Submission #28360 by Kol Haverim Mens Club - Glastonbury, CT (207)
2023
I have read the 2023 Torch Awards Program Guidelines.
Yellow Candles April 19, 2023
Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle
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Yellow Candle Program summary
Our Brotherhood makes it a mission for all congregational families to receive the Yellow Candles for Yom Hashoah
We do the program on Wednesday Nights - school takes place on Wednesday and hope some students and family members stay for the service which is at 6PM
Our Congregational Community fully supports this program and any donations we receive go back to Holocaust program within our congregation and the ADL does some programming too.
We deliver the Yellow candles to all congregants homes prior to Yom Hashoah.. If congregants are out of town - we mail the yellow candles to them.
Our Rabbi Kari performs our Yom Hashoah service in person and via zoom
We get wonderful letters from congregants after the service with donations that go back to Holocaust programming.
Our Brotherhood makes it a mission for all congregational families to receive the Yellow Candles for Yom Hashoah
We do the program on Wednesday Nights - school takes place on Wednesday and hope some students and family members stay for the service which is at 6PM
Our Congregational Community fully supports this program and any donations we receive go back to Holocaust program within our congregation and the ADL does some programming too.
We deliver the Yellow candles to all congregants homes prior to Yom Hashoah.. If congregants are out of town - we mail the yellow candles to them.
Our Rabbi Kari performs our Yom Hashoah service in person and via zoom
We get wonderful letters from congregants after the service with donations that go back to Holocaust programming.
We, The Brotherhood of Congregation Kol Haverim started doing Yellow Candles 3 years ago when we joined FJMC Connecticut Valley Region
Our mission is to reach all members of our congregation with a candle at their home.
for all our local families - we have a few guys that drive to our congregants homes and personally deliver the candles to them.
Some of our congregants who come to our building can pick up but after April 9th, the CKH brotherhood drivers head out and deliver.
Some of our members are home and we chat with them. Many though are not home at the time of delivery and we out on their door post or in their front door area.
I will be attaching the letter and memorial information that is provided with the Yellow Candle
For those members who are out of the area -we package up and mail 1st class to be sure they receive them.
The Yellow candles are in a Yellow bag along with information about the upcoming service and a note at the bottom of the letter if they want to make a donation for this program.
A second page lists the name of a child who perished. Each family receives a different name.
Our Rabbi Dr. Kari Tuling presides over our Yom Hashoah Services on Wednesday April 19th. We have in house and provide this service via Zoom to our congregants.
The service lasts about 45 minutes and finishes with all congregants in attendance or via zoom light the yellow candle and recite a name of a child who perished during the Holocaust. This is a very powerful moment for all of us.
There is a quietness after the lighting for a minute or two.
A week following the program - The Brotherhood starts to receive donations for this program.
To date, we have received over $500 in donations.
These $$ are earmarked for Holocaust and ADL programming within our congregation
The ADL has come in for a program on Hate , Antisemitism in our State ( CT)
The hebrew school also had programming from the ADL to talk to our students as well during their hebew school classes which was held on a Wednesday in April.
Our mission is to reach all members of our congregation with a candle at their home.
for all our local families - we have a few guys that drive to our congregants homes and personally deliver the candles to them.
Some of our congregants who come to our building can pick up but after April 9th, the CKH brotherhood drivers head out and deliver.
Some of our members are home and we chat with them. Many though are not home at the time of delivery and we out on their door post or in their front door area.
I will be attaching the letter and memorial information that is provided with the Yellow Candle
For those members who are out of the area -we package up and mail 1st class to be sure they receive them.
The Yellow candles are in a Yellow bag along with information about the upcoming service and a note at the bottom of the letter if they want to make a donation for this program.
A second page lists the name of a child who perished. Each family receives a different name.
Our Rabbi Dr. Kari Tuling presides over our Yom Hashoah Services on Wednesday April 19th. We have in house and provide this service via Zoom to our congregants.
The service lasts about 45 minutes and finishes with all congregants in attendance or via zoom light the yellow candle and recite a name of a child who perished during the Holocaust. This is a very powerful moment for all of us.
There is a quietness after the lighting for a minute or two.
A week following the program - The Brotherhood starts to receive donations for this program.
To date, we have received over $500 in donations.
These $$ are earmarked for Holocaust and ADL programming within our congregation
The ADL has come in for a program on Hate , Antisemitism in our State ( CT)
The hebrew school also had programming from the ADL to talk to our students as well during their hebew school classes which was held on a Wednesday in April.
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