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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE December 19, 1986 Page 25
BB’s Gate City Lodge seeks
‘pinch hitters’ on Xmas day
by Richard Bono
I SI stall vuiUi
The Ciate City Lodge of B’nai
ILrith expects to double the num
ber of volunteers for its Pinch
Hitter project Dec. 25 when lodge
members and others from the
community relieve the non-Jewish
workers at two area hospitals
and at the Jewish Home, so that
they can spend the day celebrat
ing Christmas w ith their families.
I he Pinch Hitter project has
been operating since 1981 with
satisfactory results, but an ag
gressive campaign to recruit
volunteers has met with much
success this year, according to
Victor Profis, one of the coordi
nators of the project. He said
that nearly 170 people who have
committed themselves to the pro-
ject will Pinch flit for the non
medical personnel at Georgia
Baptist and Scottish Rite hospi
tals and at the Jewish Home.
"bach hospital requires differ
ent chores.” said Profis. “Typi
cally, we help in the kitchen,
cleaning up and serving food. In
the rooms, we help change sheets
and make up rooms. We will do
anything the hospital asks us to
do that is not medically related.”
(iate C ity Lodge is being assist
ed this year by members of B’nai
B nth Nachal Lodge, who are
volunteering at Scottish Rite
Hospital.
In some cases, the Pinch Hit
ters begin their day at 6:30 a.tn.
and continue until that evening.
“One of the things that we do is
simply go room to room and
socialize with patients.” said
Profis. explaining that patients’
feelings of loneliness and isola
tion are often accentuated during
the holiday season.
“People are just happy to have
someone come in and talk with
UAHC starts program
on AIDS education
The Union of American
Hebrew Congregations this week
called on every arm of the Reform
Jewish movement to educate its
1.25 million members about AIDS
and announced plans to help its
800 member congregations deal
with “this growing epidemic of
tragic proportions.”
In a resolution adopted at its
semi-annual meeting, the UAHC’s
policy-making board of trustees
said Reform congregations “must
move rapidly to educate our
members on the AIDS crisis,
including the disease itself and
the panic it has spawned. We
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them,” he said. “They are very
thankful.”
“The personnel at the hospi
tals and at the Home are also
thankful, not only because they’re
getting a day off thanks to (iate
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must particularly reach our youth
and young adults and be certain
they understand so-called safe
sexual practices.”
Toward this end the UAHC is
developing educational programs
on AIDS for use in Reform Jud
aism’s youth division through its
religious schools, summer camps
and publications for young peo
ple.
At the same time, a cadre of
rabbis and laypersons in each of
the UAHC’s 13 regions is being
trained to furnish counseling and
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