Projects 2013
Open to All – if Yes then the Project is open for anyone to join. No implies the Project is confined to the Organisation/Community.
Organisation Project Type Open to All Description Age Group State-Suburb
Kehilat Nitzan & MDA Blood Bank Donation Yes Kehilat Nitzan and Magen David Adom (MDA) Blood / Plasma Donation.
Potential donors must register with Barie Forbes at least one week prior to Mitzvah Day.Adults VIC-Caulfield
People living in the Dianella/Yokine area Blood Bank Donation Yes Group blood donation Adults WA-Dianella/Yokine
National Council of Jewish Women of Australia WA Section Blood Bank Donation Yes Blood Bank Donation drive at the Morley Blood bank WA. All WA-Morley
Gift of Life Australia Blood Bank Donation Yes Whilst giving blood, consider saving someone else's life - see Gift of Life Australia. Make an appointment ASAP to be tested every Sunday including Mitzvah Day 17-Nov at the Wolper Jewish Hospital (NSW).
Click here for more informationAdults NSW-Woollahra
Kids Giving Back Collectathon Yes Kids Giving Back is spearheading a toy drive for Second Chance Toys, a community initiative to rescue and recycle plastic toys for children in disadvantaged situations in local communities. The following have committed to participating in our toy drive: Emanuel, Moriah, Masada, Kesser Torah College, Mt Sinai College, JEMS and North Shore Temple Emanuel. If any other shules or youth groups in Sydney would like to join in our mega Mitzvah Day toy drive, please contact us and we'll let you know what's required.
For more information about Kids Giving Back http://www.kidsgivingback.org. To learn more about the great work of Second Chance Toys: http://www.secondchancetoys.com.au.All NSW-Greater Sydney
Masada College (Kids Giving Back) Collectathon Yes Kids Giving Back is spearheading a toy drive for Second Chance Toys, a community initiative to rescue and recycle plastic toys for children in disadvantaged situations in local communities.
Masada College Junior School is participating in the Kids Giving Back toy drive for Second Chance Toys. The whole school will be involved in the project and the Student Representative Council (SRC) will be monitoring and managing the collection of toys.Kids NSW-Lindfield
Moriah College (Kids Giving Back) Collectathon No Toy Drive from October 28th to November 14th at Moriah College. Teens NSW-Bondi Junction
North Shore Temple Emanuel (Kids Giving Back) Collectathon No North Shore Temple Emanuel (NSTE) is participating in the Kids Giving Back toy drive for Second Chance Toys. Teens NSW-Chatswood
Kesser Torah College (Kids Giving Back) Collectathon No Kesser Torah College (KTC) is participating in the Kids Giving Back toy drive for Second Chance Toys, by donating used toys for disadvantaged children in local communities. This is a whole school initiative which will allow students to fulfil the Mitzvah of Tzedakah, honour the goals of International Mitzvah Day and appreciate the value of recycling. Kids NSW-Dover Heights
Emanuel School (Kids Giving Back) Collectathon Yes Emanuel School and Kornmehl Pre-School are participating in the Kids Giving Back toy drive for Second Chance Toys, by donating used toys for disadvantaged children in local communities. This is a whole school initiative (P-12) which will help students learn the value of recycling whilst helping others at the same time, carrying out the mitzvah of Tzedakah. Kids NSW-Randwick
NCJWA(Vic) Collectathon No Making up small gift bags to be distributed via Community Information Glen Eira to disadvantaged women. Adults VIC-Caulfield
Mount Sinai College Collectathon No Toy Drive Kids NSW-Maroubra
B'nai B'rith Victoria Collectathon Yes To collect toiletries for the Mission of Sacred Heart All VIC
King David School Collectathon No Students will be collecting clothes (that are still in good condition), books, household items that are still working and in good condition, toys and games that would be appropriate to give to an op-shop. We will be donating these items to SIDS and Kids, who also work in conjunction with Savers op-shops to help numerous charities. Kids VIC-Armadale
Kedem Collectathon Yes Kedem individuals will be collecting a few books that are in a good condition and will be delivered to The Footpath Library’s headquarters (http://footpathlibrary.org) in Flemington.
