Thirty of us are going to New Orleans in December for our third rebuilding project. We spoke with Miss Brenda on whose home we worked last year, and she seems to be doing well. She is about to order her new kitchen cabinets and to have them installed exactly as she wants them!
I’m soon to get the tetanus shot required by Rebuilding Together, but there’s nothing to buy since they supply all of the materials. An Advisory Board member is shipping down gloves, face masks and hard hats for us to use – a lovely gesture of support. We have also received a substantial grant through the URJ to cover other expenses.
We’ll be hosted by a family whose home we helped to repair two years ago. The Torah discussion will be about the Jewish Understanding of Poverty as well as lessons from Rabbi Loewy of Congregation Gates of Prayer in Metairie. We’ll be using the brand new Reform prayerbook Mishkan Tefillah as well as participating in a Guided Meditation and Jewish origami.
Our age range is from nineteen to the eighties. Each of us is getting ready to use his/her building and mitzvah muscles!
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