RONNA YOUNG sisterhood@cbiboca.org
Sisterhood Year In Review! We’ve had a busy season at Women of Reform Judaism/Sisterhood. Our activities over the past year encompassed numerous donations and various projects and events including: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Donating plastic shofars for the NCECE students Donating gifts for the birthday basket (for the Friday night birthday blessings services) Rosh Hashanah Bags Project Opening Dessert Event with Rabbi Keller as guest speaker Pink Party (decorating items for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk) Team for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk Election Program on proposed Florida Constitutional Amendments Zumba with the Rabbi Chanukah Party Friday Night Service on March 8, 2019 led by Sisterhood Bagging toiletries for Women’s Shelters at Mitzvah Day T-shirt sponsor for Mitzvah Day Providing snacks and refreshments for teen trips and retreats Donating a Passover Seder plate for Here Comes the Sun Donating a gift basket with beauty/glamour items for Here Comes the Sun Women’s Passover Seder Donating shabbat candlesticks for each bat mitzvah (teens and adults) Donating kiddush cups for each bar mitzvah Mother’s Day Flower Project Luncheon at Mizner Country Club Donating car mezuzahs for teachers of the SLJ graduating class Outstanding Achievement Award for Programming 2016-2018 from the Southeast District of Women of Reform Judaism Roll of Honor Sisterhood for our financial support of the Youth, Education, and Special Projects Fund (YES Fund) of Women of Reform Judaism
On Friday night, July 5, 2019, we will participate in B’nai on the Bima. If you would like to lead a prayer or otherwise participate in the service, please contact me at sisterhood@cbiboca.org or call me at 561.306.2930. Please mark your calendars for Sunday, September 15, 2019 in the morning for our opening event and for Thursday, September 26, 2019 in the morning for the Rosh Hashanah Bags project. Over the summer, we will be working on our upcoming season. We have some great new events in the planning stages. I hope you will join us. As always, if you have any comments, questions, or concerns, please feel free to contact me.
Ronna Young
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WELCOMING YOU FROM THE FIRST SHALOM