Mitzvah Day 2008

Thank you to everyone involved in making Mitzvah Day 2008 a huge success!! On Mitzvah Day, we:

  • sorted and bagged over 1500 pounds of healthy snacks
  • prepared 140 Chili Mac casseroles
  • sorted school supplies and stuffed over 200 backpacks
  • fringed, tied and folded over 850 fleece blankets
  • made over 4000 sandwiches
  • sorted and packaged over 500 bags of toiletries
  • created 700 craft items for senior citizens
  • repaired and cleaned 50 bicycles
  • helped to protect the environment
  • landscaped at Carrie Simon House
  • served lunch to the homeless
  • entertained seniors

With over 40 projects and hundreds of volunteers, we’ve been able to gather a sampling of photos from the various projects. Please check back often as our collection of photo albums keeps expanding.

          Project Photo Albums

Mitzvah Day 2008
Opening Ceremony

Sorting Clothes

Prepping

Blankets

Happy Hats

Sandwich Making

Project Recycle - Bike Restoration

Ivymount

Arts and Crafts

Project Green

Donating Blood

Celebration Bags

Hebrew Home

Food Projects

KEEN

Smart Snacks

Miscellaneous

Washington Home

The Photographers

Many thanks to the photographers who took the pictures in our event albums.

  • Dan Nath
  • Samantha Loss
  • Jeff Bergman
  • Caroline Weinraub
  • Janet Katz
  • Anne Friedman
  • Ed Lublin
  • Max Fainberg
  • Rabbi Michael Namath
  • Bob Sitrick
  • David Bortnik

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