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Giving Opportunities
The members of Temple Beth Elohim aim to "heal the world" through Tikkun Olam. Through the generosity and love of our member families we have helped those in crisis, honored those who are admired, remembered those who are gone. Your donation to one of the funds below will be put to use as specified. All donations are greatly appreciated.
Building Fund: Now that we are in our beautiful new building we will continue to enhance the decor and also offset the cost of the few remaining items that need to be finished. Donations to the Building Fund for any reason are most welcome.
General Fund: Donations to the General Fund are always welcome and are used in any way needed to operate the Temple. Donations may be made for any occasion.
Landscaping Fund: Temple Beth Elohim has launched a campaign to raise funds for the beautiful landscaping that adorns it's grounds. You can celebrate Tu B'Shevat and help Temple Beth Elohim at the same time by purchasing a tree and dedicating it to your family, in memory of a loved one, in honor of a loved one, etc. Download a 
packet of information here. We still have not recovered the huge cost of the required landscaping of our property and purchasing a tree can assist in this effort while providing a living, visual tribute to your family or loved ones.
Lester Welsher Scholarship Fund: Lester Welsher, an active member of our Temple, loved children and was very involved with our Religious School. Lester Welsher's wife and children set up this fund in his memory to help deserving high school graduates who have served the Temple and plan to continue their education. Checks should be made payable to: Lester Welsher Scholarship Fund. A donation may be made for any occasion by contacting Mrs. Sylvia Welsher via the Temple.
Memorial Plaque: If a loved on has passed away, you may wish to have their name commemorated on one of our Memorial Plaques. The light will be lit every year of their yahrzeit, which provides a certain comfort to those remaining. Contact Harriet Susnitzky via the Temple for more information regarding adding a name to the plaque.
Mike Meyer Library Fund: Mike Meyer was a man who loved children and education. The Mike Meyer Library Fund was set up to provide books for our library. The Gish Family Library has a wonderful selection of all types of books, which are available to our members to read in the building or to take home on loan. In recent years the scope of the Fund has been expanded to include purchasing audio-video equipment as well as videotapes related to Jewish culture.
Music Fund: We are privileged to have Robin Sills as our Soloist and Richard Sills as our Organist. They provide music at Friday night services throughout the year and direct our Choirs. To help defray the cost of our music, maintaining the organ, etc., we have established a Music Fund. Donations may be made for any reason.
Prayer Book Fund: Donations to the Prayer Book Fund are made in memory of or in honor of someone. Donations may be made on the occasion of a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, a wedding, a graduation, a retirement, etc. Each prayer book (whether it be the regular weekly prayer book, Gates of Prayer, or the High Holiday book, Gates of Repentance) costs $25. A bookplate will be placed in the book indicating who made the donation and purpose.
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund: Sometimes people are in trouble or need help and contact Rabbi Acrish. Via the Discretionary Fund he is able to provide confidential assistance as he sees fit. Your donation should be made to: Rabbi's Discretionary Fund and sent to the Rabbi or the Temple office.
Remembrance Fund: Be the occasion happy or sad, a donation acknowledging your feelings may be made to our Remembrance Fund. Donations are used to purchase items for the Temple such as the new lightweight tables, chairs in the sanctuary, kitchen ranges, coffeepots, dishes, etc. An acknowledgment will be sent if appropriate, and the item will be noted in the Menorah.
The Tree of Life: Located in the Lobby (and gracing our homepage), our Tree of Life commemorates milestones and special events. Each leaf or stone is personally engraved to your specifications. A Bar or Bat Mitzvah, wedding, anniversary, birthday, college graduation, birth. Any happy event may be celebrated on the Tree of Life
Donations will be printed in the Menorah, and donations of $18 or more will be acknowledged as appropriate.
Fund Raising Programs
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We are happy to announce that Stew Leonard's will now be
participating with our gift card program!
They will give our Temple 5% and from Oct 14- Jan 14th they will give us 10%!! If you are a Stew Leonard's shopper, stop by and purchase your gift cards today!
Just wanted to inform you of some exciting news! We have signed up with a new gift card company which has hundreds of cards available at a higher percentage back to TBE! We now offer discount cards (Walmart), credit card gift cards (Amex, Visa), movie cards (AMC Loews with no restriction!), gas cards (BP, Exxon, Mobil and more) and so much more! I have attached a new 
list of merchants for you to review.
Do you buy food, use gas, travel, need a birthday, anniversary, Mother's Day, Father's Day, graduation, baby, shower, or wedding gifts?. Are you planning renovations or updating your appliances?
Do you want to help cover the expenses of the new Temple without any cost to you?
