Adat Shalom Kids Care Club
February 2004
Update



Tikkun Olam Projects for Families
with Children 6 and Under (Siblings Welcome!)

a joint project of Family Programming-Community Life Committee and the Social Action Committee

Making gifts for children who are receiving in-patient and out-patient treatment for serious illnesses.

For more information or to join us, please contact Madeleine (madandmatt@comcast.net) or Cathy (cag9@earthlink.net).

For more information or to join us, please contact Cathy Gruber (cag9@earthlink.net; or 703-264-0811).

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On January 11, four Adat Shalom families made a large, colorful collage for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. The collage was displayed for three weeks in the lobby of the Springvale Terrace Retirement Community in Silver Spring (low- and middle-income residents).

Reactions to the collage were positive and it stirred up a lot of curiosity. When the residents heard that it was a group of young children that made it for them for the MLK holiday, they said things like "that's sweet." Residents also said that it was great that it was part of the holiday and that it says that people care. One resident asked me when the next one will be arriving.

Valentine's Day Card-making Kits Delivered to Shelter

Also on Jan. 11, we assembled 24 Valentine-card-making kits that were delivered to Stepping Stones Shelter on February 8 so that the children could make handmade Valentines for their parents and loved ones.

Thank You to the children and parents that worked together to make the collage and card-making kits!

Please join us on March 14 for this fun and important activity which is being organized by Madeleine Levin and Beth Davidson. Details will be sent to the listserve and included in the March Update of this newsletter.

Kids Care Club visits to the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Sunday Sweets program and the Springvale Terrace Sunday Coffee Hour are being planned. Please contact Cathy if you and your children would be interested in visiting either of these communities.

The Hebrew Home has some great ideas online on how to help; for more information, visit the Hebrew Home Web site.

If each Kids Care Club event has two families working together to organize the event, its very easy! If you would like to help in brainstorming and organizing upcoming events, please e-mail Cathy Gruber (cag9@earthlink.net)

Interested in a Adat Shalom “East” activity?

Contact Madeleine Levin (madandmatt@comcast.net) if your family would like to have Kids Care Club activity in Silver Spring.