Adult Mitzvah Corps
PURPOSE
Adult Mitzvah Corps is a group of NSCI congregants that get together to volunteer with a charitable organization one weekday a month, and plan an activity that is needed for that organization. Adult Mitzvah Corps has been helping others for 18 years!
WHO WE SERVE
Some of the organizations we have volunteered with include: The ARK, JCFS (Jewish Child; Family Services), CJE (formerly Council for Jewish Elderly), Chicago Chesed Fund, Friedman Place, Refugee One, Cradles to Crayons. We have organized food pantries, served Shabbat lunches, prepared apartments for incoming refugee families, sorted through donated clothing, shopped for winter wear for JCFS clients, packed backpacks for needy school children, matched presents with JCES clients for their Holiday Gift Drive, baked with Adult Day Services clients (a day program for those with Alzheimers), served lunches to Holocaust survivors, escorted nursing home residents to Shabbat services, and more.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Email Tracey Meyers here to be added to the volunteer list.
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30th, 1:30–3:00 PM AT THE ARK CHICAGO, 6450 N. CALIFORNIA, CHICAGO: Join us for High Holy Day donation sorting at The Ark. The Ark's pantry
provides free kosher food, personal care items, and household essentials to help hundreds of people in need each week. Click here to RSVP. Carpooling is available from NSCI. -
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM AT CRADLES TO CRAYONS, 2500 W. BRADLEY PLACE, CHICAGO: Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low income situations, with essential items needed to thrive. We will be sorting clothes to be given to children. Carpooling is available from NSCI. Click here to RSVP.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 1:00–3:00 PM AT 917 N. SHORE DRIVE, LAKE BLUFF: Bernie's provides free books to children in need. We will be sorting books for distribution. Carpooling is available from NSCI. Click here to RSVP.
