Bring Smiles to Local Children–Jews’ Next Dor’s Holiday Toy Drive Starts Now

SVYAD and Jews’ Next Dor have again teamed up with Jewish Family Services of the Silicon Valley for our annual Toy Drive and Wrapping Party.

Jews’ Next Dor is officially kicking off the drive at our annual Hanging in the Hut dinner tomorrow night, but you can already drop off toys at Congregation Beth David,19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca.

The last day to drop off New Toys for ages 0-17 unwrapped is November 30. Toys will be wrapped by our young adults in early December.

 

Update November 5, 2009:

• Tuesday, December 1, 7pm, Toy Wrapping Party

  Join SVYAD, Jew’s Next Dor, Hillel at Stanford and Jewish Family Services for our annual gift wrapping party!

  Starting October 6, new toys for ages 0-17 in their original packaging, are being collected in the
  lobby of the Levy Family Campus (14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos CA 95032) and
  Congregation Beth David (19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca) and
  Hillel at Stanford (565 Mayfield Avenue, Stanford, Ca).
  Toys will also be collected at  Jews’ Next Dor events.
  Toys will be distributed by Jewish Family Services.

  Join us for a Toy Wrapping Party on Tuesday, Dec. 1
  at 7 p.m. at the Levy Family Campus, (14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos CA 95032) . Snacks and fun provided.
  Admission: one roll of non-holiday wrapping paper.

  Thanks to everyone for their donations!

Passover Care Package Assembling

It’s back, the Annual Passover Mitzvah project where Jews’ Next Dor, SVYAD, and Jewish Family Services team up to provide kosher for passover food for elderly and needy families in the local Jewish community. See pictures from last year on Facebook, then join us this year.

Passover Care Package Assembling

Monday, March 30, 2009

7pm

Passover is quickly approaching, and with it comes a great social action opportunity. We’re again teaming up with SVYAD and Jewish Family Services to put together Passover care packages for seniors, in our community, who otherwise might not get to celebrate the holiday, or have any Kosher for Passover food. The care packages are distributed by Jewish Family Services. We’ll have nosh for us, and lots of fun. Join us at 7pm at the Jewish Family Services Classroom at the Levy Family Campus, 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos, Ca. Contact JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org.

The Candles that Keep on Giving & Judaica Gift Shop 20% Off Sale

Safed Haukkah Candles

Today’s the day, the “double mitzvah” candles are on sale at Congregation Beth David from 9am-2pm. They are candles made in Safed, Israel that are being sold by Congregation Beth David’s Religious School’s Myuhad/Special Needs Program. The program caters to Jewish special needs children around the South Bay. These candles will do a third mitzvah when you use them for Shabbat, Hanukkah, or Havdalah. You can even make their miztvah power go further, by donating them, to JFS for their Hanukkah packages for seniors this Hanukkah. There’s a drop of box right at Beth David for these, so you won’t need to make special trip to drop the donation off. See the details on that Seasonal Mitzvah below. While you’re at Beth David this morning or early afternoon, getting your Mitzvah candles (samples pictured here, others available as well), don’t forget to stop into Sisterhood’s gift shop to enjoy 20% sale, they’s love for everything to go, to clear out inventory. They’ve got various judaica items, from tallits to kiddush cups, and candle holders for your newly purchases candles.  Today’s the day to get up, and do some good. Have a simcha to attend? Get a gift now, at 20% and not have to worry about it. Of course this sale is just in time for Hanukkah too. Refreshments will also be for sale. Open to the community.

Oh one more mitzvah for this morning, make this an even more productive trip to Beth David, by bringing a new toy, game or book, for ages 0-17 for Jews’ Next Dor & SVYAD’s annual Toy Drive which ends on Monday, December 8th at 5pm. Donations of bows and ribbon accepted as well.

Judaica Gift Shop Bazaar / Safed Candle Fundraiser

Sunday, December 7, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Congregation Beth David, 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca

Safed Shabbat Candles

As promised here the info on the JFS Hanukkah mitzvah project:

Jewish Family Services of the Silicon Valley

Candles, Dreidels and Gelt for Seniors!!

