Sholom Home Auxiliary

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Sholom Home Auxiliary Newsletter Fall 2008
Tuesday,
October 28th
11:30 a.m.
Golden Valley
Country Club
Cost: $21
See reservation
form on back page!
Auxiliary Update...
by Carole Davidson, Sholom Auxiliary President
S
o far, 2008 has
been busy for
our Auxiliary. We
started out the year
with a very successful
Ball and are happy to
announce that we now
have seven endowment
funds established for our
Auxiliary. Three of them,
the Ruth Dicker Sholom
Ball Fund, the Joy Marcus
Sholom Ball Fund and
Bruce Kahn Sholom Ball Fund, directly benefit our
annual Sholom Ball. The Mindy and Steve Wexler
Communications Fund supports communication
costs for the Auxiliary, and an endowment made
by Sharon and Marty Kieffer helps us sustain our
financial commitment to the beauty shops at both
Homes. The John Schletty Fund and the Sholom
Auxiliary Fund are both general funds. We hope
others will consider making an Auxiliary endowment
to support our efforts.
May was a very busy month! We participated in the
Oy Vey 5K Run/Walk and held our Spring luncheon
and installation of new board members at the Adath
Jeshurun Synagogue which featured an intergenerational concert performed by Wendy Baldinger.
And with Barbara Cohn, we sponsored Mothers’ Day
Teas at both Sholom Home West and Sholom Home
East!
busy making knishes all summer; we sold knishes at
the Israeli Scouts concert at Sholom Home West in
July – at Sholom Home East during the Minnesota
State Fair (our last sale at this location) – and of
course for the High Holidays.
Our Fall luncheon/fashion show is Tuesday, October
28th at Golden Valley Country Club and our very
successful “Sholom for the Holidays” will take place
once again on Sunday, December 7th at a new
location - Knollwood Place Apartments.
Our Ball Chairs, Beth Birke and Sandi Kaster, are
busy preparing for our 2009 Sholom Ball which will
be held on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the Depot
in downtown Minneapolis.
Our Auxiliary is looking forward to participating in
many of the events planned for the opening of the
new Shaller Family Sholom Home East campus and
the remainder of this Centennial year.
As with many organizations, our membership and
volunteerism is decreasing each year. We encourage
all of you who are not members of our Auxiliary to
please consider joining. Our membership dues
and other fundraisers help us keep our financial
commitment to each of the Homes.
Thank you for your continuing support!
Sincerely,
We are going strong selling our “Food For Show,
Food on the Go” cookbooks. Our knish ladies were
Coming in 2009!
Sholom Foundation presents.....
An evening with
Tom Friedman
New York Times columnist and Pulitzer
Prize winning author
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sholom ShaBANG
(a ka Sholom Ball)
Featuring the #1 Beatle’s Show in
the World...””1964 – The Tribute”
Saturday, October 17, 2009
The Depot Downtown-Minneapolis
We need you!
Volunteer Opportunities
Calling all Sholom Auxiliary members, make a difference in the lives of our residents and lend a helping
hand. Your presence - working in the gift shop - reading to a resident - helping out on an outing bringing your pet in for a visit - all these and more add so much to the lives of Sholom Home residents.
Please make time for our seniors - you’ll get back every bit as much as you give!
Numerous volunteer opportunities are available!
l Sholom Gift Shop volunteer
l Assist with special events and parties
l Assist with outings/field trips
l Participate in Friday night services/Blessings (families welcome)
l Travelogues – share videos or photos of memorable trips or tours
l Assist with Bingo, board games and cards
l Lead a book discussion
l 1-1 book reading
l Manicures/or hand massages
l Entertain residents with sing-a-longs, piano playing or another instrument of choice
l Pet visits
l Transport residents to and from activities
l Library assistance
l Holiday candle lighting
l Facilitate craft projects – share your favorite hobby with others
For any additional questions about “making a difference” at Sholom please contact Rollye Rinkey, Auxiliary
Volunteer Liaison, at 952-939-1605 or rrinkey@sholom.com
Sholom Home Auxiliary
2008-2009 Board
President – Carole Davidson
Have you purchased
the Food for Show,
Food on the Go
cookbook?
“Food for Show - Food on the Go”
Cookbook, a Sholom Home Auxiliary
and Mt. Sinai Community Foundation
collaboration, is chock full of high
holiday recipes and so much more!
