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Tikkun Lexington Plans Many Projects For Coming Year

Group Offers Many Ways to Volunteer in our Community

Tikkun Lexington, a program of the Central
Kentucky Jewish Federation started
developing several exciting projects for the
upcoming year at its opening meeting.

First on the agenda, is our Fall Clean-up
project. Pick up your paint brushes and
hammers and get ready to repair Lexington.
This Tikkun Repair Project is suitable for those
who enjoy doing minor home repairs, such as
raking leaves, putting in light bulbs, cleaning
gutters, or doing light painting. We will help
homebound, elderly people who cannot
perform these tasks on their own. Please join
us in this worthy activity and help us to help
our community.

Where Do We Go

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Does Lexington Need A JCC?

In August, the CKJF Board of Directors met to
define where we should go, as a community,
in the coming year.

While noting that many of the goals we set for
ourselves three years ago have been, to a large
extent, accomplished, there are still some
pending issues. One of them is certainly the
issue of a Community Center, which has been
raised repeatedly over the years.

Should that Center be a traditional JCC?
Should it be a cultural center? Should it serve
as a permanent home for our Camp Shalom?
These and many other questions have been
raised. As per the Board decision, we will now
try to begin to answer them.

One of the conclusions resulting from the
see Where Do We Go, page 15

 

If you need work done, please notify us as
soon as possible and our Jewish Volunteer
Corps will schedule a visit. Don’t be shy, use
the application form on page 8. The Tikkun
Lexington committee reserves the right to
assess what jobs are possible and will let
participants know in advance if the job can be
accommodated and when it will be done.

Next, Tikkun Lexington is going back to the
Stewart Home in Frankfort, Kentucky on the
following dates: October 24, December 18,
February 13, and March 7. This facility, which
is both a school and a residence, has a
beautiful campus with many dorms, teaching
rooms, and social rooms. The Stewart Home is
nationally renowned for its ability to help and

JewLS Continues Summer
Momentum with Great
Fall Programs

Tami O’Hayon and Kim Morris enjoy an evening out at
Atomic Cafe with IewLS. See story on Page 9.

   

 

 

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house its large number of developmentally
challenged residents. There are many Jewish
residents who deeply enjoy celebrating
festivals, embracing life and making friends.
We look forward to increasing our volunteer
pool for this worthwhile event. Because we
have moved the start time to 6:30 pm we will
leave the Chinoe Shopping Center by 5:45 pm
for our caravan to Frankfort. Come join the
fun, and notice how your small gift of time
brings much joy to your heart.

It is time to start thinking about December
25th , the day formerly known as Mitzvah
Day. This year it has been renamed the "Day
of Giving." Since it is better to give than to

see Tikkun Projects, page 3

Community Aging

  
   
 
       
      
 

Jewish Family Services .of the Central
Kentucky Jewish Federation wants to be sure
that interested members of the Jewish
community take advantage of the Lexington
Elder Care Tour and Successful Aging Fair to
be held in November, 2003.

For the past two years, Lexington Family
Magazine has sponsored an Elder Care
Facilities Tour, which will again be held this
year, on November 16th, 2003 from 1:30 to
5:00 pm. For this event numerous local elder
housing facilities host free open houses so that
older adults and their families can learn about
housing options in a friendly, relaxed
environment. According to a retirement
community representative, ”The Elder Care
Tour is the premier senior living event of the
year in the Lexington area. It fosters a
positive and open relationship between family
members, seniors and staff of senior
communities and service agencies.” Just
obtain a copy of the November issue of
Lexington Family Magazine, free of charge, at
area newsstands and follow the instructions. 1'
Your tour is self-guided, which allows you to
choose the places you visit and take as much
the time as you need at each site.

see Aging Fair, page 3