Oneg Signup Online or On Lobby Bulletin Board
This year we will are using Volunteerspot.com to organize our onegs. Changing the system to an electronic one will streamline the process for you and for the office. You will be able to easily switch dates or recheck which date you signed up for, as well, it allows the office to send out automatic reminders. Each member family is expected to host one Shabbat oneg and one festival oneg. If you would prefer to sponsor an oneg without hosting you will be invoiced $55 for each oneg. Please contact Autumn at admin@jewishvancouverusa.
1. Click this link to go to our invitation page on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/
3. Sign up! Choose your spots – VolunteerSpot will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy!
If you do not want to sign up online please email [email protected] with your preferred dates and festivals.
Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually.
Fair Trade Cofffe & Chocolate – K- Cups Now Available
Kol Ami has fair trade coffee and chocolate from Equal Exchange available for purchase. The coffee is $9.00 for 12oz with both regular and decaf available. There are large chocolate bars for $4.00 and small candy bars for $2.00.
Gift Shop
Check out the array of items (and there is more not currently on display.) Honey dishes, the High Holiday prayerbook if you’d like your own copy, greeting cards, kippot, tallit clips, yarhtzeit candles, plus Judaica for your home or to gift to others. The gift shop is open during office hours of Monday through Wednesday, 11am-4pm and Thursdays 12pm-5pm, and on Sundays KAWRJ staffs the gift shop. VISA and Mastercard accepted, as well as cash and checks.
Help Kol Ami Just By Shopping
Fred Meyers Community Rewards
Did you know that you can now make donations to CKA when using your Fred Meyer Rewards Card! Fred Meyer is donating $2.5 million annually to non-profits in the Northwest based on where customers tell them to give. Just sign up by linking your Rewards number to CKA’s number and every time you use your card, CKA will get a donation.
Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to (non-profit) at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards. You can search for us by our name “Congregation Kol Ami” or by our non-profit number “93650”.
- Every time you shop and use your Rewards Card, you are helping CKA earn a donation!
- You still earn your Rewards Points, Fuel Points, and Rebates, just as you do today!
- If you do not have a Rewards Card, they are available at the Customer Service desk of any Fred Meyer store.
- Fore more information, visit fredmeyer.com/communityrewards
- These is a totally FREE and EASY way to give to CKA, so go grocery shopping today!
Amazon Smile & CKA
We have signed up to participate in Amazon Smile. It is a program that tells Amazon where it’s customers would like Amazon to donate their charitable givings. Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to CKA.
AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service, but it supports Congregation Kol Ami just by starting your shopping at smile.amazon.com and selecting Congregation Kol Ami as your charity.
http://smile.amazon.com/ch/91-1487789
Grapevine
Congregation Kol Ami and Grapevine have partnered to connect people with our events. Grapevine is available online and as an app. You can go to http://www.grape-vine.com/ to sign up.
PJ Library
Sign up for a Free subscription for young Jewish families with children 6 months – 6 years old for age appropriate books, CDs and DVDs that are mailed monthly from the Jewish Federation in Portland. For more information and registration, to to http://www.jewishportland.org/pjlibrary.