Volunteering to give aid, bring comfort, and helping community members in need is core to our Jewish values.
We encourage you to become actively involved with social justice and equity at Temple. Please fill out this form to let us know your areas of interest.
Volunteer Opportunities
Our volunteers transform Jewish values into meaningful action through a variety of projects. Recently, volunteers have undertaken projects with FareStart, Seattle Children’s, Northwest Harvest, and Jewish Family Service, as well as opportunities here at Temple such as Operation Sandwich, organized by the Bridge Family Religion School.
Jewish Family Service has many opportunities to help our community. In particular, they play a crucial role in welcoming and resettling refugees in the Seattle area. For ways to get involved, visit their website: https://www.jfsseattle.org/get-involved/
For more information or to volunteer, contact Liz Spiezle at: liz@agelight.com or (206) 323-8486.
Caring Community
No one should have to face a difficult situation or illness alone. Caring Community volunteers assist congregants in many meaningful ways, including rides to doctor appointments and Shabbat services, providing meals post-surgery, and companionship during recovery.
Sacred Journeys welcomes new volunteers. Please contact Jennifer Phillips: jphillips@tdhs-nw.org
If you are in need of our services, please email Nathalie Austin, at naustin@tdhs-nw.org.
Sacred Journeys
Sacred Journeys reaches out to congregants who are dealing with the death of loved ones or are in a period of mourning. Our volunteers make condolence calls, send sympathy cards, reach out with yahrzeit candles, and provide stones at the Hills of Eternity cemetery to place on graves.
We also organize unveiling services and yizkor prayers during Yom Kippur and on each of the pilgrimage festivals.
Learn more about Sacred Journeys.