Gulf Coast Volunteer Opportunities

June 19, 2013 | 11th Tamuz 5773

Social Action - Tikkun Olam - Repairing the World

The Gulf Coast is still in need of volunteers since the 2005 hurricane season. This webpage provides resources to help you plan a volunteer trip to the area including contact information for volunteer organizations, local Reform congregations, stories from past trips and educational tools.

Tools to Plan YOUR Gulf Coast Volunteer Experience

Local Reform Congregations
Contact information for Local Reform congregations in Greater New Orleans.
Trip-Planning Service: Volunteer Expeditions
Volunteer Expeditions is a trip-planning service developed to assist Jewish volunteer delegations traveling to New Orleans.
Volunteer Opportunities
List of recommended volunteer organizations.

Prayers

Include those affected by the hurricanes and their loved ones in your prayers. View and print out these prayers, created in response to the disaster:

Congregational Prayer of Comfort and Support for Shabbat Re'eh
by Rabbi Sue Ann Wasserman, Director of the Department of Worship, Music and Religious Living
A Prayer for Flood-Filled Days (MS Word DOC)
by Rabbi Paul J. Kipnes of Congregation Or Ami, Calabasas, CA
Four Prayer Poems
by Rabbi Zoe Klein of Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles, CA
Katrina Revealed
by Magda Peck, Temple Israel, Omaha, NE