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, May 8th, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm at North Shore United Methodist Church: Join the Adult Mitzvah Corps to create sleeping mats for those experiencing homelessness. The mats are made from plastic grocery store bags (not produce size but the bigger bags). We will work together with church members to cut strips out of the bags in order to make plastic yarn (plarn) that will be crocheted together. Once completed, the mats are donated to Gratitude Generation in Deerfield and they are later distributed to those in need. Click here to RSVP.

• Thursday, June 5th, 1:00–3:30 pm at the Northern Illinois Food Bank: Join the Adult Mitzvah Corps for another fun volunteering opportunity at the Northern Illinois Food Bank. We will inspect, sort, and package food that will be distributed to our hungry neighbors. Click here to RSVP.