- Jews for New Orleans » Toiletry Drive for the New Orleans Women’s Shelter, Jan 16-19

Sharing a meal

Corps members live communally in their Jefferson Avenue house uptown

Shine

Purim Masks

Corps members prepare for Purim celebrations by creating masks

Churches

Planting trees in Central City

Rachel Glicksman works with residents to beautify the neighborhood

Civic Involvement

Celebrating Chanukah

Corps members welcomed coworkers and community members to their home

Action

Learning about Bayou Bienvenue

Alum David Eber teaches the group about deforestation in the cypress swamps

Churches

Highlighting the Jewish Community's Involvement in Rebuilding New Orleans

This site is hosted by AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, which launched its New Orleans program in the fall of 2008. AVODAH engages young people in direct work on the causes and effects of poverty in the United States. This work partners Corps members with service providers and residents in low income communities and equips our Corps members and alumni to emerge as lifelong agents for social change, whose work for justice is rooted in and nourished by Jewish values.
« PBS video on 3rd anniversary of Katrina
Conference MLK Weekend in New Orleans, January 17-19, 2008 »

Toiletry Drive for the New Orleans Women’s Shelter, Jan 16-19

Jan 6th, 2009 by admin | 0
admin

A local event posted on the Barack Obama website. Swing by the Kingpin bar uptown next weekend to help out the New Orleans Women’s Shelter, an organization that is working hard to improve lives of local women and families. Read the original post here.

AVODAH Corps Member Yaeli Bronstein currently works an assistant at the New Orleans Women’s Shelter, under Executive Director Jackie Silverman.

January 16th thru 19th, Kingpin and Change Corps of New Orleans are collecting toiletries for the New Orleans Women’s Shelter in the 9th ward that assists homeless women and children. The shelter requests new, unopened, full-sized items (as opposed to samples or hotel bottles) because they try to create a sense of home for these families, rather than an atmosphere of transience.

Items that would help women to get back on their feet and be presentable for job interviews are needed: soap, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, brushes, combs, etc. You may even have received Christmas gifts that you would rather pass on like perfume or make up.

This is a very easy way to participate in your community… just purchase a couple of extra items when you are doing your own shopping and drop them off at the Kingpin anytime from Friday January 16th to Monday January 19th. There will be a drop box available in the rear of the club throughout their hours of operation. There will also be a drop box in front of the club in the afternoons.

Specific hours may change slightly so please check in a couple of days prior to dropping off your items. If you need to make arrangements to drop off items at a different day or time, please contact Lynda Woolard at 504-862-5945.

Friday 1/16 3:30pm - ’til
Saturday 1/17 3:00pm - ’til
Sunday 1/18 Noon - ’til
Monday 1/19 3:30pm - ’til

www.changecorpsnola.org
http://www.pic2009.org/page/event/detail/jjz

Time: Friday, January 16 3:30 PM - January 19 11:30 PM
Host: Lynda Woolard
Contact Phone: 504-862-5945
Location:
Kingpin (New Orleans, LA)

1307 Lyons Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
Maps:
Directions:

Kingpin is located off of Prytania Street where Upperline turns into Lyons.

Filed under: General Interest, New Orleans Women's Shelter, Upcoming Events | Tags: ,
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Leave a Reply