Traditionally, synagogues wishing to affiliate as MAZON partners implement the following:
Ask your board of directors to pass a resolution making your congregation a “MAZON partner.”
Click here for a
sample resolution.
Publicize your congregation's MAZON partnership in your synagogue newsletter and local press.
Click here for a sample
press release.
Appoint a MAZON liaison as the link between your synagogue and MAZON. This liaison meets informally with families preparing for a simcha and with other groups planning synagogue functions. General responsibilities include providing materials and answering questions about MAZON.
Incorporate MAZON’s anti-hunger message into your synagogue holiday celebrations. Encourage your synagogue to participate in MAZON’s biannual campaigns - High Holy Days and Passover - to collect food for local charities and funds for MAZON.
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step-by-step instructions.
Add a 3% surcharge to all synagogue events where food is served. Click here for more information about MAZON’s
3% concept.
If your synagogue has a standard facilities rental agreement, consider adding a "MAZON clause" suggesting that 3% of the cost of the rental be donated to MAZON.
All MAZON partner synagogues receive MAZON's semi-annual newsletters, annual reports, progress reports on MAZON’s work and other timely hunger- and social justice-related information.
The above is simply a list of suggested participation guidelines. Partnership with MAZON is entirely voluntary and, once established, does not obligate the congregation financially or administratively.
