SCRIP EARNS FHC $36,000 PER YEAR!!!!

Now that I have your attention, read below.

Last night I had my daughter run our Scrip order over to the Scrip coordinator and I calculated that FHC will make about $40. on my order. That may not sound like much, but, if only 75 families were to do the same and it was done for a full year, FHC would earn $36,000. for the year. Certainly we can do even better with more involvement. I just gave the above example of what Scrip can mean for FHC.

That is correct. FHC can earn tons of money with no expense to the purchasers of the Scrip. You buy $100. worth of Scrip and you get $100. of value on a gift card usable at the store/vendor of your choice. FHC gets a percentage from the Scrip company.

In my case FHC made 32 dollars on my supermarket purchases and another 8 dollars on movie theater scrip; two things most of us do all the time.

This is a "no brainer" to contribute to FHC and to keep FHC dues down.

I urge everyone to purchase Scrip. In my opinion, there is simply no easier, less painful method of helping FHC make ends meet.

I would also like to point out that there is nothing stopping us from taking Scrip orders from non-members and making money on those purchases. Friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, etc.

Shalom. Jeremy

Plans and photos of FHC construction

 

 

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status shots of construction

 

BLOOD DRIVE MARCH 4, 2007 AT FHC

First Hebrew Annual Blood Drive Sunday March 4th, 2007 9 AM – 3 PM

FHC continues our commitment to the community through the annual blood drive. In conjunction with Hudson Valley Blood Services, we hope to once again have a successful drive. Blood is urgently needed and our involvement helps save lives. We had a very successful drive last year and lets continue the momentum. Please call the temple at 914-739-0500, or 914-737-7499x221 to arrange an appointment. The process takes 45 minutes. Please bring ID and drink fluids. We thank you for your continued support. This is an important MITZVAH! Food and drink will be supplied. Remember, the Purim Carnival is running simultaneously with this event. Please have both parents come to participate. What a blast to come dressed up for the occasion!!! Shalom

Soup kitchen

Thank-you for your terrific efforts in support of the soup (pasta) kitchen. Quietly, without fanfare our members make a difference.

Shalom.

Jeremy 

SAVE THE DATE OCTOBER 21, 2007 5PM TO 10PM

SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 21, 2007 FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UPTOWN SYNAGOGUE AND THE 2007 RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING.

PUT THE DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR. MUCH MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.

ALSO, ANYONE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE PLANNING OF THIS EVENT CAN CONTACT MY WIFE AT RSKAENE@YAHOO.COM

THERE IS ALOT TO DO AND ALOT OF FUN AND EXCITEMENT AHEAD,


SHALOM.

JEREMY

Be still sad heart...

Jews, in my opinion, have a funny way of looking at things. I, of course, include myself in that an analysis. We tend to look at things in a pessimistic way. We tend to see the glass as half empty, maybe with our distorted viewpoint, the glass is empty and we owe someone some liquids.

Often, when a Jew confronts a problem it is as if the world is coming to an end and there is no hope. Now this way of thinking probably is because of our history of suffering as a people, our position as the world's scapegoat, etc. I can understand how Jews tend to expect the worst so as not to be disappointed. But, do we have to continue in that vein? Is there some way we can decide, as a people, to have a more optimistic outlook, to at least see the glass as having water in it?

We must stop our collective sense of dour and sour and start seeing the positive and build on that. I am tired of the defeatist mentality. We must start thinking about turning our fecal matter into manure, our lemons into lemonade, our problems into solutions.

Believe me, as a parent of four children, with one child having a disability, I sometimes let myself wonder "why"? Fortunately, our one child's disability, for example, has and continues to refocus my vision on what is truly important and what are my objectives in this life. Most issues pale in comparison to health related issues and I make a point of reminding myself that every day.

As my grandmother used to quote the first two lines of a Longfellow poem:

Be still sad heart and cease repining;
Behind the clouds the sun is shining.

Of course the next few lines (which are not quoted herein), are not as uplifting, but that may have been why my grandmother only told me the first part.

Shalom.

Jeremy