Past Events and Photos


Photos from Mitzvah Sunday 2009

Rally | Alex's Lemonade Stands | Avery Manor | Baking with Gateways | Baypath Humane Society | Belle of the Ball | Children's Hospital Boston Art for Kool Kidz Exhibit | Dolls for Darfur | Greyhound Friends | Hearth: Ending Elder Homelessness | Hebrew Rehabilitation | Jewelry Making for Hospital Patients | Locks of Love | "Operation" Jewish Soldier | Pennies for Peace | Ronald McDonald House | Tewksbury Hospital Equestrian Farm | Vilna Shul | Wingate of Needham



Rally for Mitzvah Sunday
March 2009

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 Stands
March 2009

Families staffed lemonade at local supermarkets and health clubs to raise money for childhood cancer. Mitzvah Sunday's four lemonade stands raised almost $1400.00!

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Avery Manor
March 2009

Families tested their trivia skills with the elderly residents at Avery Manor. Everyone enjoyed a schmoozefest afterwards over a coffee social.
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Baking Project with Gateways
March 2009
Families baked together with students from the Gateways program for Jewish students with special academic needs.

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Baypath Humane Society
March 2009

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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Belle of the Ball
March 2009

Participants created elegant jewelry for low-income teenagers to wear to their senior proms.

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Children's Hospital Boston Art for Kool Kidz Exhibit
March 2009

Participants wielded palettes, paints and colored pencils as they created healing and uplifting artwork based on the theme of "Home is Where the Art Is." Our donations to the hospital's Art for Kool Kidz program will be exhibited for a year in the hospital’s public spaces. The first stop is the Au Bon Pain bakery in the hospital lobby where patients and their families can enjoy our paintings and drawings.

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Dolls for Darfur
March 2009

Parents and students created unique doll pins and magnets to raise money for Darfur victims.

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Greyhound Friends
March 2009

Our greyhound friends benefited from lots of walks, freshly swept living areas and some extra cleaning around the kennel.

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Hearth: Ending Elder Homelessness
March 2009

The formerly homeless senior residents at Hearth enjoyed a delicious pancake breakfast courtesy of Schechter's volunteers.

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Hebrew Rehabilatation
March 2009

A lovely intergenerational visit cheered residents and Schechter families alike.

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Jewelry Making for Hospital Patients
March 2009

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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Locks of Love
March 2009

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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"Operation" Jewish Soldier
March 2009

Brownies, cookies and other scrumptious goodies were delivered to local law enforcement as a thank you for their protection.

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Pennies for Peace
March 2009

Families counted and rolled pennies to be donated to Pennies for Peace, a program of the Central Asia Institute which builds schools, especially for girls, in areas where few exist.

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Ronald McDonald House
March 2009

Participants whipped up batches of sweets for the families staying at this home-away-from home while undergoing medical treatment. Ronald McDonald House staff will package our snacks for resident families to take to the hospital during their long hours there.

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Tewksbury Hospital Equestrian Farm
February 2008

Filling water buckets, sweeping and visiting with the horses at this therapeutic horseback riding stable was all in a day's work.

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Vilna Shul
March 2009

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 of winder, wiped down seats and swept this beautiful landmark synagogue.

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Wingate at Needham
March 2009

Collaborative pot painting and flower planting kept the elders and the youngsters engaged and busy for the morning.


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