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AUXILIARY GROUPS: Sisterhood, Men's Club, In The Middle, Golden Years Resource Service, Religious School PTA, Preschool PTA

BABYSITTING: Free Sitting during Shabbat morning and High Holiday services

BIKKUR HOLIM: visiting the sick and elderly

BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY SHABBAT: Monthly Friday Night Service & Oneg celebration

BLOOD DRIVE AND HELENE'S HEROES: Red Cross Blood Drive and Bone Marrow Registry

COLLEGE PROGRAM: Eugene Pohl Memorial College Program keeps in contact by way of services & gifts

CONGREGANT OF THE YEAR AWARD: Annual award to a lay member for outstanding volunteer service

CONNECTION: Synagogue newsletter

COOK FOR A FRIEND: Volunteers cook and pack meals for sick or needy Jewish elderly

FAMILY EVENTS BOARD: (Free) notices of live cycle news

GIFT SHOP: Hours: Mon - Thurs 9 AM to 4 PM, Fri 9 AM to 1 PM (Winter Sun 9 AM to 1 PM) and by appointment

GOLF CLASSIC: Annual golf outing

GYRS: Golden Years Resource Service(senior programs including guest speakers, yoga , and 55 Alive Driving Course

HAZZANUT PROGRAM: Teaches our pre-Bar/Bat Mitzvah students to lead Shabbat services

HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY: The Hebrew Free Loan Society of Greater Philadelphia is housed at Beth Sholom. The Hebrew Free Loan Society provides interest-free loans of up to $5000 to those in need. Borrowers must live in the five-county Philadelphia area and co-signers are required. For more information, contact info@hebrewfreeloanphila.org

ISRAEL ACTION: volunteers raise awareness & money for Israel

KEHILLAH OF OLD YORK ROAD: A cooperative effort of synagogues on Old York Road

LIBRARY HOURS: By appointment

LUNCH AND LEARN: Lunch & program after specific Shabbat services

MINYAN AND MUNCH: Religious school program/brunch

MINYAN IN THE ROUND: Monthly alternative lay led service

MITZVAH GARDEN: Vegetables, herbs and flowers grown and donated to the Mitzvah Pantry

MITZVAH FOOD PANTRY: Shabbat groceries delivered to needy families

MUSICAL OPPORTUNITIES: Adult Chorale, Teenage Hakolot, Youth Chorale, Men's Choir, Annual Show

PHONE TREE: Pre-recorded, automatic phone messages from the Synagogue to congregants

PRESCHOOL: Closing number 3079

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL: Closing number 278

SHABBAT STUDY GROUP: Learning Torah before morning service

SOCIAL ACTION: Volunteers participate in activities of social importance

PLAY: Volunteers participate in an annual Broadway Musical a Beth Sholom

TOURS: Guided tours of Beth Sholom, a Frank Lloyd Wright building

YOUTH GROUPS: Aleph-Bet (grades 3-4), Kadima 9grades 5-6-7), USY (grades 8-12)

ZIMRIYAH: Annual Music Festival

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