SOUTH WOODFORD: Synagogue plants trees for charity (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

Members of a South Woodford synagogue helped plant trees as part an annual celebration

8:30am Tuesday 17th November 2009 in News By James Ranger

WORSHIPPERS from a synagogue got their hands dirty as they helped raise awareness of environmental sustainability.

Members of the congregation at Woodford Liberal Synagogue in Marlborough Road, South Woodford, went down to Forest Farm's Peace Gardens in Hainault as part of the Mitzvah Day celebrations.

Once there, the 50 or so green-fingered volunteers helped clear an area of overgrown land to prepare for the planting of trees.

Synagogue chairman Daniel Janoff said: “This event is very close to my heart. I am very proud and encouraged that so many of the congregation came to support it on Mitvah Day.”

All the group's hard work was rewarded by a special hot lunch which was cooked over an open fire in among the cleared land.

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