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Everything You Want to Know
About
Areyvut’s “Make a Difference” Day
What is the goal of “Make a Difference” Day?
We invite schools, synagogues, families and community organizations to dedicate their day to helping others. Areyvut’s “A Kindness a Day Calendar: 365 Ways to Make a Difference,” which offers 365 suggestions of how to incorporate tikkun olam into everyday life, is already uniting Jewish communities across the country in an effort to inspire acts of kindness. On “Make a Difference” Day, this effort will be strengthened; thousands of families will turn the calendar’s suggestions into action with the help of educational resources that Areyvut will provide.
When is “Make a Difference” Day?
On April 4th, 2008, the A Kindness a Day Calendar encourages people to:
“Try to be totally unselfish today.”
Building upon this suggestion, “Make a Difference” Day has been scheduled to take place on Friday, April 4th. Synagogues, schools, and organizations will be extending the activities throughout the weekend (through Sunday, April 6th) so that everyone can be included in this event.
Participation
Schools, synagogues, organizations and individuals are all invited to participate in the program, regardless of whether or not they own an “A Kindness a Day” Calendar. Each individual setting will determine the best structure to implement the materials. We encourage families, schools and synagogues that participate to send pictures of their projects in “Make a Difference” Day to serve as models for future participants. Pictures can be sent via e-mail to projects@areyvut.org or mailed to Areyvut at 147 South Washington, Bergenfield, NJ 07621.
Registration
You do not need to pre-register to be a part of “Make a Difference” Day. However, we encourage you to register so that we know in advance who is participating and are able to develop programming that is specific to the participants' needs.
To register on-line please click here.
Themes
The themes for the 2008 “Make a Difference” Day will be “Preserving the Environment” and “Thinking Out of the Box.” Educational materials will be available to help you address the theme. The materials will include texts relating to these values, hands on activities to do with your students, suggestions for follow-up and other educational resources.
Previous Educational Materials
2007 Educational Material
2006 Educational Material
2005 Educational Material
Sponsors
We welcome cosponsors who will help financially, inform others about the program and participate in it. Please contact Daniel Rothner at 201-244-6702 or via e-mail at daniel@areyvut.org for more information. All sponsors will be recognized on the Areyvut website, educational materials and all public relations material.
Video Contest!
Do you think you have what it takes to make the most creative mitzvah video in the country? Areyvut challenges you to take video footage of your mitzvah project and to send it to us. The community that produces the most exciting video of their mitzvah project will have their video featured on our website and e-Newsletter.
If you have any additional questions, please contact us at 201-244-6702 or via e-mail at projects@areyvut.org.
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