Mitzvah Day Directory – 2018
Below is a detailed list of projects and activities that were organised by Mensch Members and the Community for Mensch Mitzvah Day 2018. Have a look at our PROJECTS page for their Mitzvah Day Posters.
Listed are the Volunteer Partner (schools, organisations, businesses and friendship groups) and the Beneficiary Partners (non-profit organisations and projects).
| Project | Info | Volunteers | Beneficiaries | Website | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share Love and Food in JHB CBD | Join SAUPJ Gauteng Progressive Shuls connecting with people through love and food | SAUPJ JHB | JHB Inner City Homeless | saupj.org.za | JHB |
| Sunshine for Seniors | Interactive Cake decorating session and tea with the Highlands House bobbas and the elderly goggas from Ikamva Labantu | SAJBD (Cape Council) | Highlands House and Ikamva Labantu | ikamva.org.za/ | CT |
| Eco-brick Extravaganza | Grade 6 pupils will be making eco-bricks to then be donated as then used as building materials to create sustainable homes, schools and furniture | Herzlia Weizmann | TBC | www.herzlia.com/campus/weizmann-primary | CT |
| The Sandwich Brigade | Grade 2 kids will together read ‘The Cholent Brigade’ which explores the mitzvah of making meals, and then make jam sandwiches for others in need | PJ Library and Herzlia Weizmann | People in need | pjlibrary.org.za | CT |
| Tea on the Terrace and Games on the Go | Meet for a cuppa and play bridge, kaluki, chess, tile rummy, klabijaas etc…. | Claremont Wynberg Hebrew Congregation (CWHC ) | Cape Jewish Seniors (Claremont) | www.clarewynshul.co.za/ | CT |
| Draw your Dreams | We'll be teaching kids how to paint & draw and giving them snacks. We'll ask them to draw who they want to be when they grow up! | Atenu Developments, Namibia | 3 different creches in the small locations of Ruacana, Nkurenkuru, and Outjo | www.facebook.com/atenu/ | Namibia (Ruacana, Nkurenkuru, Outjo) |
| Donating Blood | Good deed donation safari to donate blood | Lisa Chait & Friends | Western Cape Blood Transfusion Service | www.wpblood.org.za/ | CT |
| Kids Fun Together | CTTH kids playing educational games and doing arts and crafts with the kids at Mavis's Daycare in Mfuleni | Cape Town Torah High | Livesmart DWT Educare Centre | www.cttorahhigh.org/ | CT |
| Paint-a-Thon | Painting the Glendale Workshop and Stimulation Centre | NEEDED | Glendale | glendalehome.co.za | CT |
| JCS Cottages Beautification Project | Calling all ORT JET members to join in and help paint a wall mural, plant a vege garden, or do a general clean up | ORT JET | Jewish Community Services | www.jcs.org.za | CT |
| Fun and Food at Masibulele Educare | Eye opening experience of a typical township ECD Centre. Visit. learn, run activities, provide lunch and hear about the exciting new upgrade. | Bouquet of Humanity and Launchpad SA | Masibulele Day Care (Khayaletshia) | letsbuildmasibulele.co.za/ | CT |
| Soccer-in-the-Sky | Soccer tournament for the homeless (and some homeful) at the FivesFutbol Grand Central roof top courts | FivesFutbol Grand Central | Souper Troopers | www.soupertroopers.org | CT |
| Environmental: Offset your Carbon Footprint | Adopt a Spekboom: Plant a Spekboom in the Giant Flag. | WANTED | The Giant Flag | www.giantflag.co.za/adopt | Eastern Cape |
| Football Fun Sunday | Barmy Boys 5-A-SIDE Soccer Tournament | Barmy Boys | Grass Boots Football | www.facebook.com/GrassBootsFC/ | CT |
| Ari, Aerin and Ava's JCS foodbank Collection | A collect-a-thon for the JCS foodbank | Ari, Aerin and Ava Diamond | Jewish Community Services | www.jcs.org.za/food-bank/ | CT |
| Collect-a-Thon | Pre-schools 1 weel collect-a-thon of gently used books for kids at Shine Literacy | Kerem | Shine Literacy | www.shineliteracy.org.za | CT |
| Beautification Project | Paint a mural, plant a vege garden, help with a clean up | WANTED | Jewish Community Services (JCS) Cottages. | www.jcs.org.za | CT |
| Moms Pamper Party & Kids Fun Day Out | Hosting H18 Foundation moms and babas from Joe Slovo for a lovely morning out in the sun with relaxation and treatments for the moms and activities for the little ones. | Chabad of the West Coast and Sinai Academy | H18 Foundation | hangar18.co.za/ | CT |
| Show and Book Collection | School kids are invited to watch a show. Payment is made in gently used books donated to Sakhai Isizwe, an NGO in Delft. | Herzlia Alon-Ashel Pre Primary | Sakhai Isizwe | www.facebook.com/sakhaisizwe/ | CT |
| Pizza Making Party | Pizza making fun with the kids from Oranjia | Gardens Shul and Chesed Club | Oranjia Jewish Child and Youth Centre | CT | |
| Paint-a-Thon | Help paint The Homestead & also work with the kids to sew&stuff the Jedi Tedis to be donated to the Red Cross | Jedi Tedis | The Homestead and The Red Cross | www.jeditedi.net | CT |
| Interfaith | Interfaith reunion. Various religious groups together bringing food and toys to 3 orphanages in Windhoek | Windhoek Hebrew Congregation | 3 Orphanages in Windhoek | Windhoek, Namibia |