It's a FUNdraiser!
Guest Bartender Night at McNally's Irish Pub!
Monday, August 20, 5:30 - 8 pm
Come have your dinner, drinks, dessert and have fun with a bit of fundraising for FVJN!
There will be a 50/50 raffle (cash/checks only), and donation jugs on the bar.
See who our surprise "guest bartenders" from FVJN will be behind the bar!
Family friendly, open to all! Friends welcome!
Please RSVP by Aug. 13 for planning purposes to rachely@fvjn.org.
McNally's is located at 109 W. Main St., St. Charles
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FVJN Book Group
Tuesday, August 14, 7 pm at FVJN
Windy City Blues, By Renee Rosen
All are welcome!
Book Group is free to attend and no RSVP needed.
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FVJN High Holidays Services 2018
Mark Your Calendars!
•Rosh Hashanah Service Led by Cindy Michelassi
Sunday, Sept. 9, 6:30 pm service at the UUSG
•Yom Kippur Service Led by Cindy Michelassi
Tuesday, Sept. 18, 5:30 pm light meal; 6:30 pm service at the UUSG
Family friendly, open to all, and free!
*Readers needed for both services!
Reply to email address below and specify Hebrew or English.
$10 Donation Requested
Please all RSVP now for planning purposes to: rachely@fvjn.org.
The UUSG (Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva) is located at
110 S. 2nd St. Geneva.
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Sign Up Now for Sunday School 2018 - 2019!
Fox Valley Jewish School (FVJS)
Registration is open for the 2018 - 2019 school year!
We offer classes for students from PreK (age 3) through 8th grade.
Visit our website to learn about the wonderful plans for the new school year!
Registration forms and more information available at
http://www.fvjn.org/fox-valley-jewish-school/
Please email any questions to:Info@fvjn.org.
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Lazarus House Mitzvah Dinner
Wednesday Sept. 5 Still needs 1 side dish!
Needed:
September: 1 side dish
October: main dish
November: 1 side dish, dessert
Thank you to Mim Evans, Felice Jones, Lisa Foydel, Michelle Welch
for providing the August dinner!
FVJN Provides Dinner the First Wednesday of Each Month.
Please sign up for upcoming months, too!
Click http://www.fvjn.org/lazarus-house/ to sign up!
Questions? Please contact Lisa Foydel at lisafoydel@hotmail.com.
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UPCOMING EVENTS!
August
8/14 - Book Group
8/18 - NIFB (Cancelled due to lack of response)
8/20 - Guest Bartender Night
September
9/9 - Rosh Hashanah Service
9/18 - Yom Kippur Service
Visit http://www.fvjn.org/calendar-of-events/ for complete calendar!
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IMPORTANT NOTES!
•From time-to-time, people in our community donate items to FVJN.
We truly appreciate that you think of us! But because we are very much limited
on space, please email us at info@fvjn.org (mailto:info@fvjn.org) and ask about
donating items. Please do not drop items off at FVJN without first communicating
with us. Thank you!
•Chat with us! We now have a Facebook group! Please visit
"Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors (FVJN) Group" and join!
You can post anything relevant to FVJN, and communicate directly with other
FVJN friends!
•Thank you for reading our weekly eNewsletter!
Tell Rachel you read the eNews -- rachely@fvjn.org and get entered into
a raffle for a special prize!
•Are you interested in making FVJN what you've always wanted your local
Jewish organization to be? There are so many ways to get involved:
Join the Board, join and/or chair a committee, volunteer with events, and more!
Contact Rachel rachely@fvjn.org with your interests and ideas, today!
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Amazon Smile: Shop and Help FVJN at the Same Time!
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite
charitable organization every time you shop, and it doesn't cost you a thing
to donate!
Log onto ** AmazonSmile (https://smile.amazon.com/)
and select "Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors" to receive donations from eligible
purchases before you begin shopping.
The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your
eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
Thank you!
ELSEWHERE
•Prairie Jewish Youth (PJY)
Check out exciting events BELOW for students in 5th - 12th grade!
RSVP Required for ALL EVENTS:
** http://prairiejewishyouth.weebly.com/upcoming-programs.html.
Click above link for details and registration for all events!
*PJY events are open to all interested Jewish kids!
FIND US!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fvjn
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foxvalleyjewishneighbors
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fvjn
"To enrich the lives and enhance connections of our Jewish community."
Our mailing address is:
FVJN • PO Box 346 • Geneva • IL • 60174