05/31/2026
🗣️🎊It's VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT DAY! 🎊🗣️
This month, we are celebrating none other than Lee Ann Heller !
For 15 years, Lee Ann Heller has been the quiet engine behind one of Temple Sinai’s most meaningful mitzvahs: the Shabbat Bag delivery program at Stamford Hospital.
Lee Ann assembles the bags: a prayer card, a challah roll, grape juice, Shabbat candles, and a small pad and pen. Students from Temple Sinai’s religious school create handmade cards that add a personal touch.
While Lee Ann puts the bags together and leads the effort, this is truly a team endeavor. Once assembled, she hands the bags off to an all-star cast of volunteers. But they don’t just drop the bags off. Volunteers stay and engage with patients, to offer conversation if they’re interested. As “community" is one of Sinai’s core values, the point is to make those who are stuck in the hospital feel a little less alone.
Thank you, Lee Ann Heller, for bringing a little Shabbat and joy to those who need it.
To learn more about the Shabbat Bag program, including volunteer opportunities, reach out to Lee Ann!
