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Leket Israel Tzedakah Project (pdf) What is Leket israel? - Leket Israel was founded in 2003 to rescue excess nutritious food that would have otherwise been destroyed and redirect it to people in need. - Leket has become Israel’s umbrella organization for donations of surplus food. - Leket provides more than 110 tons of food per week to over 230 soup kitchens, homeless shelters, senior citizen centers and other social service organizations around Israel. What should you do? Take the envelope, fill it up and bring it back to your classroom teacher any time before May 16th. If every child brings an envelope containing at least $5 we can easily meet our goal. If you would rather write a check, make it payable to the North Shore Congregation Israel marked “for Leket.” |
 Partners in Mitzvah (Shituf Mitzvah) Hunger Project How can you join us to make a difference? Please partner with us in our ongoing community effort to combat hunger. Special Partnership Ongoing Opportunities: The Partners in Mitzvah Photomontage Beginning on Mitzvah Day and continuing throughout the school- year we will be “growing” a photo mural of members of our community involved in combating hunger in a variety of synagogue sponsored programs. Our goal is to capture the image of every student in our school becoming a partner in Mitzvah. So do something to make the world a better place, and make sure you take a picture. Then bring it in to add to the mural. Partners in Mitzvah Family Education Programs Making bag lunches for homeless shelters - programs for families with children of all ages. February 21 (11:00 AM - Noon) March 14 (11:00 AM - Noon) The Feed the Homeless Program Prepares, delivers and serves 750 meals to Cook and Lake County shelters on Sundays, September to June. Contact the synagogue office to volunteer and/or donate. The Chaverim Partners in Mitzvah Birthday Hunger Mitzvah Project A special project for our kindergarten and first grade students who will be celebrating their birthdays by doing mitzvot and sharing their stories with the community. Chai @ NSCI at the Beth Emet Food Kitchen January 12, 11:30 AM, making lunches for the Beth Emet Food Kitchen February 24, 4:00 - 7:00 PM cooking and serving at the Beth Emet Food Kitchen (advanced sign-up required) TAG at the Ark An opportunity for our sixth graders and their families to put their pre-b’nai mitzvah studies about mitzvot into practice. Eighth Grade Mitzvah Corps A year devoted to understanding urban poverty and hands-on projects to alleviate the problem. |