BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:182@jewishlifect.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T110000 DTSTAMP:20230906T165841Z URL:https://jewishlifect.org/events/jewish-federation-of-western-ct-albert -habonim-awards/ SUMMARY:JEWISH FEDERATION of WESTERN CT.\, ALBERT HABONIM AWARDS DESCRIPTION:JEWISH FEDERATION OF WESTERN CT. will be running their Annual C ampaign Kickoff Breakfast and presenting their annual Sylvia &\; Burton ALBERT HABONIM Awards.\n\nThey are pleased and we are proud to announce t hat long-time Coalition member\, pioneering community leader and activist Carolyn Setlow will be honored.\n\nFollowing is a description of the   \;committee and some of the efforts Carrie spearheaded\, on behalf of the Coalition and our local interfaith community\, in recent years:\n\nThe Gre ater Washington Coalition for Jewish Life has a long tradition of particip ating in local interfaith programs and\, in many cases\, initiating those programs. \; We value them for many reasons. They offer us opportuniti es to increase each others’ knowledge of and respect for the beliefs and traditions of all faiths practiced in our community\, and to identify sha red community needs.\n\nOver the years\, we have collaborated with clergy and lay members of several local churches. \; These programs have incl uded interfaith Thanksgiving services\; panel discussions among Jewish\, C hristian and Islam clergy and others.\n\nIn recent years\, the activities of the Coalition’s “Community Social Action Committee” have broadene d in response to a local call for action. \; In May\, the Coalition an d its CSAC was invited to join the newly-formed “Washington Council on C ongregations” in the town of Washington. \; Together\, seven religio us organizations gathered\, seeking to serve their neighbors through a var iety of collaborative efforts and to address the shared issues and growing needs of our challenging times. \; In little time\, WCOC was up and r unning with a series of successful food drives and a blood collection\, ra ising much-needed funds and resources and engaging many members of the com munity with their timely initiative.\n\nAlan Rosenstock\, President of Tom che Shabbos of Rockland County\, a nonprofit group providing a multi-facet ed approach to addressing hunger and poverty\, will be the program's guest speaker.\n\nAll are encouraged to attend and support the event\, kindly R SVP by September 7.\n\n \;\n\nwww.jfed.net\n\ncconti@jfed.net\n\nCathy Conti\, 203.405.7009\n\n \;\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR