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February 2019
DOROT’s Winter Package Delivery
DOROT: 171 West 85th Street (East of Amsterdam Avenue) Bring warmth and companionship to an older neighbor with a Sunday morning visit. There will be an orientation for new volunteers is upon arrival, followed by package pick-up, and a home visit assignment. Please contact Lauren Skolnick with any questions. Click here to register.
Find out more »April 2019
Riverside Park Spring Garden Party
Enjoy a beautiful spring day with other members of the AC community. This is a wonderful opportunity to see friends and make new ones as we take care of this valuable part of our larger community. We will be working in an area near the synagogue. Children under age 10 must be closely supervised.
Find out more »May 2019
Sanctuary City Planning Meeting
President Trump has threatened to release thousands of detained asyless into "Sanctuary Cities". If he does so, New York will be overwhelmed by the need. How are we going to respond? Join the New Sanctuary Coalition for a planning meeting to determine what we need to do in advance to be prepared if and when it happens. This effort will need medical triage, food, clothing, transportation, legal, and of course housing, and will require a coalition of organizations working together…
Find out more »July 2019
Accompaniment Training at Ansche Chesed
Join Ansche Chesed and The New Sanctuary Committee (NSC) for an Accompaniment Training. The NSC accompaniment program recruits and trains volunteers to accompany people facing deportation to their immigration hearings and ICE check-ins. This provides moral support to the person facing deportation and enables volunteers to hold immigration authorities accountable. Standing in solidarity with migrants facing deportation also demonstrates to immigration judges, ICE officers, and government attorneys that there is a community mobilized against their deportation. NSC accompanies hundreds of people a year. The Immigration Accompaniment…
Find out more »September 2019
Riverside Park Clean-Up
Enjoy a beautiful Fall day with other members of the AC community. This is a wonderful opportunity to see friends and make new ones as we take care of this valuable part of our larger community. Exact location to be determined closer to the date. This program is sponsored by the Community Service committee and the Greening Committee of Ansche Chesed.
Find out more »October 2019
AC Greening Committee’s Annual Swap and Share
Donate clean, used housewares in good condition Housewares only (cooking equipment, serving items, tableware, linens and towels, vases, bric-a-brac, artwork, toys, etc) NO BOOKS AND NO CLOTHING Ansche Chesed reserves the right to refuse any item. Any items left at 2pm will be recycled or thrown away at the discretion of Ansche Chesed. Take any housewares you want for free Anyone can take something. You do NOT need to bring something to take something. You can take as many items…
Find out more »November 2019
Havdalah Service and Sandwich-Making
Adults and children will gather at Ansche Chesed for a joyful Havdalah service led by our youth leaders. We'll then work together to prepare sandwiches and assemble meal packages for people in our neighborhood who are hungry and homeless. We will buy most of the supplies, but we would like to request that attendees who can do so contribute $5 per person (or $15 per family) to help defray the costs. (If you cannot attend but would like to make…
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New York Cares Coat Drive
What if you couldn't get to work, pick up your prescriptions from the pharmacy, or send your child to school this winter? All because you didn't have a decent coat to wear. This is the reality for many New Yorkers right now. For the last 31 years, New York Cares has channeled the generosity of our city into our annual Coat Drive. Last year we distributed our two millionth coat, and this year our goal is to collect 100,000 new or…
Find out more »Thanksgiving Meal For Trinity Church
We are organizing a group to volunteer at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan's annual Thanksgiving Community Meal. Last year, this event served over a 1000 of our neighbors! All ages are welcome to volunteer, although children need to be supervised by an adult. Wednesday, Nov 27, 6:30pm We will help prepare the kitchen, set the tables, and make table decorations. Thursday, Nov 28, 11:30am-1:00pm or 1:30-2:30pm We'll help with security, kitchen, meal delivery, serving, trash, clean-up, dessert table, drinks, hospitality. Click here to…
Find out more »December 2019
Postcard Writing for Syrian Refugees
Now in its eighth year, the Syrian crisis has left more than 500,000 dead. There are 5.6 million Syrian refugees registered in neighboring countries; and 6.6 million internally displaced people. One of the most brutal aspects of the crisis has been the deliberate targeting of the medical infrastructure — the bombing of hospitals and killing of doctors. The disruption of Syria’s healthcare system has had disastrous impact on the most vulnerable members of the population — women and young children.…
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