The Alternative Press

Volunteers at Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains prepared sandwiches for Plainfield’s Second Street Youth Center (SSYC)  on Wednesday, October 3.  The synagogue’s Social Action committee organizes monthly sandwich-making sessions for volunteers of all ages to provide healthy lunches and after-school snacks for school-age participants in SSYC’s programs.  The Second Street Youth Center Foundation is a multipurpose non-profit organization that provides educational, vocational, cultural and recreational activities for youth and adults in the Plainfield community.

Congregation Beth Israel’s Social Action committee also delivers meals once a month to homebound elderly in the Scotch Plains area through Mobile Meals of Westfield.  Throughout the year, the Social Action committee organizes additional community outreach projects, including: building homes through Habitat for Humanity; collecting winter coats through the Jersey Cares Coat Drive; and putting on an intergenerational talent show in a nearby nursing home.