The shul’s Tikkun Olam Initiative thanks the many congregants who donated to the School Supplies Drive for the children of CAST clients. We filled the red barrel three times, helping to give these students a great start to the new school year.

The Common Ground garden continues to produce organic vegetables and herbs. Each weekday, crates of zucchini, beets, peppers, basil, beans, tomatoes, carrots, etc. are harvested and brought to the CAST food pantry and other North Fork food banks. Volunteer gardeners from our synagogue as well as others from the community and local churches make this possible.

Congregation Tifereth Israel was publicly thanked at the CAST Parent-Child-Plus graduation for our donation of age-appropriate bilingual books to the 3- and 4-year-olds.

The TOI plans to continue supporting our local community.

Pictured, from left, Veronica Kaliski, Suzan Lipson and Madelyn Rothman harvest veggies at Common Ground.

Tom Byrne photo