B'nei Mitzvah

Abigail S. | October 4

Abby participated in The Alzheimer's Association's "The Longest Day" summer solstice fundraising campaign.  She raised funds by hosting an information table during Hebrew school and by organizing a shoe donation campaign with her school.

Ariana C. | October 21

Ariana is collecting items and putting packs together to donate to Food for OTher's Power Pack Program.  The Power Pack Program sends weekend backpack meals home with students who do not get enough food on weekends with out their school-provided meals.

Bailey R. | November 11

Bailey volunteered as a buddy through the organization Top Soccer.  While volunteering he helped kids with special needs learn to play soccer.

Paul J. | January 27

Paul volunteered at an after-school chess program with DC public schools.

Aviva A. | February 24

Aviva held two bake sales this summer to raise money for lung cancer research.  She baked a variety of cookies, brownies, muffins, and cupcakes, and also made large pitcher of homemade lemonade with real lemons.

Ari Borenstein | March 16

Ari collected donations for Good Sports to support kids in high need communities to get access to sports equipment. Since 2003 they have donated over 100 million dollars of brand new sports equipment to programs in the US.  Visit goodsports.org/equipakid to donate equipment from your favorite sport.

Maya Sherman | March 30

Maya is raising money to provide a water pumping system that uses solar power to bring clean water to rural communities in Africia through Innovation Africa.  Innovation Africa is an Israeli-led organization that uses Israeli technology to support people in Africa.  You can learn more and donate here.

Jacob L. | April 6

Jacob is raising money for Memory Cafe. Memory Cafe is an organization through the Alzheimer's Association that brings dementia experts to provide activities for dementia patients and care givers to have a positive day out, participating in appropriate activities and provide support to both th epatient and their caregivers as they progress through this disease.  Jacob's grandfather has Alzheimer's disease and Memory Cafe has helped both of Jacob's grandparents to which our family is grateful.

Shoshana L. | April 20

Shoshana's project is to help spread positivity by doing projects with different groups of her friends to help encourage more complimenting of each other than negative talk.  She ahd each person in the group get a pillowcase or canvas and hve everyone in the room write a positive statement with meaning about each person.

Vivian Golden | June 22

Vivian's project is collecting food and toys for local cat rescue organizations.  She is working with Pets Bring Joy where she adopted her two kittens.