Activities
Chaverim volunteers respond to calls at any hour and perform the following duties:
- Assist people locked out of their home or vehicle
- Repair flat tires and pump low tires
- Boost car batteries
- Assist cars stuck in snow, mud, etc.
- Give rides to motorists whose cars are disabled
- Transport families to weddings during snowstorms
- Give directions for those in unfamiliar areas
- Obtain gas if someone's gas tank runs dry
- Assist with burst pipes
- Assist with loss of essential services such as gas, electric, water, or telephone
- Provide members for a shiva minyan
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