SYNAGOGUE TO LAUNCH BLITZ OF GOOD DEEDS.

Byline: Tracy Valeri Daily News Staff Writer

Hundreds of volunteers from a Sepulveda Pass temple are planning to donate their time to various centers for AIDS patients, the elderly, the disabled and the homeless Oct. 20.

Stephen S. Wise Temple will sponsor a daylong deployment of hundreds of humanitarians in an effort to kick off its congregationwide ``Mitzvah Day.''

The temple's families, teens and single adults, as well as nonmember volunteers, will be assigned to respond to individual and community needs, regardless if those in need are Jewish, gentile or no particular faith.

``Our tradition,'' said Rabbi Leah Kroll of Stephen Wise, ``tells us that a mitzvah (`good deed') should be done for anyone who needs help.''

Not only will the volunteers be helping people who need it, they will assist nonprofit community groups in removing graffiti in Van Nuys, planting trees in the Sepulveda Basin and cleaning up Will Rogers Beach in Malibu.

Other groups will be delivering meals for Jewish AIDS patients in West Hollywood and predominantly non-Jewish patients at the County/USC AIDS clinic.

Some Stephen Wise philanthropists will perform mitvot (good deeds), working with children with disabilities at the Lowman Special Education Center in North Hollywood and with seniors at the Jewish Home for the Aging in Reseda, as well as a convalescent hospital in Studio City.

Homeless people of all ethnic and religious backgrounds will receive assistance at the Valley Homeless Shelter in North Hollywood and at a West Los Angeles food pantry.

This single-day event is thought to be the synagogue's first effort to involve volunteers of such diverse ages and beliefs. In order to volunteer or to get more information, call Kroll at [phone].