Mitzvah Project Ideas

Description of Organization:
Dare to Care is a non-profit organization dedicated to feeding those at risk of hunger. Dare to Care has 380 sites that distribute food boxes or prepare meals in the Kentuckiana area. Dare to Care serves 8 counties in Louisville and 5 in Southern Indiana through their many feeding programs.

Bnai Mitzvah Projects or Volunteer Opportunities offered by the organization for children ages 11 - 13:

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Dellridge Health and Rehab Center is a long term care nursing home.

Bnai Mitzvah Projects or Volunteer Opportunities offered by the organization for children ages 11 - 13:
Opportunities to volunteer in recreational programs, Sabbath Services and as friendly visitors.

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Bnai Mitzvah Projects or Volunteer Opportunities offered by the organization for children ages 11 - 13:
Check out Do Something's website and sign up for our monthly mailings so you will be kept updated on the cool, new opportunities for service that Do Something is promoting each month. The challenges this year start in October with a Second Hand This! Challenge to educate people about the dangers of second hand smoke. Do Something fights domestic hunger and promotes nutrition with a Thanks/Giving challenge in November and December. In January the Kindness & Justice Challenge honors the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. and is one of Do Something's longest-running challenges. In February, Do Something calls for kids to make their lives safer with the Safe at School Challenge. The Citizen ACTion Challenge debuts in March, encouraging kids to get involved in their local governments. In April, the Financial Education Challenge teaches young people about money and savings and includes a fun, interactive game to play. The May Fitness Challenge inspires young people to get active and create fitness spaces in their neighborhoods. In June and July, youth across America will be turning something brown into something green during our Green Challenge. Last, but certainly not least, Do Something promotes caring for your pets with the Animal challenge during the month of August. We would love kids to get involved in any or all of these challenges. Don't forget to sign up on Do Something's website for mailings and go to your local Sam Goody to pick up the new issue of BIULD magazine!

Description of Organization:
Founded in 1976 by a group of young adults, DOROT is a dynamic partnership of volunteers, professionals, and seniors dedicated to enhancing the lives of the elderly. With the help of the largest volunteer corps serving the elderly in the United States, DOROT enables older people to maintain their independence and live with dignity in their own homes for as long as possible. DOROT's programs provide companionship, food, housing, education, and information to more than 10,000 seniors and their caregivers each year.

Bnai Mitzvah Projects or Volunteer Opportunities offered by the organization for children ages 11 - 13:

Description of Organization:
Efrat provides social and financial support for pregnant women in distress in Israel. Many women who decide to terminate their pregnancies in Israel do so only because of economic concerns.

Bnai Mitzvah Projects or Volunteer Opportunities offered by the organization for children ages 11 - 13:
Bnai Mitzvah children and/or parents can pick the Efrat organization for their chesed project. Efrat has a matching program where for every $1,000 contributed Efrat matches up the contributor with an expecting mother who needs support.

Description of Organization:
In recent years, Israel has experienced an increase of more than 400% in the number of reported incidents of child abuse. ELI’s mission is to address this growing concern, and protect Israel’s children from all kinds of abuse (sexual, physical, emotional, and severe neglect) through a comprehensive continuum of services available at a single point-of-entry, including crisis intervention, emergency hot line and shelter services, therapy, prevention programming, professional education, and community awareness. No other agency in Israel focuses solely and specifically on the unique issues and methodologies for preventing and treating child abuse.

Bnai Mitzvah Projects or Volunteer Opportunities offered by the organization for children ages 11 - 13:
ELI is a wonderful custodian of charitable dollars. What ELI needs most are financial contributions. You could also help ELI by introducing us to others who may consider supporting ELI financially. You could do this through a letter writing campaign or in person. One other way to stay involved with ELI is to become pen pals with one of the children who lives in ELI's emergency shelter.

Description of Organization:
Primary medical center for Northeastern Israel serving 500,000 men, women and children. Established in 1924 and today affiliated with the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine of the Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa. The 1st hospital in Israel to receive the JCI accreditation for the highest standards in patient safety and healthcare.

