Tag Archives: mitzvah project

Preppy Chic Mitzvah

The following is a vendor-sponsored post by Ali Weitzman at ISparkleEvents.com Oooh la la. Do you love Scout Bags? Then you are going to LOVE LOVE LOVE this Washington, DC classic event held at Bethesda Country Club. It includes some major eye candy & some rule breaking ideas that are going to completely inspire.   For this preppy chic mitzvah, iSparkleEvents partnered with Scout Bags to personalize the décor for two amazing girls. Our inspiration… custom Scout fabric patterns. We choose two patterns from Scout’s Spring/Summer 2015 line in our colors of choice. First, a bright & fun ikat pattern […]

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SCOPE

SCOPE Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education 108 West 39th St., 15th Floor,  New York, New York 10018 Contact:  Rachael Hochberg, Associate Director (212) 627-4097 rachael@scopeusa.org Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education, Inc. (SCOPE), an independent, nonprofit organization, has provided camp scholarships for more than 20,000 children from low-income communities since 1991. Each year, hundreds of children receive the benefits of summer camp through SCOPE from funds raised from foundation and corporate partners, individual gifts, and fundraising events. SCOPE’S mission is to provide children in need the edge to succeed in life through the summer camp experience.  We accomplish this by funding […]

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Mifalot

Mifalot 8 Halochamim Street POB 8400 Tel Aviv 61084, Israel Contact:  Michelle Pincus 973.945.2784 NJ Mifalot Ambassador, Michelle.pincus@yahoo.com Mifalot – Education & Society Enterprises, the largest organization in the Middle East that uses sports as a vehicle to enhance children’s’ self-confidence and bring social change to their communities. Mifalot is based in Israel, and our beneficiaries include children and youth from all over Israel, the surrounding regions and around the globe. Leveraging children’s universal passion for sports, our uniquely designed educational sports programs are created to teach essential life skills, develop an appreciation for diversity, embrace equality, and utilize community outreach to trigger social change. The beneficiaries of our many programs number over 25,000 annually […]

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How to Teach Kids to Support Jewish Causes

“Hey, Rabbi,” the bat mitzvah candidate said, “can I tell you about my mitzvah project? I’m raising money to help people join our synagogue if they can’t afford it.” I was impressed. And moved. And shocked. Why shocked? Many religious schools require that bar/bat mitzvah candidates do a mitzvah project. Once upon a time, those projects were all Jewish in nature. Families would plant trees in Israel in honor of their guests or display material from local Jewish organizations on the tables at the celebration. Kids would donate some of their gift money to local Jewish federations. For a while, […]

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Nahtan’s Baton Mitzvah Relay

#nahtanbaton Nathan has an upcoming bar mitzvah this Fall and came up with a unique approach to his mitzvah project.  He wants to start a Nahtan’s Baton Mitzvah Relay.   Do a good deed, post it to his Facebook or Instagram page, nominate others to perform acts of kindness and they pass the virtual baton in his online relay race. Here is the first post for the Nahtan’s Baton Mitzvah Relay: Selah needed our help!  She was a half-blind Pomeranian whose owner had to move to an elder-care facility.  We fostered her until a family could adopt her!  The whole […]

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Keeping Babies Safe

keepingbabiessafe.org 16 Mount Bethel Road Suite #245, Warren, New Jersey 07059 Contact:  Joyce Davis, President (908) 581-8699 jdavis@keepingbabiessafe.org Keeping Babies Safe (KBS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing unnecessary infant and toddler deaths due to unsafe children’s products and practices. Joyce Davis, President and Founder of Keeping Babies Safe, lost her four month-old son, Garret, after adding a supplemental mattress (a product advertised as safe and suitable) to her son’s portable crib. She founded Keeping Babies Safe (KBS) to prevent unnecessary tragedies like her son’s death from befalling other families, by educating families about crib and sleep safety […]

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Plant A Seed Foundation

plantaseedfoundation.org 301 Oxford Valley Road Suite 1506 Yardley, Pennsylvania 19067 Contact:  Michele Rice (215) 860-8402 michele@plantaseedfoundation.org The Plant a Seed Inspire a Dream Foundation provides annual scholarships for children ages 10 to 18, to pursue passions and interests outside of school. We connect young people from low-income households to life-altering athletic, artistic, musical and creative activities led by positive role models. Based in Yardley, PA, the Plant a Seed Inspire a Dream Foundation serves the greater Philadelphia region and South Jersey. It is our hope to make a significant difference in the lives of children by encouraging their dreams. Our […]

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Save the Chimps

Savethechimps.org PO Box 12220 Fort Pierce, Florida 34979 Contact:  Monica Naranjo, Volunteer & Outreach Coordinatormonica@savethechimps.org (772) 429-2225 Save the Chimps provides and builds support for permanent sanctuary for the lifelong care of chimpanzees rescued from research laboratories, entertainment and the pet trade.  Every day the staff and volunteers of Save the Chimps provide care to more than 250 chimpanzees.  Supporters can make a more personal connection with individual chimps through the Adopt-a-Chimp program. For your mitzvah project, you may choose from one of the following or call to see how you can help.  Please note that volunteers visiting our facilities must be […]

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Backpacks and School Supplies

Looking for a way to help needy children in your area?  While you and your parents are searching for school supplies, backpacks and clothing for your own back-to-school sendoff, there are many others in the community who need your help with these items.  Here are some ways you may help them: 1.  Find a backpack drive.  Do a google search in a major city nearby to find out which organizations are collecting backpacks and school supplies.  Contact the organization and see how you may help.  Boston and Philadelphia area residents:  Cradles to Crayons hosts a backpack-a-thon. Feeding America sponsors backpack […]

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Caps of Love

capsoflove.com South Florida Contact:  Valerie Mathieu Founder/President (561) 876-5753 CapsOfLoveUSA@gmail.com By recycling 2 different grades of plastic caps and lids, Caps of Love raises money to buy wheelchairs for disabled children.  We recycle polypropylene and polyethylene plastic caps.  They can be sold to companies using recycled ‘post-consumer’ plastic to create new products such as composite decking, janitorial supplies, shipping pallets, park benches, paint cans, automotive interiors and much more! This also has an environmental benefit as discarded caps are put into our landfills or incinerated.  If they are not recycled, there are harmful consequences to our planet. Work is simple, […]

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