Mitzvah Day
Please join us on Sunday, January 19 for our annual Mitzvah Day, when we will be 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.
Learn more about this year’s Mitzvah Day opportunities below.
Mitzvah Day Activities at Sinai
Activities will all happen at Sinai from 10am to noon. These will include:
- Making bagged lunches for community members experiencing homelessness
- Packing bags with non-perishable food for local school children to eat on weekends
- Making fleece blankets for children living in a shelter
- Decorating garden signs 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 cards for bagged lunches to brighten people’s days
DONATIONS & COLLECTIONS LIST
Donated items will benefit Pilsen Food Pantry, which works to provide essential resources to recently arrived migrants. Donations must be dropped off at Sinai and will be accepted through January 19th. Contributions will be sorted and organized during Mitzvah Day. Please donate the follow items:
- Toothpaste
- Shampoo – Travel Size
- Razors
- Deodorant – Travel Size
- Chapstick
- Girl’s Brand New Underpants
- size 4T, 5T, 6,7,8,9,10,12
- Boy’s Brand New Underpants
- size 4T, 5T, 6,7,8,9,10,12
- Adult Woman’s Brand New Underpants
- size S, M, L
- Adult Woman’s Brand New Sport Bras
- size S, M, L
- Adult Men’s Brand New Underpants
- size S, M, L
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.
Fighting Hunger at Sunday Supper
Help feed those in need of a warm meal. Volunteer to cook and serve dinner at 4th Presbyterian Church.
Pilsen Food PantryWant 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.
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.
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.