Store certificates/gift cards, most in the form of a debit card, in varied denominations, are purchased by the Temple at a discounted rate; e.g., Macy's 10%, Starbucks 7%, Applebees 8%, food stores 4%, gas companies 2%. The certificates are sold to you at face value.
If every family participates in this program by purchasing only $200 in food store certificates, the monthly income is over $2000. By adding clothing stores, and other higher percentage certificates, the monthly income can be over $3000. The sky's the limit!
Last fiscal year we sold over $100,000.00 in gift cards and yet fewer than 25% of our Temple membership participated regularly. If families who shop locally purchased gift cards for just their groceries we could easily double our sales from last year and make some much needed revenue for our temple. Most cards are in stock and ready for your immediate purchase.
| Amazon | Boston Market | Rite Aid | CVS | ShopRite | Blockbuster |
| A&P | Borders | Dunkin Donuts | Stop & Shop | Barnes & Noble | Macy's |
| Home Depot | Bed, Bath & Beyond | Shaws | Itunes | Staples | Starbucks |
We have many more cards available that can be ordered. The complete list of merchants can be downloaded here. Please make an effort to purchase gift cards to support our temple, we need your help!
Orders can be placed easily as follows:
1) Come to the Temple during Sunday school and see us in the lobby.
2) Email your orders to Wendy at and put Gift Cards in the subject line.
3) All cards that are in stock may be purchased any time the Temple office is open.
For further information, contact Wendy via e-mail. Please make a commitment to support this program.
Support our fundraising efforts each time you shop online at Amazon.com and its partners. The Temple will earn a commission for products you purchase in any of the Amazon.com departments. Most important to remember is that for the Temple to benefit, you MUST enter Amazon.com directly from the Temple website. This will ensure that purchase is credited to the Temple.
Note to our college students: Did you know that you can order your textbooks on line from Amazon and help the Temple at the same time? The Temple even earns a commission on used texts.
Join IGIVE.com and Your Online Purchases
Help Temple Beth Elohim
Be a part of the first and largest online network of shoppers, stores, and worthy causes dedicated to turning everyday online shopping into much-needed donations. It's never been easier to support a great cause - just by shopping online.
FREE membership. Great deals. iGive.com is totally free, and you'll never pay more by shopping through their mall. In fact, smart shoppers will love iGive's free shipping deals and exclusive coupons. Shop at 700+ top-notch online stores. Participating stores include Pottery Barn, Lands’ End, Staples, PETCO, eBay, Expedia, QVC, and many more. Best of all, up to 26% from each purchase is donated to us. Your contributions could even be tax-deductible*.
What's the catch? There isn't one. It's free. No "spam." Total member privacy. iGive.com was established in 1997 with the goal of changing all consumer transactions so that a percentage of each purchase can benefit worthy causes close to home. We're proud to say that our members have raised over $3.5 million for their favorite causes!
Want to increase your donation effortlessly? Purchase gift cards at the Temple before you shop through IGIVE! Simple, Simple Simple!!
See for yourself at: http://www.iGive.com/TBE
*see your tax advisor
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Don't Throw Away That Empty Ink Jet
or Laser Cartridge! Have an Obsolete Cell Phone? Bring it to Temple Beth Elohim!!! |
Thank you for participating in Temple Beth Elohim's ink jet recycling program. We have expanded to include Laser cartridges and cell phones too!
You can help! Any cartridge with a printhead can be recycled, regardless of brand or type. Do you have an HP, Lexmark, Xerox, Compaq, Samsung, Kodak, or Canon printer? Bring in your empty cartridges (placed in the original box that you would have thrown away to keep it safe from spills and damages, or a Ziploc bag) or cell phones and put them in the box in the cloakroom.
(Note: Epson cartridges cannot be recycled - they don't have a printhead. Damaged, remanufactured, or refilled cartridges do not qualify for this program.)
Benefits to our community:
Reduce pollution. Cartridges do not decompose for 1,000 years.
Save energy. Empty ones can be remanufactured and reused.
No buying, no selling, no burden to anyone.
Thank you in advance for helping us recycle those old ink cartridges and cell phones and participating in this wonderful fund raising program.
"Traditions: A Collection of Recipes" by our members and the families and friends is on sale at the Judaic Shop and in the Temple office. Sisterhood's beautiful creation is a great idea for Hanukkah gift giving. You might also want to give one to any child who is way at college and does his of her own cooking. May people have bought a copy for each of the children so that they will always have a handy collection of Jewish recipes available. The is also a chapter explaining many food traditions for holidays throughout the year.
You may also order a copy of Traditions by mail, please send a check made out to: "Sisterhood, Temple Beth Elohim" in the amount of $11.00 ($7 for the book and $4.00 p&h) to:
Temple Beth Elohim; 31 Mt. Ebo Rd. North; Brewster, NY 10509.
