Community Service Committee

The Community Service Committee provides Kol Hadash members with a rich variety of opportunities to help others in our community. The committee organizes food and goods collections for the needy, volunteer opportunities, and other service-oriented activities.

For several years, the committee has partnered with A Safe Place, a Lake County Crisis Center and Domestic Violence Shelter. A Safe Place provides temporary emergency shelter, transitional housing, advocacy, counseling, education and other services for victims of domestic violence.

Here are some examples of Community Service Committee projects.

High Holidays Collection. We distribute shopping bags with a needs list to our members on Rosh Hashana, and members return on Yom Kippur with the bags filled with goods for donation to A Safe Place. Every year we deliver several carloads of donations!

Cell Phone Donations for SHALVA. SHALVA has worked with more than 4,000 clients from every denomination of Judaism that seek assistance for domestic abuse.

Garden Creation at A Safe Place. In 2010 our volunteers planted and cultivated a new perennial garden at A Safe Place’s transitional living facility in Zion. Volunteers needed.

Holiday Gift Collection. Prior to the December holidays, we run a gift and goods collection to benefit those in need.

Beth Emet Soup Kitchen. Several times a year, a group of a dozen or more Kol Hadash members volunteer to prepare and serve dinner to patrons at the Beth Emet Soup Kitchen in Evanston.

If you have questions or want to volunteer, please contact committee chair Susan Addelson.