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Mitzvah Day

When

November 16, 2025    
9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Join WJC Social Justice Action Committee for a day of helping others by donating, participating and learning!

 

DONATE & LEARN about our partner organizations – Items can be dropped off in front lobby at WJC between 9 am – 1 pm or can ordered online.

  1. COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER- Help our neighbors by purchasing Westchester Bus Transportation cards that we will have for sale.
  2. SHARING SHELF – Purchase pajamas for infants through teens. Buy online or bring new pajamas to WJC.
  3. PRAXIS HOUSING INITIATIVES – Bring gently worn clothing (good condition or better) for homeless and formerly homeless residents of Broadway Family Plaza in Riverdale. Drivers needed.
  4. SPECIAL PROJECT FOR OUR LOCAL POLICE AND SECURITY GUARDS

 

PARTICIPATE in several giving-back projects throughout the day!

  1. COOKING PROJECT 10 AM-1 PM
    Join us in the dairy kitchen as we prepare a hot meal for CRC’s Worker Center Employees
  2. SANDWICH MAKING 12 – 1 PM
    Join us in the Activity Center to make sandwiches for our Neighbors in Need at Hope Soup Kitchen and Grassroots Grocery. Drivers needed
  3. SOUP IN A JAR 12-1 PM
    Join the assembly line as we prepare containers of beans and spices so our Neighbors in Need can prepare soup in their homes. Proceeds to benefit HOPE Community Services and Grassroots Grocery
  4. CHILDREN’S PROJECT (preschool and up) 12-1 PM
    Craft project to benefit our young friends at Room to Grow

Any questions, please contact sklevy8@gmail.com, sarahrosenwasser@gmail.com, ozzybelle@gmail.com, risas@optonline.net, joannashlesinger@gmail.com

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