News from Kol Ami

on Sunday, 24 January 2016.

Kol Ami…..

Helping to repair the world

…..one Mitzvah at a time

TODAH RABAH (Thank You)

   KOL AMI – YOU ROCK!

 By Marleine Kay

In 2015 YOU reached out with generosity and love and helped to make a difference in our community. You brought OHR (light) into dark places and you big-heartedly spread G’MILUT CHASSIDIM (acts of loving kindness). You made everyone proud to be a part of Kol Ami.

In 2015 YOU

• helped the homeless
• reached out to help a stranger in need
• brightened the lives of forgotten seniors in nursing homes
• enriched the lives of battered women and abused children
• changed lives forever by helping 4 children get their cleft palates and lips repaired through Operation Smile
• assisted elderly and disabled veterans
• helped the Bake and Book fundraiser for Syrian refugees make over $600.00
• cooked a meal for the homeless
• donated at the High Holy Day Appeal $2,950.00 to considerably enhance and further develop the Out of The Cold Program
• consoled the bereaved and made sure they always had a strong minyan
• visited the sick
• filled food bins for the less fortunate in our community
• prepared a thank you Christmas lunch for brave firefighters
• made Mitzvah Day amazing by decorating cards and writing inspiring messages to Israeli soldiers; baked to raise money for the Nepal disaster Fund; designed stunning hamsas for nursing home resident and decorated place mats with inspirational messages for guests at the OOTC program.

WOW! Your hearts are as big as football fields.

In 2016 YOUcan continue your wonderful heartwarming mitzvot and

• help save lives by being a Kol Ami blood donor (more info to follow)
• participate in a food drive (more info to follow)
• spare time to help abused women and children
• donate your old prescription and reading glasses to a third world eye clinic
• share ideas for social justice with us
• be active in this spring’s fantastic annual Mitzvah Day
• help to raise money for those in the greatest need (more to follow)

Join the Social Action Committee and together we can really make a difference.
For more information, please contact Marleine Kay at marleine@rogers.com or 905 763 1136.