On November 20, almost 400 adults and children participated in our annual Vicki K. Wimpfheimer Mitzvah Day. From activities in the ECC to two screenings of the Oscar-winning documentary Strangers No More, to packing food, clothes and medicines on the Lower Level, Mitzvah Day was a great success.

Here are some of our achievements:
• 750 Thanksgiving bags for our Food Pantry clients
• 500 warm winter hats and socks for our Food Pantry clients
• 550 lunches & 350 toiletry bags for homeless men in our neighborhood
• 250 gift bags to brighten the holidays for local seniors
• 125 backpacks filled with school supplies for elementary school children in Ethiopia
• 100 medical kits to help Haitians respond to the deadly cholera outbreak
• 50 care packages for Jewish American soldiers serving abroad
• 39 pints of blood donated
• 21 organ donation forms completed
• 12 boxes of clothing and toiletries for homeless men
• 12 cheeks swabbed for bone marrow donation
• 2 large duffel bags filled with much needed medicines for the Cuban community – to be delivered on our congregational trip in January
• $2000 collected in our Community Tzedakah Box