President-Elect – Nancy Getzkin
Vice Pesident - Service to Residents
– Sharon Kieffer
Vice President- Service to Members
– Lisa Furman & Eileen Strauss
Vice President- Fundraising
– Mavis Goldstein
Vice President- Membership
– Diane Kuperman & Laurie Smith
Recording Secretary – Marion Klein
Notification Secretary – Carol Kvasnik
Treasurer – Francie Corwin
Financial Secretaries –
Tammy Birnberg, Barb Friedman,
Vicki Gillman & Janet Gordon
Committee Chairs
Ball VP – Beth Birke & Sandy Kaster
Cookbook Committee Liaison
– Rollye Rinkey
Holiday Knish Orders – Barb Zweigbaum
Join local media personality and
foodie Sue Zelickson at Byerly’s St. Louis Park on
Tuesday, September 23rd from 6-7 p.m. as she prepares
a Rosh Hashanah menu from Food for Show, Food on
the Go, including apples and honey, Simple Incredible
Chicken, Almond Pearl Couscous from FireLake
Restaurant, Challah, and The Original Carrot Ring. Cost
is $10. Register on-line http://www.lundsandbyerlys.com/
- click on “Classes and Events).
Buy the cookbook on-line at www.sholom.com (click on
the Sholom Auxiliary). Cost is $24 per book plus $1.66
sales tax and $3 shipping and handling. Or, pick up a
copy in the gift shops at both Sholom Home East or
Sholom Home West, or at one of the following Twin Cities
restaurants or retailers:
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Epitome
YUM!
Specially Yours
Crossroads Deli
Byerly’s St. Louis Park
Good Day Cafe
Let’s Cook
d’lish
Immediate Past Presidents
/Nominating Committee –
Heide Mandel & Mindy Wexler
Board Members –
Lois Brand, Barb Friedman,
Lynn Goldbloom, Diane Kaplan,
Marcia Koester, Sari Lipschultz,
Barb Rutzick, Michelle Shaller
Life Board Members
Ann Miller
Beryl Strickon
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Pay Auxiliary dues
RSVP for Fall
luncheon
Volunteer for Sholom
Buy a cookbook
Sholom for the Holidays
Save the date: Sunday, December 7th at Knollwood Place
“Sholom for the Holidays,” the Auxiliary’s annual
Hanukah marketplace, moves to Knollwood Place
Apartments this year on Sunday, December 7th! Mark
your calendar now for this one-stop shopping opportunity
for everyone on your Hanukah (and
other
special occasion) gift list!
Discover fabulous local stores, talented crafts people
and more among the 20+ vendors expected to sell their
wares. From hand-knit items to extraordinary gifts, you’ll
find that special gift at Sholom for the Holidays.
Sholom
for the Holidays
Sholom for the Holidays will
be open for business from 1
to 4 p.m. Carol Kvasnik and
Mavis Goldstein are chairing
this important event which
not only raises money to support Sholom
Homes – but also provides an opportunity
for residents and tenants on the St.
Louis Park Ackerberg Campus to shop
for gifts for their family and friends – right
where they live.
“Food for Show, Food on the Go,” the
Auxiliary’s cookbook, and fabulous Delicious
Knishes (“hot on the spot” – or by the dozen to
take home and enjoy) will be available
for purchase. Bargain priced hot dogs
and pop will sold as well.
Free gift wrapping will be offered for all purchases.
The afternoon shopping extravaganza is free and open
to the entire community.
Interested in participating as a vendor- - or for
questions - call (952) 939-1646.
Sholom Home Auxiliary
Special Service Fund Cards
Now you can have Special Service Fund cards on hand to use for all occasions – big mitzvahs to
simple thank yous! To have cards mailed directly to your home, use this handy order form.
I wish to order:
Qty.
Total
Package of 5 cards @$25/pkg.
_____
$_________
Package of 10 cards @$50/pkg.
_____
$_________
Enclosed is my check for $___________
Mail to (please print):
_______________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
Phone #: _________________________________
All orders must be
prepaid by check.
No phone orders will
be accepted.
Send this order form
and check to:
Marcia Koester
5601 Bernard Place
Edina, MN 55436
OR
Mindy Ribnick
255 Louisiana Ave. S.
Golden Valley, MN 55426
Sholom Home Auxiliary
3610 Phillips Parkway
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Non-Profit
Organization
U.S. Postage
Paid
Minneapolis, MN
Permit No. 3620
Reservation Form
Fashion Show
Please seat me with (maximum 10 per table):
Name_____________________________________________________________________
Address___________________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip_______________________________________________________________
Telephone__________________________Email __________________________________
____# @$21/person
My check for $_______ is enclosed. Note, your check is your reservation.
Reservation deadline:
October 22, 2008
Make your check payable to Sholom Home Auxiliary
and send to:
Elissa Furman
2825 Revere Circle North
Plymouth, MN 55441
For the latest Auxiliary news, go to www.sholom.com
Chai Lites
is published by Sholom Auxiliary l 3620 Phillips Parkway St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Auxiliary President: Carole Davidson
Editor: Connie Savitt Sandler