Our congregation provides dinner every Sunday for SAVE Home, a hospice for men living with AIDS. We ask that you prepare and deliver a meal for 8-10 people. You are encouraged to stay and eat with the residents. Call the Beth Torah office to volunteer for this wonderful year round project.

Contact Rabbi Harris, Program Coordinator at Vharris@beth-torah.org for more information regarding any of these projects.

Our congregation provides dinner every Sunday for SAVE Home, a hospice for men living with AIDS. We ask that you prepare and deliver a meal for 8-10 people. You are encouraged to stay and eat with the residents. Call the Beth Torah office to volunteer for this wonderful year round project. Contact Rabbi Harris, Program Coordinator at for more information regarding any of these projects.

In 1993 the Social Justice Committee of Congregation Beth Torah set out to identify a way in which we could respond to the AIDS crisis. After meeting with members of the Kansas City area organizations involved in serving the HIV+ and AIDS community, and after holding an open meeting for the congregation, we decided to take on the challenge of providing dinner EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT at SAVE Home. In the spirit of hands-on social justice work, we wanted a project that would involve us personally, while helping those in need, and that would be sustainable.

On May 9, 1993 we brought our first dinner to SAVEHome. We are still doing it! Every Sunday night, someone from the congregation prepares or purchases dinner and brings it to SAVE Home to share with the residents. Many have been with the project since its inception; others have joined along the way. There is always room for more volunteers! Most volunteer once or twice a year, and all report greatly enjoying this regular mitzvah.

Many volunteers have gotten to know the residents, and have mourned the loss of those who died. Since 1993 we have seen the benefits of new medications. The residents of SAVE Home live longer and healthier, but they still face an enormous challenge.

SAVE Home is the supervised living facility in a converted house that accommodates up to 8 residents. A staff person is always on the premises. SAVE Home is part of SAVE, Inc., the non-profit agency in the Kansas City area that provides housing and housing-related services to individuals and families affected by, or at risk for, HIV/AIDS so that all may live with dignity. SAVE, Inc. owns and operates 10 buildings with 75 living units and provides housing assistance to over 700 individuals and families each month.

If you have any questions at any time, please don't hesitate to contact me: LAARONSO@KUMC.EDU.

Thank you for helping make this one of our most successful Beth Torah Social Justice projects!