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ANNOUNCEMENTS

IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO IS MOVING INTO THE MAZAL TOVS & COMMUNITY NEWS
GREAT NECK AREA PLEASE LET THE OFFICE KNOW.
Mazal Tov to Meryl & Mark Friedman on the birth of a
SISTERHOOD MISHLOACH MANOT
grandson, born to their children Jared & Serah Friedman.
Order Deadline is Monday, March 1, 2022. Click here to
order online or email order form to vivian@vikron.com. TIKVAH SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Packages: $26 (inc. shipping to NY, NJ, CT) The Tikvah Scholars Program is a summer program at Yale
Order and pickup at GNS to deliver yourself: $18 University for current 10th and 11th graders. The program
Sponsor a Bikur Cholim package: $18 brings together Jewish teens who want to explore how
Judaism informs and challenges Western thought,
CHAVERIM CENTER
Chaverim Center has restarted meets every other philosophy, and politics. There will be two summer sessions:
Wednesday from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm. Listed below are June 27-July 7 and July 25-August 4. Visit https://
the remaining dates and programs until Pesach. tikvahfund.org/hs/tsp2022/home/ to learn more about it.
March 2nd - NSHA students speak about their Chesed Trip SEFORIM GEMACH
to Kentucky Seforim Gemach of Queens has reopened and we are
March 23rd - Relaxation session with Robyn Blumner restocking. If you have used seforim that are good shape
and would like to put them to good use please contact
April 6th - Pesach talk with Speaker TBA Rabbi Steve Moskowitz at smoskowitz@saracademy.org
BLOOD DRIVE or by cell/text at 516-220-7177. We will come to your home
The Men’s Club Blood Drive will be held on Sunday, March to pickup. We do not take shaimot. All proceeds from
13th from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm in the GNS Gym. To seforim go to Tomchei Shabbos of Queens.
book an appointment, visit nybc.org and click on “Donate PLEASE NOTE NEW DROP OFF ADDRESS
Blood” or email reind@sullcrom.com. All donors welcome All Friday food donations for Hunger Initiative should be left
and appreciated!” in the coolers at 19 Crampton Avenue. Please make sure
GNS BIKUR CHOLIM AND GNS CONNECTIONS - your food is nearly packaged and labeled. If you have any
SPONSOR MISHLOACH MANOT/VOLUNTEER TO MAKE questions or need containers for donations please contact
Cindy Hodkin at koshercookinggn@gmail.com or text at
DELIVERIES
For Purim, GNS Bikur Cholim and GNS Connections are 516.317.9632.
planning to distribute beautiful mishloach manot packages BNEI AKIVA SHLUCHOT
from Kandi King to members of our shul that could benefit Please welcome Liron and Shira to your homes for Shabbat
from our outreach. If you would like to volunteer to make meals. The meal train link is: https://rb.gy/wlebp5
deliveries (could be used for high school chesed hours) or
sponsor mishloach manot ($18/package and there are INVITATION FOR SHABBAT MEALS
about 60 recipients), please contact Diane Rein at GNS has several members that live alone and would warmly
drein@verizon.net. For sponsorship payment, please either welcome an invitation for a Shabbat meal. If you are hosting
venmo to @vivian-kron or mail check payable to GNS Shabbat dinner or lunch and have room for another person
Sisterhood. Thank you very much! to include, please email Rabbi Polakoff at dpolakoff@gns.org
or Rabbi Lichter at ilichter@gns.org who will provide you
GNS CHESED THANKS YOU
with the name and contact information of people you can
Thank you to those who collected and participated by
invite. You may not know them, they may be from a
dropping off much needed clothing, toiletries and back different generation or they may daven in a different GNS
packs. This was a tremendous success with many car loads minyan than you do, but we are all part of the same GNS
being dropped off to the Gemach. family.
GREAT NECK COMMUNITY CALENDAR Monday, 27 Adar I
In order to avoid any conflicts, it is suggested that when Alan Adler for Bella Adler
planning a simcha or event that you send your request to Alan Adler for Murray Adler
both mtwersky@gns.org to book at GNS as well as to the Y Tuesday, 28 Adar I
community calendar at greatneckcalendar@gmail.com. A Philip Berman for Marks Berman

CHANGE TO SHUL CLOUD H Michael Aryeh for Morris Schultz
In the coming weeks our shul will be making the transition R Wednesday, 29 Adar I
from Chaverware and Chaverweb to Shul Cloud. The Fred Shaw for Selma Shaw
change will make it easier for everyone to access their Z Mansour Farhadian for Nazanin Sohayegh
records and pay bills through the new portal. As such, we E Friday, 1 Adar II
can no longer accept payments through Chaverweb. If you Joyce Dacher for Marvin Wolfman
want to make a payment you can either call the office or I Saturday, 2 Adar II
make a payment on our website https://www.gns.org/open T Harry Lumerman for Todrys Lumerman
-donation-to-great-neck-synagogue/ and in the message S Sunday, 3 Adar II
box let us know what you are paying. We hope that in the Milton Mitzner for Pearl Drucker
future the process will be a much simpler and easier way Monday, 4 Adar II
to help with your synagogue obligations. Steven Berkowitz for Jack Berkowitz