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Youth Groups
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 MAZON
has long known that age is no barrier to enthusiasm,
creativity, energy or drive. Below are examples
of unique program ideas, implemented by young people
around the country, that help support MAZON’s
anti-hunger work.
- J-Serve: J-Serve: Jewish Youth Repairing the World, One Day at a Time is the Jewish piece of an annual day of service for youth throughout the world. Jewish teens join their counterparts in other faith communities, cities and countries in giving of their time to serve the neighborhoods in which they live. This year join teens on April 22, 2007. For more information click here.
- The K-HELP Fund: Kids Helping Everyone Live Peacefully in Dallas, Texas is a group of Bar and Bat Mitzvah students who are practicing philanthropy at a young age. As a group, the students decided to establish a fund that they would donate to in honor of each other's Bar and Bat Mitzvot in place of giving gifts. In April 2006, MAZON was the recipient of $4,000 from the student.
- Charity Ball: The
girls of Ahavah B’nai B’rith Girls
#2289 of Maryland hosted an “Evening to
End Hunger Charity Ball” to benefit MAZON.
Held at a local synagogue, the evening consisted
of a dessert buffet and a silent auction. Through
their hard work, Ahavah BBG successfully raised
$2,968 for MAZON.
- NFTY: In 1986, The National
Federation of Temple Youth established a partnership
with MAZON by adding a 3% surcharge to the cost
of all NFTY-sponsored conclaves, kallahs (conferences),
and institutes; the surplus funds are donated
to MAZON.
- Social Action Soup: “Social
Action Soup” is a pamphlet created by
a group of Jewish teenagers from Camp Swig,
a UAHC camp in Saratoga, California. During
a social action-focused summer session called
hevrah (society), the teens learned about hunger
and found creative ways to spread the word among
their peers.
- Hunger Strike: In New Orleans,
LA, the youth group at Touro Synagogue hosted
a “20-Hour Famine Lock-In.” For
nearly a full day, youth group members fasted,
led hunger-related discussion groups, watched
movies on the topic and engaged each other about
ways to make a difference. Their dedication
and creative energy raised over $500 for MAZON
and hunger relief.
- Translation Tournament:
In West Caldwell, NJ, the eighth grade Tanakh
class at Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex
and Union participated in a “Verse-a-thon.”
Students read and translated the 37 verses in
Chapter 19 of the Book of Vayikra, earning money
from sponsors for each verse. Proceeds from
the event were sent to MAZON.
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