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An Opportunity for a Good Meal
Jennifer Fessler
 
Each year on Christmas Day, Temple Shaari Emeth hosts a hot lunch for anyone in the area who misses a hot meal on the holiday.  We have connected with St. Peter’s Church in Freehold to help support its feeding programs. The Church’s feeding programs include its partner Blessing Bag Brigade NJ, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to showing compassion and humanitarianism toward those in need. Blessing Bag Brigade operates a soup kitchen at lunch on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
 
Additionally, St. Peter’s has a community supper. The church serves a sustaining, nutritious free dinner on the second and fourth Friday of each month. Different groups in the Freehold area sponsor meals throughout the year.
 
Now that Covid is past us, our volunteers are once again going to host Christmas lunch.  This year we will be able to serve it hot inside a brand-new Social Hall at St. Peter’s.  I want to thank Fred and Murry’s Delicatessen for its generous donations each year of sides and turkey. Without the generosity of our community, this mitzvah would not be possible. 
 
We are looking for volunteers to work with us to host the lunch. We begin setup at 9 a.m. and finish cleanup by 2 p.m.   If you are interested, please go to  https://bit.ly/tsechristmasbrunch to sign up to volunteer, or donate food or money or reach out to me at jfessler@shaariemeth.org.  Space fills up quicky, so sign up early.
 
Looking forward to continuing to help the hungry in our community.

Other Winter Volunteer Opportunities

Coat Drive
Please donate new and lightly used coats to our coat drive. Coats will be distributed to the Lion of Judah Church in Trenton, St. Augustine Episcopal Church in Asbury Park and on the Midnight Run trip with YOSHE Seniors. Coats will be collected throughout December.

Overnight Winter Shelter (Saturdays, December through March)
Each year TSE participates in an interfaith effort to provide shelter to men in our community. TSE hosts the program Saturdaynights. We need volunteers to provide breakfast, dinner, transportation and to stay overnight at the Temple. Please check the Temple website for details, shaariemeth.org/shelter

Christmas Eve Dinner and Baking at TSE
Join us Dec. 24 to prepare a holiday meal for the men in the shelter program. Volunteers will also bake cookies to be distributed at the Christmas Day Luncheon at St. Peter’s Church in Freehold. Please sign up to volunteer here: https://bit.ly/ShaariEmethChristmas