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ongregation Beth Ahm’s 
Tikkun Olam volunteers 
continuously perform 
mitzvot through multiple initiatives, 
such as providing and preparing 
meals for donation through nonprofit 
organizations, donating backpacks 
filled with school supplies for 
children returning to school and 
making “plarn” (plastic yarn made 
from used grocery bags) mats for the 
homeless to sleep on. The volunteers 
also collect necessities to donate to 
homeless shelters throughout Metro 

Detroit. 
They are also busy in the Jewish 
community — collecting and 
delivering food for Yad Ezra as well 
as delivering food or goodies for 
local Jewish seniors and Holocaust 
survivors. Each initiative is supported 
through donations of goods, 
monetary gifts or by volunteering to 
provide for those in need. 

To join Congregation Beth Ahm in performing 

the mitzvah of Tikkun Olam, contact Renee 

Fein at rfein@cahm.org or (248) 851-6880.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF BETH AHM 

Congregation Beth 
Ahm Tikkun Olam 
Volunteers Give Back 
 

Volunteers 
prepare hot meals 
at the Crossroads 
Kitchen in Detroit.

The completed 
plastic mats 
made by 
Beth Ahm 
volunteers. 

Susan Sovel 
joined 
Beth Ahm 
volunteers 
cutting bags 
to make 
“plastic yarn.”

Plastic bags 
collected for 
making sleeping 
mats for the 
homeless.
Laura Goldston 
and Debra Darvick, 
co-chairs of Beth 
Ahm’s Tikkun Olam 
Committee, make 
sandwiches for the 
homeless.

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