Click here for more informationAll VIC
Mount Scopus Memorial College - Primary Collectathon No Mt Scopus Primary School is participating in the Jewish schools' toy drive for VACCA. Kids VIC
JCCV Executive Collectathon No In the lead up to Mitzvah Day the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) Executive team will collect non-perishable food items and basic toiletries. We will package care parcels on Mitzvah Day that can be distributed to people in need by the Ladies Benevolent Society. Adults VIC-Caulfield
WIZO Masada Collectathon No Collection of non-perishable food items (cans, cartons, etc), stationery & toiletry items for the Ardoch Youth Foundation. Adults VIC-Caulfield
Maccabi Victoria Collectathon Yes We are collecting new and pre-loved sports uniforms, sports equipment, Junior Carnival uniforms or any other sporting apparel (still in good condition) and sending these to communities in need both within and outside of Australia including Cambodia.
Click here for more informationAll VIC-Caulfield South
Mount Scopus Memorial College - Secondary Collectathon No MSMC Secondary School is doing a school-wide food drive gathering non-perishable items for FairShare.
In addition, small groups of students are working with CCare to cook and distribute food to residents in South Melbourne housing estates.Teens VIC-Burwood
Kids Giving Back Cookathon Yes COOK FOR GOOD is a volunteer program for Bar and Batmitzvah students and parents, run by Kids Giving Back. Participants will cook a total of approximately 400 nutritious meals consisting of several courses that participants will then deliver to homeless shelters as well as to individuals in need.
Families will meet at Our Big Kitchen (OBK), 36 Flood Street, Bondi, at 9.30am. Total program duration: approximately 4.5 hours including cooking and food delivery. Please note, attendance is by pre-registration only.
Click here for more informationAll NSW-Bondi
C Care Cookathon Yes Volunteers will come together to cook, package and deliver meals to disadvantaged individuals. Recipients are living below the poverty line, and are isolated or unwell. By visiting these individuals and bringing along a nutritious meal - volunteers demonstrate that they care, and provide recipients with much needed emotional and physical support.
All VIC-Port Melbourne
Chabad WA Cookathon Yes Baking cakes and cookies to be given to people in our community that could do with some friendship for numerous reasons All WA-Perth
Robyn Krawitz Green Projects Yes Community Garden project. Plant herbs and vegetables at Yooralla's Community Garden. General maintenance duties associated with the community garden. All VIC-Carnegie
JECO (Jewish Ecological Coalition) Green Projects Yes Learn about Port Phillip Bay with the Port Phillip Baykeeper and help conduct a Nurdle (is it an animal, vegetable or mineral?)/Litter Audit and Shoreline Shell Survey. This is a great activity for all ages and a wonderful opportunity to learn about the bay. A family day at the beach! Venue change due to the city2sea fun run. New venue South Beach, St Kilda. Details at http://www.jeco.org.au and Facebook. All VIC-St Kilda
Temple David Congregation Inc Food Rescue No Temple David will be collecting canned / packaged food for FoodBank (WA). FoodBank (WA) is a non-denominational, non-profit organisation which acts as a pantry to the charities and community groups who feed the hungry. All WA-Mt Lawley
WIZO Victoria Food Rescue Yes Collecting for "FareShare" - tins of legumes, pulses, lentils, chickpeas & red kidney beans.
Please bring your donations to WIZO Vic office no later than Thu 14-Nov at 306 Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield.Adults VIC-Caulfield
Jewish Care Fun Day No Jewish Care volunteers, residents and clients are invited to our Fun day to help pack Chanukah gifts. This will be followed by a special concert and guest speaker. We will then be holding a BBQ Lunch, Entertainment and Activities to celebrate both International Volunteer day and Mitzvah day. All VIC-Melbourne
Bnei Akiva Perth Fun Day No Running games and activities with children with illnesses and disabilities at Princess Margaret Hospital. Teens WA-Subiaco
VAJEX Australia Honour our Armed Forces Yes Luncheon for veterans and their families from the Australian Defence Force and Allied Forces. Adults VIC-Caulfield
United Jewish Education Board Make and Share No The UJEB kids in the Afterschool Centres are doing a unit on Bikkur Cholim, the mitzvah of visiting the sick. All of the kids are going to make get well cards to send to the residents of a Jewish Care facility to brighten their day. UJEB will collect the cards and deliver them to the facility. Kids VIC
Emanuel Synagogue Make and Share Yes We will be sewing and decorating bags and filling them with toiletries for women's shelter. Adults NSW-Woolhara
Recycling is Fun Make and Share Yes Packing craft kits for needy children locally and in Israel. All VIC-Caulfield
Kehilat Nitzan Working Bee Yes To clean the Emerald Hill Mission food van (inside and outside) which is used to feed homeless people and to clean the kitchen in the South Melbourne church where the van is kept. Kehilat Nitzan uses this van every Thursday night after heating up the frankfurts in the church kitchen and sets up in Fitzroy Street to feed the many homeless people in the area. Adults VIC-South Melbourne
Perth Kids Can! Working Bee Yes We plan to run a toy drive. We hope to collect, clean and distribute plastic toys to local charities and refuges.
