SOFAR NY: Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists

Posted/updated: January 13, 2009

Help Military Families
SOFAR NY provides mental health support and psycho-educational services to families of the military; people who often feel alone, distraught, and are in need of meaningful professional help, which the military does not provide. All our services are provided pro bono, in complete confidence and at no charge. We started here at Central Synagogue, and our core membership has grown to include clinicians from throughout the region. But now we have grown substantially and are seeking more volunteers: primarily licensed psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists. We also would benefit organizationally from business-related skills: organizational development, human resources, training, and educators. Since we started in 2008, SOFAR NY Inc. (Strategic Outreach to Families of all Reservists) has incorporated and become a 501 (c) (3) organization. To see whether you can help this important project, please contact Central member Patricia Rich, SOFAR Co-Director, 212-688-2570 or sofarny@gmail.com.

Notes from Service Men and Women

We are pleased to share with you thank-you notes from the following Service Men and Women:

• U.S. Lieutenant serving in Iraq.Click here
• U.S. Service Woman serving in Afshanistan.Click here
• Lieutenant Colonel serving in Iraq. Click here.
• U.S. Navy serviceman in Iraq. Click here.

Other Articles of Interest
Read about the experience of one congregant who adopted a U.S. Marine serving in Iraq. Click here

Columbia News Service article (April 2, 2008): “Reform synagogues ‘adopt’ U.S. troops in the Middle East” by Zachary Goelman. Click here for the article.

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