If you or someone you know is interested in participating in Tikun Olam by helping to create spaces where a full spectrum of positive Jewish learning and social experiences are offered to people with special needs and unique abilities… then joining the volunteer support staff in one of the OurSpaceLA Shaare Tikva classes, in the […]
We empower individuals of ALL Abilities to become more physically active and live a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Our training programs enhance functional movement skills, improve muscular fitness, foster positive social interactions, and increase confidence and competence to perform activities of daily living. Students can: volunteer to participate in training sessions with those of diverse
Committed to inclusion for all, Friendship Circle of Washington leverages the positive impact of friendship, understanding, and shared experience to transform the lives of children and teens with special needs and typically developing teens. We help create friendships that make a difference today and last a lifetime. We empower children and teens with special needs,
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The Israel Guide Dog Center offers students an opportunity to sponsor puppies for their Mitzvah Project or Class Tzedakah campaigns. It costs $1,000 to supply food and medicine for a puppy during the first year. Many Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah students have found creative ways to not only raise funds – but also help
771 million people lack basic access to clean and safe drinking water. We’ve been on a mission to end the water crisis since 2006, and with the help of generous supporters like you, we’re getting closer every day. Students can: From spreading awareness about the water crisis to running creative fundraising campaigns, you can make a
Dedicated to the timeless principle to “love your neighbor as yourself” and located in one of L.A.’s most diverse and economically challenged neighborhoods, the Pico Union Project is a vibrant community center that strives to love its neighbors through inviting, innovative programs that feed the mind, body and soul. Whether with weekly distribution of free
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the largest animal rights organization in the world, and PETA entities have more than 9 million members and supporters globally. PETA opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview, and focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the
Everyone deserves to have access to healthy food, and we can make that a reality. Hunger in NYC is not a resource problem. It’s a transportation problem! Fresh and Healthy produce is available, it’s just too expensive to get it where it needs to go. We help those with excess food get it to those
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Diverting collected and donated medical supplies from being discarded, Sorting medical supplies at our warehouse, and Delivering to underserved or compromised health systems globally. Students Can: Volunteers are able to come in to the warehouse: Mondays-Thursdays, from 10:00am-2:00 pm Fridays, from 9 am to 12 pm If you are looking to volunteer, please proceed to our Volunteer Hub, where you
MANNA uses nutrition to improve health for people with serious illnesses who need nourishment to heal. By providing medically tailored meals and nutrition education, we empower people to improve their health and quality of life. Students Can: While we’d love to have your B’nai Mitzvah students join us in the kitchen, our minimum age to
