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The Care Committee aims to provide spiritual, social, emotional, and material support to members of our synagogue and community through the use of volunteers and local resources. This care might take the form of bringing meals to a neighbor post-surgery, giving a ride to an elderly congregant or visiting a community member who struggles with loneliness. Requests for help are addressed when a person in need sends an email to care@bethjacobvt.org.

Members and friends of the synagogue are encouraged to 1) add this email to their contact list so it will be there when and if they need help and 2) become a volunteer: just fill out the form below to let us know how you want to contribute to making and keeping BJ a caring community.

Guided by a Jewish commitment to chesed and the Beth Jacob community’s dedication to cooperation, kindness and generosity, the Beth Jacob Care Committee seeks to provide spiritual, social, emotional, and material support to members of our synagogue and community.
With this form, we hope to grow the capacity of our community to provide care. Please take a minute or two to fill it out.

Name

Email address

Would you be interested in joining the care committee? The committee meets once a month. Each member also takes month-long stints as go-to coordinator to respond to needs including rides for elders, shiva minions, and meal delivery.

YesNoMaybe, I'd love to learn more.

Would you be interested in being contacted to provide meals for folks in need of support (such as postpartum families, people post-surgery or diagnosis)?

YesNo

Would you be interested in being contacted to provide companionship (i.e. conversation with an isolated person) or rides (i.e. helping get a neighbor to a doctor's appointment)?

YesNo

Would you be interested in being contacted when there's a need for a funeral, shiva, yartzheit minyan?

YesNo

If there's any other form of care that you'd be interested in providing to individuals in the community, share below and let us know!

Do you currently have an acute or ongoing need that you would like to bring to the care committee? You can always contact us at care@bethjacobvt.org but if there's anything that's coming up right now, let us know what it is and how we might be helpful.

Thank you for your submission! If the form goes through correctly you will receive a confirmation email.

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