Mitzvah Day

Make a difference on Sunday, January 18 for our annual Mitzvah Day by celebrating Sinai’s long-standing commitment to social action! This takes the place of religious school that day,
but activities are geared toward participants of all ages.

Mitzvah Day Activities at Sinai

Activities will all happen at Sinai from 10am to noon. These will include:

Making bagged lunches for unhoused or food insecure community members.
Packing bags with non-perishable food for local school children to eat on weekends.
Making fleece blankets for children living in a shelter.
Creating hygiene bags for unhoused folks through Night Ministries as well as to support Planned Parenthood.
Decorating garden signs and garden recipes for the community garden at Stone Temple Church.
Creating “plarn” (plastic yarn) that is woven into sleeping mats for those who are unhoused.
Sorting donations for several local social service agencies to hand out.
Decorating bookmarks for incarcerated youth in prison libraries.
Making bracelets for women with breast cancer with Sharsheret.

DONATIONS & COLLECTIONS LIST

RefugeeOne continues to serve almost 100 families with kids and ages 0-3, and baby items are in high demand. As part of our Hanukkah celebration, and in the lead up to Mitzvah Day, Chicago Sinai will be collecting these items for refugee families. Donations must be dropped off at Sinai and will be accepted through January 18th.

Enfamil formula
Diapers
New baby bottles
Diaper bags
Baby wipes

Refugee One is also looking for blankets and winter boots. The blankets must be new and the winter boots new are preferred or very gently used. All of the above items AND the blankets and boots can be found at this Amazon Wishlist link. PLEASE change the address in your cart to Chicago Sinai Congregation, or to your home and you can bring them with you over the next few weeks or on Mitzvah Day January 18th!

LEARN & SUPPORT

Blessings in a Backpack

Each week, in partnership with Blessings in a Backpack, our volunteers provide 180 bags of food to students in need at local schools.

Cornerstone Community Outreach

Support those faced with or at increased risk of breast cancer or ovarian cancer by making bracelets to empower those at Sharsheret.

Fighting Hunger at Sunday Supper

Help feed those in need of a warm meal. Volunteer to cook and serve dinner at 4^th Presbyterian Church.

Liberation Library

Strengthen the education of incarcerated young people by creating bookmarks that will be distributed across Illinois’s state-run youth facilities and county juvenile detention centers.

Chicago Night Ministry

Make a difference by packing hygiene bags for unhoused folks supported by Chicago Night Ministry.

RefugeeOne

Want to have a real impact on the lives of refugees and immigrants here in Chicago? Join us to help refugee families from war-torn countries resettle in Chicago.

Sharsheret

Support those faced with or at increased risk of breast cancer or ovarian cancer by making bracelets to empower individuals at Sharsheret, a Jewish not-for-profit organization.

Stone Temple Community Garden

Each week, in partnership with Stone Temple Church, our volunteers plant and harvest healthy food for members of the North Lawndale community.

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