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Kids v Cancer

Kids v Cancer 3500 Macomb Street NW Washington,DC, District of Columbia 20016 Contact:  Jennifer Flynn Outreach Director, (646) 924-6322, Jenn@kidsvcancer.org Kids v Cancer promotes pediatric cancer research by identifying structural impediments at key junctures in the research process – new drugs, tissue donation and access to funding – and developing strategies to address them. Are you looking for a bar/bat mitzvah project that could directly help people your age? Come join us at Kids v Cancer. Come create tikkun olam and make a better world for kids and young adults with cancer. You can make a difference. For your mitzvah project, have […]

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Girl Up

Girl Up, United Nations Foundation 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 300, Washington, District of Columbia 20006 Contact:  Vanessa Stair, girluppartnerships@unfoundation.org (202) 448-4671 Girls are powerful. When they’re educated, healthy, and safe, they transform their communities. When girls stand up for girls in need, they empower each other and transform our world. As the United Nations Foundation’s adolescent girl campaign, Girl Up engages girls to take action. Led by a community of nearly half a million passionate advocates raising awareness and funds, our efforts help the hardest to reach girls living in places where it is hardest to be a girl. […]

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Innovation Africa

Innovation Africa 520 8th Avenue, 15th Floor New York, NY 10018 Contact:  Emma Goldman, Outreach Coordinator (646)472-5380, innoafrica@gmail.com Innovation: Africa is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that brings Israeli innovation to African villages. Founded in 2008, in five years Innovation Africa has provided light, clean water, food and proper medical care to more than 450,000 people in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi and Uganda. Bar/bat mitzvah students may start their own mitzvah campaigns, birthday campaigns, or iA chapters. They learn about the lack of resources many rural African villages face, and how they can help eradicate these problems. Focus is on clean water projects, solar […]

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Victor Center for the Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases at Einstein Medical Center

https://www.victorcenters.org/ Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia 5501 Old York Road Levy 2 West Philadelphia, PA 1914 Contact:  Dr. Adele Schneider, MD GACMG Medical Director Victor Center;  Director, Clinical Genetics Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, 877.401.1093, stonejos@einstein.edu The Victor Center offers accessible genetic counseling and screenings. On a national level, we work in partnership with healthcare professionals, clergy and the community to create awareness  and organize screenings for the 19 preventable diseases for which 1 in 4 Ashkenazi Jews is a carrier. Our mission is to help ensure the birth of healthy children. The national office of the Victor Center is located in Philadelphia with […]

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February is not just for Valentine’s

February is Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month.  In honor of your (your child’s) upcoming bar/bat mitzvah, choose a mitzvah project related to helping those with disabilities or special needs.  There are many organizations with hands-on volunteer opportunities. 1. Social programs The Friendship Circle is today’s fastest growing Jewish organization for children with special needs. With over 79 locations worldwide, the Friendship Circle has cultivated friendships between 5,000 special children and close to 11,000 teen volunteers.  The Friendship Circle’s unique approach brings together teenage volunteers and children with special needs for hours of fun and friendship. These shared experiences empower the children, our […]

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American Cancer Society Relay for Life

www.relayforlife.org/pawv 480 Norristown Road, Suite 150 Blue Bell, PA 19422 Contact: Eileen Quinn, Income Development Representative, 888.202.1487×65122, eileen.quinn@cancer.org The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service. Relay For Life is a celebration of survivorship – an occasion to express hope and our shared goal to end a disease that threatens the lives of so many people we love. There are many ways you can get involved with Relay For Life event as a mitzvah project […]

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Intergenerational Inclusion Program

TEENS SHARE THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES IN ATID JEWISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL OF GRATZ COLLEGE’S INTERGENERATIONAL INCLUSION PROGRAM ATID (Advocacy, Transitions, Involvement and Development), is  an intergenerational inclusion program for all teens.  In addition to celebrating the Jewish holidays as a community, the teens together with the elderly residents of Sunrise of Dresher work on Judaic craft and cooking projects, participate in games and engage in discussions on various thought-provoking topics. “When I think back on my experiences at ATID, I feel proud that I was able to be part of something so great.”  MN Why choose ATID? “I’ve always dreamed […]

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Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund

Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund 602 S. Bethlehem Pike, Bldg. D, Ambler, PA 19002 Contact: Peggy Dolan, Founder/ Executive Director 215 643-0763 pdolan@dolanfund.org The KADMF lightens the burdens of families whose lives have been impacted by the serious illness, disability or injury of one or more children. This is done through advocacy, education, information and financial assistance for families who live in or are treated in the states of PA, NJ and DE. Volunteer opportunities include mitzvah projects such as: organizing a fundraiser such as a volleyball tournament, flea market or walk-a-thon. Your community service can entail assisting with mailings […]

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