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

• Thursday, September 11th, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm at Bernie's Book Bank: We will be sorting books at Bernie's Book Bank to later be distributed to children and their families in underserved communities. Bernie’s Book Bank empowers 315,000 children to explore new ideas, gain knowledge, and strengthen reading skills through book ownership. Click here to RSVP.

• Monday, October 20th, 1:00–2:30 pm at Cubework, 7080 N. McCormick, Lincolnwood: We will be sorting High Holy Day food donations for The Ark in preparation for their annual High Holy Day food drive. The Ark provides food assistance, health clinics, pharmacy, financial counseling, social services, mental health services, employment services, and more for Jews across Chicagoland. Click here to RSVP.