Caring Community

Our dynamic volunteers create a warm environment in which members truly care for one another. Opportunities for meaningful multigenerational connections strengthen our bonds to each other, to our synagogue, and to the larger community. There are so many ways to get involved! If you are interested in participating in our Caring Community, please reach out to Wendy Jacobson at wjacobson@mishkanor.org for more information.

CARING COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES AT CONGREGATION MISHKAN OR 

Could you make deliveries? 

We always need volunteers to make deliveries! Delivery times are flexible according to your schedule. 

• Welcome Bags to new members
• Cookie trays during shiva to members who have lost a loved ones
• Hamantaschen to our oldest members on Purim 

Could you make phone calls? 

Members who are 80 or older, and members who have been married for 50 years or longer, receive calls with birthday or anniversary wishes. Volunteers typically make 4 or 5 calls each month.  Volunteers may also be asked to make calls for occasional special projects.

Could you write notes? 

• Correspondence Committee volunteers handwrite a note to temple members who have lost a loved one, are recovering from illness, or are celebrating a happy occasion. Each volunteer writes approximately two notes per month and is given a suggested message for each note. 

• Chanukah card volunteers write notes to our older members to let them know we are thinking of them during the holiday. 

Do you like to bake? 

Volunteers of all ages gather to bake dozens of cookies that are arranged into cookie trays. The trays are delivered during shiva to congregants who have lost a loved one. 

 Would you like to make a difference in the larger community? 

Mishkan Or volunteers give hands-on help to organizations in Greater Cleveland such as: 

• BigHearted Blooms  
• The Transplant House
• The Kosher Food Pantry
• The Chesed Center 
• International Newcomers Academy 
• MACE Islamic Center’s Food Pantry 
• Trinity Cathedral’s Meal Program