On Sunday, November 20, close to 500 adults and children participated in our annual Vicki K. Wimpfheimer Mitzvah Day. From activities for the youngest members of our community to visits from Lone Soldiers as we packed bags for their colleagues to sorting books for Reading Reflections and the JDC, Mitzvah Day was a great success. Thanks to everyone who contributed to Mitzvah Day!
Here are some of our achievements:
• 1000 bags for PAS Food Pantry Turkey Distribution
• Over 600 bag lunches made for Project Dignity
• 360 toiletry bags for New York Common Pantry
• 189 Hanukkah packages for Selfhelp
• 120 bracelets for various locations listed here
• 100 medic bags for United Hatzalah
• 75 gifts for Memorial Sloan Kettering Children’s Center
• 70 camp packages for The Blue Card
• 67 Welcome Home kits for The Jewish Board of Family and Children Services (JBFCS)
• 250 children's Hanukkah presents to JBFCS
• 60 birthday presents for DOROT
• 60 literacy bags for JBFCS
• 60 care packages for Lone Soldiers
• 31 blood donations
• 27 boxes of books and bookmarks for Reading Reflections and JDC Estonia, Latvia, and Romania
• 24 community mobiles for MJHS hospice families
• 5 baskets and 200 cookies for Upper East Side First Responders