Service Opportunity
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Description
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Specific
ways to help
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Understand community’s needs
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Needs will vary depending on
age bracket, socio-economic status, ethnic and educational background
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1) Survey of membership
2) Analysis of Census and other demographic info
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Provide ways to get involved
in Seva
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Provide concrete and
understandable activities - engage people in Seva that helps them feel a
sense of having contributed
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1) Have a "Committee
Coordinator" to ensure interaction of temple committees
2) Have a "Volunteer Coordinator" to match the volunteers'
interests and the seva needs/opportunities
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Newcomers
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Helping people who move into
or out of our community – a “newcomers” organization
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1) Tours of local community
facilities (house of worship as well as civic spaces)
2) Workshops on various topics to help with acculturation (how to get a
license, how to apply for a credit card, etc.)
3) Benchmark similar social service/networking groups - "Troy
Newcomers", “Livingston New Comers Picnic”
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Bereavement
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Provide social services when
someone passes
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1) Bereavement counseling
2) Help with household activities
3) Help with ceremonial activities - meals preparation, helping with out of
town visitors, etc.
4) Will preparation
workshops
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Hospitalized
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Helping the hospitalized,
the terminally ill and their families
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1) Providing Counseling
2) Providing practical support (meals, driving, etc.)
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Health
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Various ways to provide for
the health of the community
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1) Health Fairs
2) Breast Cancer screenings
3) Bone Marrow Drive
4) Nutrition and
health-related seminars
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Economic crisis
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Community members may have
issues - recent recession resulted in several murder/suicides and we need to
be ready to respond and reach out
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1) Helping with job loss and
related economic crisis
2) Provide socio-economic support – food/financial, health care, job search
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Elderly
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Helping the aging and
elderly
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1) Adult Activities
Center - IndiaHome.org
2) Adult Day Care
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Assistance for the Homebound
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Helping the homebound and
institutionalized:
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1) Provide transportation
for basic needs – shopping, doctor
2) Help them get to Temple
3) Help around the house, provide social interaction
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Transition crisis
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Helping households facing
crises or transitions – divorce, separation, new baby, etc.
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1) Divorce/Separation
2) New Baby
3) Death of Spouse (see above - bereavement)
4) Other transition
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Career Counseling
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Provide career counseling
services
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1) Job Fairs
2) Visa Fairs
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Youth Counseling
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Provide support services for
young adults
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1) Suicide and drug abuse
prevention programs (partner with local agencies doing this kind of thing –
Troy Community Coalition for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
(troycoalition.com)
2) Parenting workshops – dating/sex education
3) College and career Counseling, SAT Prep
4) LGB community needs
5) Language and culture
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Women's Empowerment
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Providing additional social
services not already listed
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1) Develop SV/DV agency
links - e.g., Michigan Asian Indian
Family Services or Shanti Project at University of MI. Manavi, Sakhi
2) Develop training programs to educate women
3) Networking opportunities for women - cooking, craft, career (National Council
of Jewish Women)
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