Basket Stuffers Front: Jane Levine, Jill Bauman, Annie Bauman, Dina Epstein, Helen Benes, Ann Storthz, Ilyssa Fox, Back: Kathy Grundfest, Marilyn Sorrells, Rabbi Gene Levy, Bobbye Levy, Becky Marks, Anna Marks, Phyllis Storthz, Curt Foxx

The Social Action Committee at Temple B’nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas, has their hands in quite a few local community projects, “and I feel we are making a difference,” said chairperson Becky Marks, who coordinates the projects and purchases supplies.

The Thanksgiving Basket Project, which kick-started the Social Action Committee’s work in 2007 with about a dozen baskets, provides a holiday meal to needy high school students and their families. With funds solicited from the congregation, Becky buys everything for the annual volunteer Basket Stuffing at the Temple. Continue reading →