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Members of Lion's Gate Lodge C. C. A. Committee prepare Chanuka hampers for the needy

CA JMABC A.1999.001-4-4-2-13
Stuk
[December 1959]

Photograph attached to scrapbook. It depicts members of the B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge C. C. A. Committee preparing Chanuka hampers for the needy. Members pictured (left to right): Chuck Kemp, Maurice Lifchus, Jack Sparton, and an unknown member.

[Simah Torah]

CA JMABC A.1999.001-4-4-2-15
Stuk
[January 10, 1960]

Part of B'nai B'rith fonds

Photograph attached to scrapbook. It depicts the dedication and presentation service for a new sefer Torah being presented to the Jewish Home for the Aged. Preceding the service, the Torah was carried under a canopy in a procession from 49th Avenue and Fremlin Street to the Home at 54th Avenue and Oak Street.

Committee members assist in setting up of clinic and donate blood

CA JMABC A.1999.001-4-4-3-10
Stuk
[May 21, 1958]

Part of B'nai B'rith fonds

Photograph attached to scrapbook. It depicts Alec Jackson (left) and an unknown B'nai B'rith member helping to unload a Canadian Red Cross blood transfusion service truck. B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge organized a blood bank clinic at Beth Israel synagogue in May 1958. Corresponding photos of this event can be found in other scrapbooks.

Lion's Gate Lodge assist in the purchase of this piano for the boy's receiving home

CA JMABC A.1999.001-4-4-3-11
Stuk
[October 1958]

Part of B'nai B'rith fonds

Photograph attached to scrapbook. It depicts Sam Gordon (left) and an unknown B'nai B'rith member posing with residents of a Children's Aid Society receiving home on 11th Avenue in Vancouver. They are posing in front of a piano which was purchased with the help of a donation from B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge.

Committee members prepare Chanuka hampers for the needy

CA JMABC A.1999.001-4-4-3-17
Stuk
[December 1958]

Part of B'nai B'rith fonds

Photograph attached to scrapbook. It depicts (left to right) two unknown Community Service Committee members, Harvey Sinder, Jack Sparton, Maurice Lifchus, Alec Jackson, and Chuck Kemp preparing Chanuka hampers to be distributed by the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau to needy Jewish families around Vancouver.