In This Issue:

1. NCAA SQUARES SALES – LAST CHANCE
2. MOTAS APRIL MEETING – SU APR 12
3. DINING OUT – CHIS CHINESE – WE MAY 6
4. MOTAS ANNUAL APPEAL
5. REMINDER: ZELLE/VENMO ADDRESS CHANGE
6. IN CLOSING

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1. NCAA SQUARES SALES – LAST CHANCE

Just a few squares may remain available for our upcoming NCAA Squares game. Please check with our gridmavens, Bob <tasboblevine@gmail.com> and Kathy <tasgridmaven@gmail.com> to see if squares are available. For more information, visit http://squares.tasnorthridge-motas.org/ where you’ll find the instructions, a sign-up form you can download and then print, and a link if you wish to order your spaces online (note: there are two options here: pay online via credit card (adds processing fees), or register online and pay offline via check, zelle, or venmo. Registration closes Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 6pm, unless otherwise announced.

To summarize: each name on the board can have up to 3 spaces. The squares are priced at $36 each. The game is for both the men’s and women’s tournament (semifinal two games each, and final games), so there are 12 opportunities to be a winner, since there is a winner at the half and final score. If the board is fully subscribed at all 100 spaces, the payout is $150 per win.

2. MOTAS APRIL MEETING – SU APR 12

Our April Membership meeting will be Sunday, 4/12, at 8:45am. A full breakfast, including bagels, lox, and eggs, will be available starting at 8:45am. The topic has not yet been announced. We thank the Breakfast Crew for their hard work.

3. DINING OUT – CHIS CHINESE – WE MAY 6

Would you like an easy way to help MoTAS financially? How about taking your family to dinner. The MoTAS “Dining Does Good” allows you to go out to dinner, and have the restaurant donate a portion of your check support the Men of TAS. Our May Dining Does Good” will be Wednesday, May 6  at Chi’s Chinese, 9635 Reseda Blvd, Northridge, CA 91324, (818) 886-6928.

How do you get a flyer? You can find a flyer for the event at https://wp.tasnorthridge-motas.org/activities/dining/ (click on the image of the flyer) or download PDF from our Google Drive . From there, just click on the printer icon to print, or the three dots to download.

We really encourage you to come and support these events: we raise a little extra funds for our work, but more importantly, we come together and break bread as a Temple family on a regular basis. It is a real joy to walk into a neighborhood restaurant and see your Temple friends, to sit down and share a table and talk. This is the heart and goal of MoTAS: Building Relationships.

4. MOTAS ANNUAL APPEAL

The MoTAS Shabbat marks the start of the Annual Appeal, which continues until the end of May. You should have received the official letter from our President; but you can also take care of things online. MoTAS depends on contributions from our membership to do what we do, and to help Temple Ahavat Shalom. To contribute online or to print a donation form, just visit support.tasnorthridge-motas.org or go directly to https://wp.tasnorthridge-motas.org/about/support-motas/. The online direct donation page is here; the link to our Google Drive account with the downloadable PDF form is here.

5. REMINDER: ZELLE/VENMO ADDRESS CHANGE

As a reminder: With the passing of Roger Lowe Z”L and the transfer of Treasurer operations to our new MoneyMaven, Larry Pfefer, our Zelle and Venmo addresses have changed. Please add the following addresses to your Zelle / Venmo address books, and delete the old addresses. We are in the process of updating event forms, webpages, and Ticketleap as events occur.

• Zelle: treasurer@menoftas.org or the Zelle tag MenofTAS
• Venmo: treasurer@menoftas.org

Our Paypal address, onlinesales@tasnorthridge-motas.org, remains unchanged.

IN CLOSING

As always, remember that the Men of Temple Ahavat Shalom is *your* organization. Keep up to date on our activities at http://www.tasnorthridge-motas.org/ and participate. Sign up for our action alert list at http://tinyurl.com/motas-action-alert. We want to serve all the men of Temple Ahavat Shalom and welcome new participants from the TAS membership. Join our Facebook group and “follow” our website. Join the MoTAS Google Group at https://groups.google.com/g/tas-motas (you may need to be logged into your Google account, if you have one). Come be part of the Men of Temple Ahavat Shalom!