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Chesed at Kesher

Throughout the year, Kesher partners with local and national organizations to provide support to those in our community, both Jewish and not. Please join us for one of our upcoming or ongoing programs, or reach out to one of our partner organizations for ways you can give back!

For more information about any of our programs, please email chesed@kesher.org.

Upcoming and Ongoing Programs

Chanukah Toy Drive with Chai Lifeline
Through Friday, December 4, 2020

Again this year, Kesher members will have the opportunity to be matched with Chai Lifeline families to provide sick children and their siblings with gifts this Chanukah! Participants will be given the information of a Chai Lifeline family and will purchase and wrap personalized gifts to be dropped off in Foggy Bottom by Friday, December 4. 

For more information or to register, please email Miriam Cleeman at chesed@kesher.org.

Bikur Cholim
Ongoing

Please consider joining our listserv of volunteers who visit with area patients and nursing home residents, deliver food, and help restock hospital Kosher pantries. Email chesed@kesher.org to learn more. 

Past Events

Sharsheret Pink Shabbat
Thursday, January 30 - Shabbos, February 1, 2020

We will be hosting a Sharsheret Pink Shabbat on January 31 - February 1, a great opportunity to learn about the increased risk of breast cancer among Ashkenazi Jews, how to determine your risk, be proactive about your health, and how we can support community members facing difficult circumstances.

Please join us for a Challah Bake on Thursday night to hear from a member of our community about her experience, and then on Shabbos, join us for a kiddush following main minyan where you can learn more about all that Sharsheret does, and how you can protect yourself from this disease. 


Fisher House Dinner Sponsorship
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Kesher will again be sponsoring dinner on December 25 at the Fisher House located at the VA Hospital. Fisher House provides housing for families of patients receiving medical care at major military and VA medical centers. 


Chai Lifeline Gift Drive
Sunday, December 2 - Friday, December 6, 2019

Again this year, Kesher members will have the opportunity to be matched with Chai Lifeline families to provide sick children with gifts this Chanukah! Participants will be given the information of a Chai Lifeline family and will purchase and wrap personalized gifts to be dropped off at Kesher in the beginning of December. 

Partner Organizations and Resources

Local Jewish Partner Organizations

Sharsheret
A national organization whose mission is to educate and support the Jewish community regarding breast cancer among Ashkenazi Jews

Chai Lifeline Mid-Atlantic
Chai Lifeline programs are designed to ease the struggles of children undergoing medical treatments, as well as those of their families.

Yad Yehuda of Greater Washington
Dedicated to providing a financial safety net to those in need in the Greater Washington Jewish community

  

 

 

Charitable Organizations and Community Resources

  • Donations to those experiencing Homelessness: Georgetown Ministry Center - as a member congregation of GMC, Kesher organizes meal donations for shelter guests, but consider donating meals on your own or gently used clothing

  • Professional Clothing Donation: Suited for Change (Women), Dress for Success (Women),  MenzFit (Men)

  • Blood Donation: Inova Blood Donor Services

  • Food Donation: Capital Kosher Pantry - with opportunities to donate unopened, nonperishable items at local dropoffs or through one of their online wishlists, Capital Kosher Pantry is the region's only of Kosher hunger relief program 

  • Furniture Donation: A Wider Circle

 

Mon, November 30 2020 14 Kislev 5781