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Every Day
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 MAZON’s
thousands of donors support its anti-hunger work
on numerous occasions and in countless ways. These
donors make every day special by reaffirming their
commitment to building a more just society.
These are just some of the creative endeavors MAZON
supporters have undertaken as a means of sanctifying
the every day.
- Bake Sale: Have parents
or congregants donate baked goods for a bake
sale. Send proceeds to MAZON as tzedakah,
and donate any leftover goods to your local
food bank or food pantry.
- Benefit Movie/Play/Concert:
A local theater might screen a movie as a benefit
for MAZON. Similarly, a local playhouse or musician
may be willing to donate proceeds from a performance
to a worthy cause.
- Book Sale: Collect books
from congregants, or solicit donations from
a local bookstore, and then sell the books to
benefit MAZON.
- Buy a Can, Donate a Can:
Ask congregants to donate canned goods for a
canned food sale; proceeds can be sent to MAZON,
and the canned food donated to a local food
bank or food pantry.
- Crafts Fair: Give a local
artist the opportunity to display his/her artwork
at the synagogue or JCC. Advertise that a percentage
of the entrance fee or artwork sold will go
to benefit hunger relief and MAZON.
- Dinner Without Dinner: MAZON
can provide detailed materials about this event,
which involves planning a formal dinner where
no food is served. Proceeds from tickets sold
for the event can be sent to MAZON.
- Family Farm: As a family
activity, parents organize a trip to a local
farm, where they can help farmers pick produce.
Ask farmers to donate a percentage of the picked
fruits and vegetables in support of hunger relief.
- Garden of Eatin’: Set up a vegetable/fruit garden at a synagogue or school. Donate the fruits and vegetables to a local food bank or sell them and send the proceeds to MAZON.
- Gift Shop: Ask the synagogue
gift shop to donate 3% of their proceeds to
MAZON.
- G.S.T. Auction: Many local companies agree to donate Goods, Services or Talents for auctions. For example, a travel agency might donate free airfare, or a hotel might offer a free stay. The proceeds from the event can be sent to MAZON in support of its anti-hunger work.
- Hunger Banquet: This is
a dramatization of the unequal distribution
of resources in the world. A group of participants
that have all paid the same entrance fee are
divided at random into three separate groups
and are given three separate types of meals,
from the extravagant to the spare. You’ll
find a detailed description of this program
here.
- Mitzvah Basket Lottery:
Collect non-perishable food items and organize
a “basket decorating challenge”
that makes use of the donated food. Sell raffle
tickets at the event. Send a portion of proceeds
from the raffle to MAZON, and donate the baskets
to a local food pantry or food bank.
- Paper Plates: Using white
paper plates, coloring utensils, plastic spoons,
magazine cut-outs and glue, have kids create
“hunger awareness plates” to place
in the classroom, the school cafeteria or local
libraries. These plates can also be sent as
a school art display to local government officials
or to a local food bank.
- Shaliach: At synagogue or other organizational meetings, ask each attendee to give a token sum ($1 - $5) to a designated MAZON shaliach/shelicha (messenger). These funds can be sent to MAZON for use in its anti-hunger work. The MAZON shaliach/shelicha will also serve as a local expert about and contact person for MAZON.
- Synagogue Surplus: Encourage
a synagogue to sell any excess materials it
may have, such as extra prayer books. Donate
proceeds from the sale of any surplus to hunger
relief and MAZON.
- Three-in-One Lesson: Place a tzedakah box in each classroom. Ask students to contribute according to the following schedule: On the 5th day of the month, a nickel; on the 10th day of the month, a dime; and on the 25th day, a quarter. At the end of the year, the contents of the tzedakah box can be donated to MAZON.
- Tikkun Olam Project: Ask children to pick a social action project to research and participate in throughout the year. Projects can range from Jewish senior outreach to rehabilitation of people with physical disabilities, to making a difference in the fight against hunger through MAZON.
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