Your talents and passions have a great impact at the JCC. Volunteer with us for an hour, a day, a month, a year or a lifetime. Make new friends, contribute your skills, and have fun in our warm and welcoming Jewish neighborhood. For more information about these volunteer opportunities, contact Natalie Kramer at 253-0701 ext. 140 or natalie@jccavldev.wpengine.com.
Shalom PreSchool Graduation – Set Up and Décor
Friday, May 29 – JCC Poolside
Help to set up/ decorate the pavilion by the pool for the potluck lunch. Then watch the magic as we wish our graduates the best – Oh the Places They Will Go! For more information please contact Leigh at leigh@jccavldev.wpengine.com.
Cook Team at the Veteran’s Shelter
Tuesday, June 30
10:00 am – 12:30 pm
ABCCM Veterans Restoration Quarters, 1329 Tunnel Road
Five to eight volunteers prepare and serve lunch for up to a 100 homeless vets at the ABCCM Veterans Restoration Quarters and Inn. Serving lunch to the veterans is a rewarding mitzvah as it not only helps meet the nutritional needs of the men but also gives our volunteers a chance to interact with the veterans on a one-to-one basis.
Room-in-the-Inn
Evenings – May 31-June 7th
Congregation Beth Ha Tephila
Room in the Inn (www.homewardboundwnc.org) is a Homeward Bound program which provides a mobile shelter to 12 homeless women each night. CBHT volunteers’ partner with St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church and the Ethical Society of Asheville to provide all of the meals, shelter, evening activities and friendship for RITI women during two different weeks of the year. The goal of RITI is to help the women stabilize their lives and move into permanent housing. The retention rate for the clients who have been permanently housed is 93%!
Contact Sherrill Zoller (tkroom@bethhatephila.org) for more information on this project.
Mitzvah Corps Flower Recycling at the Biltmore Estate and JCC
Sunday June 14th
8:30 AM – Breakdown at Biltmore Estate
11:30 AM – Flower Arranging and Delivery – JCC
Love flowers? Love the Biltmore Estate?? Want to make a difference as a volunteer? Join the JCC Mitzvah Corps volunteers to recycle event flowers into beautiful new arrangements to deliver to community agencies and assisted living facilities.
75th Birthday Bash
Sunday, August 30th
JCC, Second Floor
Get involved and support this fun and festive celebration of what the JCC means to the community!
Ongoing:
Hilde’s House and Shalom Children’s Center Seeks Fun-Loving Volunteers
Hours Minimum – 1 Day/ 2 hours Per Week
Hilde’s House and Shalom Children’s Center are seeking volunteers to provide assistance to classroom teachers with child and infant care activities, either in the classroom, in the gym, or outside on the playground.
Garden Assistant
Hours: Flexible but a minimum of 8 hours/week
May-November
The Garden intern will assist the Garden Specialist in maintaining the Children’s Gardens at the Main Building and the PreK building including soil building, planting, transplanting, weeding, watering, and other maintenance tasks. The intern will help to keep the Garden areas safe and clean for the children and will assist in preparing materials for the Garden lessons.
Shabbat in a Box – Welcome Shabbat
Fridays, 4:00 PM, Bella Vista Gracious Retirement Living, 55 Piney Mountain Drive
Reserve Your Friday today!! We are seeking Community Members to enjoy this great opportunity to “Welcome Shabbat” with our friends at Bella Vista. We provide the Juice Blessings and Challah – you provide the smiles and Ruach (Spirit) – Some suggestion include, but certainly are not limited to: Your Favorite Shabbat Experience… Songs if you are musically inclined, a Shabbat word game or story – really the sky is the limit. Most importantly have fun. This is a great group.
