Volunteer & Serve

Bring unread or gently read books to one of the donation bins located just outside the TBAM administrative offices. This year-round collection distributes your donations to multiple local organizations serving multiple age groups and reading populations.

Contact Brenda Kilmer and Jeffrey Rosenberg for more information.

Your donations support the following organizations:
● Children’s Trust Books for Free
● Everglades Men’s Correctional Facility Library
● Homestead Women’s Correctional Facility Library
● Miami Jewish Home & Hospital for the Aged at Douglas Gardens
● One More Child

Based on our Jewish tradition of caring for our own, the Caring Committee promotes a culture of love and compassion by providing support, assistance and solace to congregants and their families as needed.

Please submit your information here if you know of congregants in need of caring or want to help as needs arise.

Questions? Contact Rabbi Judy Kempler and Shelley Payne ([email protected])

Are you or someone you know in need of caring? Do you want to help care for your fellow congregants?

Let us know by providing your info below.

Make a positive difference in the lives of at-risk and former foster-care youth by donating and delivering a family-style dinner for 15 residents on the third Tuesday of the month. Service opportunities for Casa Valentina are coordinated in conjunction with the Sisterhood at Temple Beth Am and the National Council of Jewish Women/Kendall Section.

Contact Susan Malca and Carol Flicker for more information.

Get involved in local service opportunities and earn community-service credit for school by volunteering with the numerous programs going on in and around Miami-Dade.

Click here for a regularly updated calendar of opportunities or contact Yonah Janowitz for more information.

Join us and the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism (RAC-FL) to oppose recently signed anti-immigrant law in Florida. In partnership with national and local interfaith coalition partners, our campaign will build robust communities that will stand up to this unjust law and policies. Together, we will build power through our shared values, raise our moral voices and work together to ensure that every immigrant/refugee is protected and cared for in our communities.

Contact us at [email protected]

Interested in growing vegetables, nurturing fruit trees and learning about native butterflies? Learn how you can take part in TBAM’s community and school garden with monthly, hands-on, family friendly programming and regular volunteer opportunities. Check the calendar for upcoming events here.

Have a question? Contact [email protected].

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Provide care and support to children and their families impacted by abuse, neglect, trauma or disabilities with JAFCO.

Contact Jennifer Diemar for more information.

Crafting and creative enthusiasts gather the first and third Tuesday of every month at TBAM to kibbitz, nosh and make comforting pieces for the clergy to give to those in need of TLC.

Contact Anne Becker and Phyllis Leff to learn more and confirm meeting times and locations.

Schedule: First and third Tuesday of each month, 10 AM – 12 PM
Location: Meeting Room 3 (2nd floor), TBAM Administrative Offices

PATCHES is a nursing center that serves children of disadvantaged families by providing nursing care and therapies, education and nutrition 5 days a week for children birth to 21 years old. You can help by volunteering, fundraising and earning community-service hours with the PATCHES Ambassador Program for teens.

Contact Jen Resnick for more information.

Speak to local community groups about the dangers of cyber trafficking and how to safeguard against online predators. Service opportunities are coordinated in conjunction with the National Council of Jewish Women/Kendall Section. Contact Susan Malca for more information.

Prepare a home-cooked meal with your friends and fellow congregants for out-of-town families with children receiving treatment at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Contact Judi Gampel for more information.

Support the future success of abused, abandoned and neglected children in our community by ensuring they have a voice through a court-appointed Guardian ad Litem and receive basic-needs, dignity items and meaningful experiences so they may dream beyond their circumstances with Voices for Children. Contact Kadie Black, the President and CEO, for more information.