Bnai Mitzvah Projects or Volunteer Opportunities offered by the organization for children ages 11 - 13:

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EMUNAH is building a strong Jewish future in Israel, one child, one family at a time through its network of 250 social welfare and educational programs throughout Israel. EMUNAH maintains 5 children's residential homes for abused and abandoned children,135 day care and after-school centers, 5 high schools, the RESCUE Program for disadvantaged young women, the EMUNAH College of Art and Technology, 13 crisis counseling centers, immigrant enrichment programs, senior citizen centers, and ongoing services to evacuees from Gush Katif and to the residents of Sderot. EMUNAH is the winner of the prestigious 2008 Israel Prize in recognition of its lifetime achievement of excellent humanitarian, social, cultural and educational services to the people of Israel.

Bnai Mitzvah Projects or Volunteer Opportunities offered by the organization for children ages 11 - 13:

• Celebrate in Israel with the kids from our homes
• Donate a portion of your gifts to needy children
• Organize a group bake sale Form a challah-baking class
• Create and sell gift baskets
• Plan a Car Wash Day
• Put on a talent show and sell tickets
• Organize a benefit basketball game
• Donate funds for books for Israeli children
• Or call us for more ideas.

Description of Organization:
For 13 years through a program built on outdoor sports, the people of Etgarim have been providing victims of terror, and people with special needs, the opportunity to live their lives just like everyone else - with the hopes and dreams promised by an active and challenging life. At Etgarim people break the bondage of disability and reclaim their dignity and self confidence by focusing once again on their abilities.

Bnai Mitzvah Projects or Volunteer Opportunities offered by the organization for children ages 11 - 13:

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Bnai Mitzvah Projects or Volunteer Opportunities offered by the organization for children ages 11 - 13:
Eva's Kitchen provides volunteer opportunities Monday through Friday from 10:30 am until 1 pm for children ages 15 and above. Our Family Residence offers opportunities for children 11-13 to share activities with children in an After-School Program Monday through Friday 3:30 pm until 5:30 pm. Other activities may be planned with the Family Residence for special and specific activities and may be arranged with the Coordinator of the Residence.

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Ezer Mizion's Bone Marrow Registry serves worldwide Jewry in saving the lives of cancer patients whose only chance of survival is a bone marrow transplant. Ezer Mizion has many social service divisions in Israel which alleviate the plight of terror victims, speech impaired, families of cancer patients and many other vulnerable Israeli populations in need.

Bnai Mitzvah Projects or Volunteer Opportunities offered by the organization for children ages 11 - 13:

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Ezrat Avot has been caring for Jerusalem's needy elderly for nearly thirty years, since Yemenite Rabbi Shlomo Gamliel founded a soup-kitchen in his home when he was 106 years old. With poverty increasing, the aged are among the hardest hit. But just as important as the life-sustaining value of a hot meal is the emotional nourishment that comes from eating it in pleasant company, from being part of a family. Ezrat Avot offers daily classes, trips, meals to the homebound and other social, cultural and nutritional services. Ezrat Avot's uniqueness is our sense of family. We have always respected and encouraged the cultural heritage of those whom we care for, many of whom fled from Arab countries at the founding of The State of Israel. Contemporary society has lost touch with the incomparable value of the extended, intergenerational family group. Five years ago, Ezrat Avot launched "A Living Connection", Israel's only comprehensive, intergenerational school program and national resource center. "A Living Connection" is designed to challenge stereotypes surrounding aging and the elderly and lay the foundation for long-term mutual and meaningful intergenerational relations within the school, family, and community. Classes are run for 4th-6th grade in Jerusalem and Ashkelon.

Bnai Mitzvah Projects or Volunteer Opportunities offered by the organization for children ages 11 - 13:

Those planning a B'nai Mitzvah trip to Israel are invited to visit Ezrat Avot for a tour of the Senior Citizen Center and to help prepare food packages for needy elderly and families or package the hot meals delivered to the homebound elderly in our Senior-to-Senior Program. Ezrat Avot is starting a new project in which the elderly members of the Senior Citizen Center will be able to earn a little extra money by making small potpourri Sephardic spice bags for B'nai Mitzvah and wedding party favors. These elegant organza spice bags, containing local Israeli herbs and spices, will offer scents such as Yemenite Nights, Scent of Israel and Moroccan Magic, creating a fragrant atmosphere for your celebration.

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