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The CRC Mitzvah Corps is at the heart of CRC’s caring community. Dedicated to nurturing, connecting and healing our community, Mitzvah Corps volunteers quietly respond the needs of CRC members.

Interested in getting involved? Whether you’d like to cook, drive, or just visit, the Mitzvah Corps needs you! To volunteer, Submit interest here.

Doing good, together — grown-ups and kids side by side.

Mensch Makers helps our children learn about caring for others and models the Jewish value of tikkun olam, repairing the world. It’s also a chance for families to make memories together while building friendships with other CRC households.

For caregivers and children ages 5–11 (K–6th grade). Younger and older siblings always welcome — and you don’t have to be a member to come.

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Join our CRC Mitzvah Farm gardeners and grow fresh healthy food for our neighbors in need.  The produce we grow is used to supply Trinity Food Pantry.  Our flowers decorate CRC at the holidays.

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Email: MitzvahFarm@centralreform.org

Come to CRC to help out on pack-up day when we join with Abide In Love to create food care packages for families who have been affected by immigration issues. Bring food donations, or just come and help divide the food, and pack up delivery vehicles.

Pack-up days this fall:
Sunday, October 11; Sunday, November 15; and Sunday, December 13.

Volunteers need to register here ASAP!

Serve with CRC, Preparing meals for 314 Oasis

Join us as we prepare and deliver a nourishing meal for our neighbors through 314 Oasis at Fountain Park. Under the leadership of Amy, a team of 6–7 volunteers will gather in the CRC kitchen from 9:00–11:30 a.m. on the third Monday of each month to prepare a comforting menu.  Participate as you are able: sign up for one week or multiple.

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Cook for Room at the Inn

Sign up to cook a meal for the Room at the Inn program. This is a great way the whole family can do tikkun olam from home. Contact Amy Ravin with questions.

At CRC, we are a Sukkat Shalom - a shelter of peace - a place where people can seek respite and support, including our unhoused and food insecure neighbors. One of our core values is Tikkun Olam - World Repair.  Our Tikkun Closet is one way in which we live that core value and care for those in need.

We rely on our community to help us in providing for the essential needs of those who come to us seeking help by donating to our Tikkun Closet. 

Items we are always seeking:

• Lg & XL Men's white or black t-shirts
• Lg Men's socks (white or black preferred)
• Lg Belts
• Deodorant
• Individual bottled water and juices
• Utensils  
• Granola Bars
• Fruit Bars
• Pudding
• Peanut Butter Crackers

• ONLY easy-open cans and plastic jars, please no glass:

  • Peanut Butter
  • Tuna
  • Chicken
  • Canned Fruit Cocktail

CRC’s holiday gift drive in St. Louis supports Gateway 180, which runs a free on-site shop where parents staying with them can choose holiday gifts for their children.

They send us a list of what they need, and we fill it. Bring new, unwrapped items to the collection bin in the Oneg between December 1 and December 14 — every gift helps a family have a holiday to look forward to.