The aim is to involve the kids in cleaning and donating toys and realising the joy in giving and helping others.Kids WA-Dianella
March of the Living Australia Working Bee No We will be assisting Bicycles for Humanity in packing a container full of used bicycles for one of their projects in Africa see http://www.bicyclesforhumanity.com for details. Teens VIC
March of the Living Australia - Perth Working Bee No We will be assisting Bicycles for Humanity in packing a container full of used bicycles for one of their projects in Africa see http://www.bicyclesforhumanity.com for details. All WA-Perth
March of the Living Australia - Sydney Working Bee No We will be assisting Bicycles for Humanity in packing a container full of used bicycles for one of their projects in Africa see http://www.bicyclesforhumanity.com for details. All NSW-St Ives
KOGO & IMPACT Working Bee Yes KOGO (Knit One Give One) & IMPACT invite you to join them to wrap gifts to be distributed over the upcoming Christmas period to women and children who each week seek refuge as they escape extreme violence at home.
Please bring a smile and a sense of humour and, if you can, something new a child or woman might enjoy.
Pop in for an hour or more anytime between 11am and 4pm.
Click here for more informationAll VIC-Caulfield South
Emmy Monash Aged Care Working Bee No Residents of our Home, their families , our staff and volunteers will support KOGO (Knit One Give One) & IMPACT . We will help with providing and/or wrapping gifts to be distributed over the upcoming Christmas period to women and children who each week seek refuge as they escape extreme violence at home. All VIC-Caulfield North
Irisim Working Bee No Irisim is supporting the KOGO & IMPACT project. Kids VIC
Shira Hadasha Working Bee Yes Shira have nominated to help a wonderful organisation called St Kilda Mums in a working bee to tidy up their warehouse at 5 Vale St, St Kilda to sort out donations of baby goods that can be recycled to those in need. We can only take 20 volunteers, so please RSVP to carmella@shira.org.au to confirm your spot. All VIC-St Kilda
B'nai B'rith Victoria Sunshine for Seniors Yes B'nai B'rith in conjunction with ZCV, Lamm Library and Beth Weizmann will present a concert, performed by students of Bialik College, King David School, Leibler Yavneh College and Shalom Aleichem College (produced by Esther Gross) to entertain senior citizens including from Jewish Care. The Concert will be held at the Beth Weizmann Community Centre on Sunday, 17th November at 3:15pm followed by afternoon tea. Adults VIC-Caulfield
Sholem Aleichem College Social Inclusion No We will be holding our own Asylum Seeker education week in the lead-up to Mitzvah Day, culminating in a collection for and visit to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Kids VIC-Elsternwick
Zionist Council of Victoria Sunshine for Seniors Yes The Zionist Council of Victoria (ZCV), Lamm Library of Australia and Beth Weizmann Community Centre are pleased to support Mitzvah Day. Together with B'nei B'rith, we will host the concert at Beth Weizmann. All VIC-Caulfield South
B'nai B'rith Unit Hatikvah Working Bee No Making calico dolls for donation to the Royal Children's Hospital which aids in explaining various body parts to children who need an operation. Adults VIC
Beit Aharon Congregation Working Bee Yes We will be participating in the Jewish Care program to prepare Hannukah packets for their clients. All VIC-East St Kilda
Temple Beth Israel Working Bee Yes Temple Beth Israel will be hosting numerous events starting with breakfast/opening ceremony at 10am, and concluding with BBQ/closing ceremony at 4pm.
10:15am TBI working Bee including making care packages for hospitals, nursing homes and shut ins.
