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Photos from Mitzvah Sunday 2010
Rally | Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation | ARTZ: Artists for Alzheimers | Autism Project of Rhode Island | Baypath Humane Society | Cards for Hospital Patients | Cat Connection | Christopher’s Haven | ConKerr Cancer: A Case for Smiles | Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee | Family Nurturing Center | Family Table | Foundation for Faces | Good Sports | Greyhound Friends | Hats for Israeli Soldiers | Hearth: Ending Elder Homelessness | Honoring Our Local Heroes | Hospitality Homes | Jewelry-Making for Hospital Patients | Jewish Family and Children's Services | Letter-Writing to Injured Israeli Soldiers | Locks of Love | MSPCA at Nevins Farm | "Operation" Jewish Soldier | Perkins School for the Blind | Puzzles to Remember | Second Step | Shaarei Tzedek | SKID of Bangalore, India | Sleeping Bag Project | Vilna Shul | Women's Lunch Place | Yad Chessed Fund
Rally for Mitzvah Sunday
March 2010
Over 650 community members participated in Mitzvah Sunday, Schechter's community service day. Students and parents alike rolled up their sleeves and volunteered for over forty local and international charitable causes. Mitzvah Sunday's driving theme of tikkun olam (repairing the world) is a testimony to the ideals of former Schechter parent, Jo Ann Toledano z"l, in whose name the day is organized.
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Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
March 2010
Families staffed lemonade at local supermarkets to raise money for childhood cancer.
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ARTZ: Artists for Alzheimers
March 2010
Families gathered collaboratively to create artwork with older adults at the North Hill Retirement community who have memory challenges.
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Autism Project of Rhode Island
March 2010
Families sorted 250 bags of sensory items such as Playdoh, squeeze balls and candy for children who participate in the annual "Imagine Walk" fundraiser.
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Baypath Humane Society
March 2010
A clean animal is a healthy animal! Families performed routine cleaning jobs and other housekeeping chores, toured the facility and played with resident animals.
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Cards for Hospital Patients
March 2010
Participants selected from colorful paper and markets to create cheery cards for local hospital patients.
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Cat Connection
March 2010
Participants put their woodworking skills to good us as they build several small cat feeders and shelters for feral cats. Each structure provides a sheltered spot for cats to eat and sleep. The feeders will be strategically placed in the Waltham area by Cat Connection.
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Christopher's Haven
March 2010
For families whose children are undergoing extended cancer treatment at the Mass General Hospital for Children, Christopher's Haven offers comfortable, homey apartments within walking distance of the hospital. Participants joined resident families to make a buffet meal for their Sunday night community dinner. Our students and Christopher's have children socialized while collating cookbooks with easy, kid-friendly recipes submitted by Schechter families.
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ConKerr Cancer: A Case for Smiles
March 2010
Families create a cozy, whimsical pillowcase to help brighten up difficult hospital stay for young, sick children.
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Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee
March 2010
Participants created elephants out of pom-poms and magnets in honor of Flora, Schechter’s "adopted" elephant. Flora is a 24-year-old, 10,000 pound retired circus elephant who now lives in dignity in a wild refuge along with more than twenty other elephant retirees.
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Family Nurturing Center
March 2010
Bountiful Welcome Baby gift baskets were filled with practical items that help babies get off to a positive, healthy start. Participants also created no-sew, fleece blankets for the littlest children served by the Family Nurturing Center.
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Family Table
March 2010
Preparing for Pesach was made all the easier for the 210 needy Jewish families served by Family Table with our gift of a new wooden spoon, handy dish towel and box of matzah ball soup mix. All tied together in a pretty bundle, these useful items were topped off by warm holiday wishes from Schechter.
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Foundation for Faces
March 2010
Families created a funky new tile-top play table for the Cranial Facial Clinic waiting room at Children's Hospital.
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Good Sports
March 2010
Participants helped sort new athletic equipment at the Good sports warehouse for distribution to low-income youth in Boston and Providence.
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Greyhound Friends
March 2010
Our greyhound friends benefited from lots of walks, freshly-swept living areas and some extra cleaning around the kennel.
