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How we impact homelessness

On the first Sunday of every month, a coalition of Rhode Island synagogues, established by the late Alan Axelrod of Temple Beth-El, collaborates with Habitat for Humanity to build houses for low-income families. Some dozen or so volunteers spend several hours doing such manual labor as nailing siding outdoors or hanging window blinds indoors. A supervisor organizes the work and volunteers with carpentry and plumbing skills help those without them. Beth-El members aged 16 and older are always welcome. For more information, email socialaction@temple-beth-el.org