Hanukkah Mitzvah project:

JFS will be assembling your donated Hanukkah candles, dreidels, and Chocolate Gelt into gift bags for our seniors.

November 24-December 15

Drop of locations can be found at Congregation Beth David, 19700  Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca or JFS, 14855 Oka Road, Suite 202, Los Gatos, Ca

Questions? Contact Michele 357-7453 or michelem@jfssv.org

Bring a Smile to a Child: Annual Toy Drive Underway

SVYAD and Jews’ Next Dor have again teamed up with Jewish Family Services of the Silicon Valley for our annual Toy Drive and Wrapping Party.

Jews’ Next Dor kicked off the drive at our Hanging in the Hut event over sukkot.

HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE

Starting now through December 8th, new toys for ages 0-17 in their original packaging, are being collected in:

• the lobby of the Levy Family Campus, 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos CA 95032
• the lobby of Congregation Beth David,19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca
• at all Jews’ Next Dor programs
• at all SVYAD programs
  • Bring a toy with you to the November Connect, and receive $2 off admission!

Please do not wrap the toys, our young adults will be doing this on December 8th, details below.

Toys will be distributed by Jewish Family Services. Learn more about the great work of Jewish Family Services in their video here:

INFO: Jonathan at svyad[at]jvalley.org or (408) 357-7503 or jewsnextdor[at]gmail.com.

Thanks to everyone for their donations!

Young Adult WRAPPING PARTY

Join us for a Toy Wrapping Party on Monday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. in the Federation Conference Room at the Levy Family Campus. Food will be provided, and the cost of admission is one roll of wrapping paper. Bringing extra scissors, and ribbon a plus.

INFO: Jonathan at svyad[at]jvalley.org or (408) 357-7503 or jewsnextdor[at]gmail.com.

Check out pictures from last year’s wrapping party!

FACEBOOK EVENT

Sukkot Services This Week at Beth David

Congregation Beth David would love for you to come celebrate Sukkot with them. Bring a new toy to donate to Jews’ Next Dor annual Toy Drive benefiting Jewish Family Services.

CBD will have services for Sukkot at the following times:

EREV SUKKOT: MONDAY OCTOBER 13
6:30pm

SUKKOT DAY 1 & DAY 2: OCTOBER 14  & 15 (TUESDAY & wEDNESDAY)
9:30am – both days include Hallel & the shaking of the lulav (Congregates will be glad to “gift” you a Lulav to fulfill the Mitzvah, if you don’t have your own)
-Light lunch to follow

HOL HAMOED SUKKOT: SATURDAY OCTOBER 18
Includes Hallel and the reading of Kohelet

All Jewish 20 and 30 Somethings are invited to dinner in Rabbi Schonbrun’s sukkah for Jews’ Next Dor’s 4th Annual Hanging in the Hut.

Roll out the Wrapping it’s Mitzvah Time: SVYAD, CBDYAG, JFS Toy Wrapping Party

For the last 2 months SVYAD and CBDYAG have been collecting new toys, now it’s time to wrap them. Bring a roll of wrapping or two and join fellow Jewish 20 and 30 somethings to wrap the goodies we’ve gathered. Once wrapped, Jewish Family Services will be distributing them to deserving children. This wrapping party is heating up with Hanukkah flair. They’ll be music, nosh, dreidels, a raffle and more.

Don’t worry if you aren’t confident in your wrapping skills, we’ll teach you, or you can pitch in other ways, sorting and labeling, making cards, just adding ribbons and bows, or just simply schmoozing with old and new friends.

This is the last time to make a donation of a new toy for new born to age 17, in its original packaging for this years toy drive.

Join SVYAD, CBDYAG and JFS in bringing smiles to children’s faces by joining us this Wednesday Night.

 

 

SVYAD, CBDYAG, JFS Toy Wrapping Party
Wednesday, November 28
7pm
Federation Conference Room at the Levy Family Campus
14855 Oka Road
Los Gatos, CA