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Hats for Israeli Soldiers
March 2010
Created by the mother of an Israeli soldier, this grassroots initiative distributes thousands of handmade knit caps to Israeli combat soldiers who struggle to stay warm of Israel’s front lines. Schechter knitters brought their needles, pulled up a chair and followed the pattern provided in the form of a snag, black wool hat.
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Hearth: Ending Elder Homelessness
March 2010
The formerly homeless senior residents at Hearth enjoyed a delicious pancake breakfast courtesy of Schechter volunteers.
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Honoring Our Local Heroes
March 2010
Families baked legions of sweets and treats for local law enforcement and firefighters and delivered them to nearby fire and police stations with a personal thank you for keeping us safe.
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Hospitality Homes
March 2010
Hospitality Homes provides families with temporary, no-cost housing during their stay in Boston for the medical treatment of a sick loved one. Participants decorated tote bags with fabric paint, and then filled them with handy items for someone far from home.
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Jewelry-Making for Hospital Patients
March 2010
Beautifully made jewelry for patients at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute will be a much needed pick-me-up and reminder that others care.
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Jewish Family and Children’s Services
March 2010
Families created personalized 2010-2011 calendars for local Holocaust survivors. Each month has a collage of seasonal magazine clippings, children’s drawings and our good cheer.
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Letter Writing to Injured Israeli Soldiers
March 2010
Participants got out their paper, pens, markets and friendly words of support to let Israeli soldiers know we’re behind them every step of the way.
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Locks of Love
March 2010
Schechter students, parents and teachers donated their hair to create wigs for children who have lost their hair because of long-term illness.
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MSPCA at Nevins Farm
March 2010
Families toured this impressive facility, filled water bowls, cleaned out kennels and gave some attention to our four-footed friends.
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"Operation" Jewish Soldier
March 2010
Brownies, cookies and other scrumptious goodies were delivered to local law enforcement as a thank you for their protection.
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Perkins School for the Blind
March 2010
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Puzzles to Remember
March 2010
Puzzles to Remember was created by a local teen as his Bar Mitzvah project in honor of his grandmother who died of Alzheimer's Disease. Families checked puzzles collected during the Mitzvah Sunday Puzzles to remember drive to make sure they had all their pieces, and then boxed them up for delivery to senior centers.
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Second Step
March 2010
Participants worked to make the nighttime routine easier for kids ages 3-12 arriving at this transitional living facility by stocking toiletry caddies with useful, kid-friendly bedtime necessities such as a book, arts and crafts projects, a toothbrush, cozy socks and, to top it off, a plush toy.
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Shaarei Tzedek, Jerusalem
March 2010
Participants sewed blankets for families in need at Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem. Each year over 10,000 babies are born at this hospital! When our 8th graders leave for the Israel Study Tour, they will deliver the blankets to Shaarei Tzedek.
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SKID of Bangalore, India
March 2010
The Sheila Kothavala Institute for the Deaf (SKID) of Bangalore, India is a school for hearing-impaired students, most of whom come from very poor backgrounds. The Third Annual Mitzvah Sunday Tzedakah Drive was dedicated to SKID. Families rolled and counted all the change collected during the drive. Our donation will be used to buy hearing aids, books and classroom supplies.
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Sleeping Bag Project
March 2010
Families made functional, warm sleeping bags from scrap blankets and old sheets. Created with very little sewing to make them easy and fast to produce, the "ugly quilts" are purposely designed to bear no street value so that they are not stolen.
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Vilna Shul
March 2010
When the historical Vilna Shul opens for its spring tour season this year, it will look tidy and well-polished. Our families dusted off the gloom on winter, wiped down seats and swept this beautiful landmark synagogue.
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Women's Lunch Place
March 2010
Participants layered and stacked, wrapped and labeled hearty sandwiches for 150 women at the Women’s Lunch Place, a women's-only safe, daytime shelter.
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Yad Chessed Fund
March 2010
Participants set up a bulk mailing "assembly line" and stuff over 1,000 letters for Yad Chessed's Passover appeal on behalf of Boston’s most vulnerable Jewish families. Founded in 1989, Yad Chessed offers short-term assistance to local Jewish families who have otherwise slipped through the cracks in the system.
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