Collections

The Tikkun Olam Committee conducts collections, both ongoing and seasonal, throughout the year for items to be distributed to needy families and individuals in our community. Watch weekly eblasts or the temple calendar for collection dates and details. Contact Arlynn Joffe if you have suggestions for future collections.

This Month's Collection

Harvest Against Hunger Food Drive

Ongoing Collections

Healthy Nonperishable Food for Manna

Collection boxes are in the Temple lobby year-round to collect nonperishable foods for Montgomery County’s designated food bank, Manna Food Center. We’re focusing our healthy food collection on instant original flavor oatmeal packets, brown rice (16 oz.), whole- grain pasta (16 oz.), canned tuna (12 oz. or larger), canned salmon, canned chicken in water, dry or canned beans (low sodium), natural nut butters, canned vegetables (low sodium), canned fruit (in juices), fruit cups, shelf-stable individual milk boxes, cooking oils, spices, infant formula, and baby foods. Please, no SPAM, matzah, cookies, or candy. Click here for Manna’s most recent Most Needed Foods List.
Clothing Bins for Interfaith Works

Clothing items deposited in the large bins in the TBA parking lot are picked up by the Clothing Recycling Company & distributed to its partners, including the Interfaith Works Clothing Center in Rockville. If you wish all of your items to go directly to the Interfaith Works Clothing Center, feel free to take them to the Center at 751 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD 20851. To get a tax receipt, email: crcoreceipt@gmail.com
Eyeglasses for Lions Club International
Used Cellphones for Secure the Call

Bring your old cellphones to the Cellphone Donation Barrel in the Temple lobby. Secure the Call goes to great lengths to wipe out the information on all phones. Phones are either prepared for distribution to those in need (e.g., seniors & domestic abuse victims) or sent to a recycling center. For more information, visit securethecall.org.