in the blessings over the lulav and etrog.  This can be individuals, families or school or youth groups.  The only requirement is caring and a desire to share.  These are all family-friendly & wonderful Mitzvahs! 

Contact us here for more information or call 1-888-246-1818 or volunteer@shalomdc.org

Gaithersburg HELP provides food, diapers & formula, and assistance for prescriptions and transportation to people in need in our community. Two volunteer positions are currently urgently needed:

- Food Coordinators - These volunteers speak with clients over the telephone and schedule appointments for clients to receive food weekdays between 9:30 - 1:30 PM.
- Spanish Translators - These volunteers help clients access various Gaithersburg HELP services during week days a few hours a month.

Other service-learning-approved and family-friendly opportunities available. 

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Help build a home for a low-income family in need of a simple, decent, affordable, and energy efficient home in Montgomery County, MD between July and September 2010.  Perfect for groups!  Minimum Age: 16.  Student Service Learning Hours available.  Donation required to cover materials. 

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Volunteers needed to do blood pressure screening at two Senior Kosher Lunch programs in Silver Spring MD.  One weekday per month from 10:30am to noon (flexible times) – volunteers can work one or both sites.  Medical / Health-care experience required, minimum age 18. 

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Help others volunteer. Come assist in the Jconnect Rockville office with data entry, volunteer referrals and web research as we place volunteers in community agencies that need them. If you enjoy working with the public, seeking information and answering questions, this job is for you - all you need is the desire to help. Training provided, computer skills very helpful. Three-to-four-hour shifts Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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Volunteers needed to take audio and video data and put it on the FJS website and convert to MP3 and other audio/video formats, as well as updating website material.  Work will be done in the FJS Rockville office M-Th during regular office hours.  Minimum age 18. 

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Help homebound seniors get access to proper nutrition by assisting with shopping weekly, biweekly or monthly on weekdays, weekends and evenings.  Volunteers are especially needed in Olney and Silver Spring/Homecrest Village areas of Montgomery County.

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Sunflower Bakery is a kosher bakery in Gaithersburg that provides on-the-job vocational training for individuals with developmental disabilities.  Volunteers are needed as bakery assistants to work with trainees and to deliver baked goods.  4 hour shifts take place Monday through Friday,  8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Minimum age 16. 

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Jconnect is pleased to introduce our latest Outstanding Volunteers. The Vogel family has been hosting Jewish Foundation for Group Homes residents for Shabbat and Holidays for several years. We honor them for their involvement in the community and proudly share their story with you. If you have the time and inclination to volunteer with Jewish Foundation for Group Homes or one of the many other sites eager to welcome your participation, please don't hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you. READ MORE