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Mitzvot Supporting Veterans!

On November 11, 2015, Veteran’s Day is celebrated throughout the U.S. We honor those who have defend or have defended our country over the years and soldiers throughout the world keeping peace in hostile areas. If you’d like to support an organization helping soldiers locally and worldwide, here are some ideas: Operation Gratitude annually sends 100,000+ care packages filled with snacks, entertainment, hygiene and hand-made items, plus personal letters of support, to Veterans, New Recruits, First Responders, Wounded Warriors, Care Givers and to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed overseas. Koshertroops was founded to help improve the morale and welfare of […]

Ronald McDonald House Charities

rmhc.org 2915 Jorie Blvd., Dept. 014 Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 Contact: Vicky Laws (630) 623-6753 vicky.laws@us.mcd.com Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®), a non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation, creates, finds and supports programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children. Through its global network of 300 Chapters in more than 62 countries and regions, its three core programs, the Ronald McDonald House®, the Ronald McDonald Family Room® and the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile®, and millions of dollars in grants to support children’s programs worldwide, RMHC provides stability and vital resources to families so they can get and keep their children healthy […]

Mitzvah Market is here!

MitzvahMarket.com arrives in our area! This Website, which launched in November 2008, is the largest and most authoritative resource dedicated to providing invaluable information to Bar/Bat Mitzvah planning families. Their Website and weekly email newsletters, Mitzvah Market Mail helps parents by providing clever, useful and entertaining ideas covering everything from the latest party trends, to cost-saving tips and mom-to-mom advice. Also spotlighted are children’s charitable “Mitzvah Projects” that Mitzvah children organize as part of their Bar Bat Mitzvah rite of passage. Sharing these Mitzvah projects with other families are giving them ideas, inspiration and added exposure for the charities involved. […]

Becoming Pals for Life

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A lonely individual stares at the same book she’s been reading for weeks, feeling no motivation to even lift her head. Suddenly, she hears the happy jingle of dog tags and looks up to see a fuzzy dog prance into her room, plant himself by her side, and lean in for a pat. A smile spreads across her face as she reaches down and strokes his soft fur. Both human and dog sigh in perfect contentment, happy to be in each other’s presence. This is a typical day for a therapy dog, and the hundreds of individuals that Pals For […]

Saving Children’s Hearts

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In the fall of 2010, Lucy Sullivan traveled to Israel and took on a role as Full Time Volunteer for Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), a humanitarian aid organization based in Israel, dedicated to providing cardiac care for children from developing countries. Lucy lived in the SACH house in Azur, just outside of Tel Aviv, and spent each day working with children from all across the world. While living in the house Lucy assisted the mothers and children, from hospital trips, teaching English, completing puzzles and taking endless amounts of silly pictures. Lucy became wholly involved in the difficult and […]

Developing Libraries in Sub-Saharan Africa

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African Library Project www.africanlibraryproject.org When you are a teen and first learning about the challenges facing Africa, what can you do to make things better? Bar and Bat Mitzvahs from all over the U.S. have channeled their compassion into starting libraries in Africa as their mitzvah project. They each committed to collect 1000 books and $500 to start a library in sub-Saharan Africa with the African Library Project (ALP). ALP promotes literacy and education in sub-Saharan Africa through developing libraries in schools and villages without access to books. By helping Americans start community libraries with African partners, ALP works to […]

Do you believe in living colorfully?

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The Colored Pencil Project Children and their world in color, a global project How do you express yourself? Do you tweet, post, or blog? Maybe you love to sing, write, or draw? At The Colored Pencil Project, we believe in coloring. For children in developing countries, self expression is a priceless tool that few have access to in even the simplest forms. The Colored Pencil Project believes that self expression is an integral part of childhood development, and that every child deserves the opportunity to find their voice. We believe that art is the foundation of self expression, and our […]

Found on The Mitzvah Bowl

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The Mitzvah Bowl staff feels personally rewarded when we receive stories like this one. Keep the stories coming to info@themitzvahbowl.com! Here’s how Zac Emanuel’s Mitzvah Project evolved in his mother’s words (Stacy Emanuel). “Zac really wanted to have something to do with sports for his Mitzvah project. Last summer I was trolling the web for ideas when I came across your website. I saw info on PeacePlayers and the baseball collection drive and showed them to Zac when he came home from summer camp. He checked out the information and really liked what PeacePlayers stood for. He loved the idea […]

If I build it, will they come?

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Mitzvah students and organizations alike are in the midst of planning their fall and spring 5K’s, fun walks, gala dinners, bake sales, art shows and practically anything else which will draw a crowd, raise money, awareness and good will. For those first-time organizers, the challenge is in the who, what, where, why, how AND the big question of all—” If I build it, will they come?” The Mitzvah Bowl staff has event fundraising experience and hopes they can help first-timers, second-timers and pros with an easy way to bring event participants. First, dot your t’s and cross your i’s. No, […]

Paws for the Cause

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Paws for the Cause (www.foxchase.org/events/paws) Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to host its 12th Annual Paws for the Cause Dog Walk on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 9:30 am on the Fox Chase campus. This year’s spokesperson is 13-year-old Skyler Kleger of Chalfont, who is participating with her rescue dog, Cooper, in honor of her mother and in memory of her grandmother â€“ both of whom were treated at Fox Chase. She is also doing this in preparation for her Bat Mitzvah this fall. “Bake sales, bracelet sales, whatever she can think of,” says Karen Kleger of her daughter’s […]