News from Kol Ami

on Sunday, 25 October 2015.

TIKKUN OLAMKol Ami.....
Helping to repair the world
.....one Mitzvah at a time

OUT OF THE COLD PROGRAM 2015/16

Last year Kol Ami’s amazing efforts made a dramatic difference in the lives of the Out of The Cold "Guests" on Wednesday nights at Har Zion. This is now the fourth year that Kol Ami has officially partnered with Har Zion for this life altering mitzvah.

This year the program, commencing November 25th, which runs every Wednesday through to January 13th 2016, is faced with a severe and devastating government budget cut. In fact, in the absolutely necessary areas of toiletries, underwear, long-johns, winter-proof gloves, and clothing, the government budget has been cut to ZERO.

The program needs our help now more than ever. Let’s talk frankly here; homeless guests rely on receiving a weekly pair of underwear and socks to change. It’s all they have. If they don’t have winter boots and gloves they get frostbite often resulting in amputated fingers and toes. Sadly, I’m witness to this horror.

This is what is URGENTLY NEEDED:

• Winter proof gloves
• New Long underwear
• New ladies and men’s underwear sizes M-3XL
• Warm socks
• Deodorant dollar store size travel size
• Lip balm
• Razors and shaving cream dollar store size travel size
• Jeans
• Winter coats
•  Winter boots
•  Sweat shirts

If you are able to reach out and help the homeless, the disadvantaged, the marginalized by donating any of these items or if you prefer to make a donation to Social Action Out Of The Cold program, you will also help someone to survive the dismal existence of street life. Grateful thanks from the Out of The Cold (OOTC) program to everyone at Kol Ami who already made a donation at the Yom Kippur appeal this year to OOTC.

You can also actively participate by volunteering on a Wednesday at Har Zion, either to help set up in the afternoon, serve meals at 5:00pm or assist guests in finding suitable clothing and toiletry necessities please visit www.templeharzion.com to fill in a volunteer registration form. Mandatory training for all volunteers will take place on Wednesday evening November 18th at Temple Har Zion at 7:30pm. You can also participate by becoming one of Miriam Amon’s cooks, when we prepare our annual OOTC dinner in December.
By getting involved in OOTC, it truly gives you a warm feel good sensation, knowing that you have actively helped the most fragile and needy in our community.

For more information about the Out of the Cold program, or to hear about Kol Ami’s vibrant welcoming Social Action group and how you can get involved in many of the upcoming humanitarian initiatives, please contact Marleine Kay at marleine@rogers.com or 905-763-1136

Because we are Kol Ami – together we CAN make a difference