Social Action Committee

This committee is involved in a large variety of outreach activities to the local community in Washtenaw County. It offers educational events on local, national and international affairs, fosters the "greening of the congregation," and pursues other tikkun olam and social action activities. The committee sponsors lectures on current events including the Middle East, partners with local organizations such as the Habitat for Humanity, and sponsors the annual Overflow Shelter for Homeless Men which takes place at Beth Israel the two weeks around Christmas and New Year, as well as the annual Red Cross Blood Drive. In addition, the committee designates contributions from the Social Action Fund each year to local charitable organizations.

For more information, contact Rebecca Kanner, 994-5717, <rnmik@yahoo.com>

Calendar of Events

• Sunday June 1 10:00AM Social Action Committee Meeting
• Tuesday August 19 Alpha House -- meals and overnight staffing by Beth Israel volunteers. Email Mary Schuman Owatonna@aol.com if you are interested in volunteering.
  Each year, Beth Israel provided volunteers for Interfaith Hospitality Network's Alpha House. Alpha House is a shelter for homeless families in Washtenaw County and Beth Israel was one of the founding congregations in 1992. Beth Israel shares volunteering with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation. We provide food and volunteers for Tuesday and Thursday evenings. We do this four times per year in the months of January, May, August and November. Volunteers make dinner for the residents and bring it to the shelter, host at dinner time and during the evening. We also provide a volunteer to stay overnight at the shelter. For further information about volunteering at IHN/Alpha House, please contact Mary Schuman at or 668-6449.
• Thursday August 21 Alpha House -- meals and overnight staffing by Beth Israel volunteers. Email Mary Schuman Owatonna@aol.com if you are interested in volunteering.
  Each year, Beth Israel provided volunteers for Interfaith Hospitality Network's Alpha House. Alpha House is a shelter for homeless families in Washtenaw County and Beth Israel was one of the founding congregations in 1992. Beth Israel shares volunteering with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation. We provide food and volunteers for Tuesday and Thursday evenings. We do this four times per year in the months of January, May, August and November. Volunteers make dinner for the residents and bring it to the shelter, host at dinner time and during the evening. We also provide a volunteer to stay overnight at the shelter. For further information about volunteering at IHN/Alpha House, please contact Mary Schuman at or 668-6449.
• Sunday September 7 10:00AM Social Action Committee
• Sunday October 5 10:00AM Social Action Committee
• Sunday November 2 10:00AM Social Action Committee
• Tuesday November 18 Alpha House -- meals and overnight staffing by Beth Israel volunteers. Email Mary Schuman Owatonna@aol.com if you are interested in volunteering.
  Each year, Beth Israel provided volunteers for Interfaith Hospitality Network's Alpha House. Alpha House is a shelter for homeless families in Washtenaw County and Beth Israel was one of the founding congregations in 1992. Beth Israel shares volunteering with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation. We provide food and volunteers for Tuesday and Thursday evenings. We do this four times per year in the months of January, May, August and November. Volunteers make dinner for the residents and bring it to the shelter, host at dinner time and during the evening. We also provide a volunteer to stay overnight at the shelter. For further information about volunteering at IHN/Alpha House, please contact Mary Schuman at or 668-6449.
• Thursday November 20 Alpha House -- meals and overnight staffing by Beth Israel volunteers. Email Mary Schuman Owatonna@aol.com if you are interested in volunteering.
  Each year, Beth Israel provided volunteers for Interfaith Hospitality Network's Alpha House. Alpha House is a shelter for homeless families in Washtenaw County and Beth Israel was one of the founding congregations in 1992. Beth Israel shares volunteering with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation. We provide food and volunteers for Tuesday and Thursday evenings. We do this four times per year in the months of January, May, August and November. Volunteers make dinner for the residents and bring it to the shelter, host at dinner time and during the evening. We also provide a volunteer to stay overnight at the shelter. For further information about volunteering at IHN/Alpha House, please contact Mary Schuman at or 668-6449.
• Tuesday December 2 10:00AM Social Action Committee
• Monday December 22 Overflow Shelter at Beth Israel December 22 - January 5
• Sunday January 4 10:00AM Social Action Committee
• Sunday February 1 10:00AM Social Action Committee
• Sunday March 1 10:00AM Social Action Committee
• Sunday April 5 10:00AM Social Action Committee
• Sunday June 7 10:00AM Social Action Committee