Click here for more informationAll VIC-St Kilda
Temple Beth Israel Working Bee Yes Temple Beth Israel will be hosting numerous events starting with breakfast/opening ceremony at 10am, and concluding with BBQ/closing ceremony at 4pm.
10:15am Families help sort, clean and organise at the Posh Opp Shop.
Click here for more informationAll VIC-St Kilda
Temple Beth Israel Sunshine for Seniors Yes Temple Beth Israel will be hosting numerous events starting with breakfast/opening ceremony at 10am, and concluding with BBQ/closing ceremony at 4pm.
11:00am Community sing along at Munzer Nursing home.
Click here for more informationAll VIC-St Kilda
Temple Beth Israel Sunshine for Seniors Yes Temple Beth Israel will be hosting numerous events starting with breakfast/opening ceremony at 10am, and concluding with BBQ/closing ceremony at 4pm.
Community sing along at Montefiore nursing home at 1:30pm and at the high care at 2:30pm.
Click here for more informationAll VIC-St Kilda
Central Shule Working Bee No Children will come to Central Shule in the morning, to drop off toys that they would like to give away to charity. Whilst there they will bake challah rolls to donate to a food charity. Kids VIC-St Kilda
Carmel School Working Bee Yes Carmel students and staff will be going to the various shules in Perth and sorting out the geniza in the shules which we hope will be a great help for the Chevra Kaddisha. All WA-Dianella
Habonim Dror Perth Working Bee Yes Menora Charity Fun Car Wash & Swap Meet
We will be helping the local community Menora Charity Fund that assists in providing for the unfortunate in our community. We will be attending their swap-meet and assisting them, and then have an organised Car Wash. All funds that are raised at the Car Wash will go towards the Menora Charity Fund.Teens WA-Dianella
Jewish Aid Australia Social Inclusion Yes JAA annual Picnic in the Park with members of the Melbourne Sudanese community will be held from 12-3pm at Caulfield Park (cnr Balaclava Rd & Park Crescent).
Loads of fun activities for the family:
* BBQ (kosher), Soccer, Music & dancing
* Party Hire Silent Disco, yard games
* Henna, Arts & crafts, Face painting
Picnic in the Park posterAll VIC-Caulfield
3rd St Kilda Scout group Social Inclusion No 3rd St Kilda Scout group is supporting the Jewish Aid Australia Picnic in the Park. All VIC-Caulfield
10th Caulfield Scout group Social Inclusion No 10th Caulfield Scout group is supporting the Jewish Aid Australia Picnic in the Park. All VIC-Caulfield
Bialik College Social Inclusion No Bialik College is supporting the Jewish Aid Australia Picnic in the Park. Teens VIC-Caulfield
Leo Baeck Centre for Progressive Judaism Social Inclusion No Leo Baeck Centre (LBC) is participating in Mitzvah Day by getting together with some families from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), West Melbourne. LBC participants will meet the asylum seekers, their families and ASRC volunteers at the Collingwood Children’s Farm, Abbottsford for a walk through the farm, followed by a communal afternoon tea provided by LBC. This is seen as an opportunity for LBC members to meet an important but marginalised group of people in our community, get to know them better and offer them hospitality. All VIC-Kew East
Darebin Aboriginal Reconciliation Healing Walk Social Inclusion Yes Perform a big Mitzvah - by going for a walk... with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people experiencing Spiritual Healing together! People of all ages, abilities and backgrounds are invited to come together and walk the Spiritual Healing Trail commencing 1pm on 17-Nov at the Darebin Parklands.
Click here for more informationAll VIC-Northcote
Beit Knesset Shalom Synagogue Space Makeover Yes Beit Knesset Shalom Synagogue will clean up a local park. All QLD-Camp Hill
Kehilat Nitzan - Nitzanim Singers Sunshine for Seniors Yes Singing at Sheridan Hall Special Accommodation All VIC-Caulfield
Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Sunshine for Seniors No Join us for a special morning tea to celebrate senior citizens of our community Adults VIC-Caulfield
Nirkoda Israeli Folk Dance Club Sunshine for Seniors Yes To demonstrate our Israeli Dancing and also invite people to join in for an inclusive session at Montifiore Homes. Approximately 10-12 people will participate. Adults VIC-Melbourne
ZOOZ Israeli Dancing Sunshine for Seniors No ZOOZ are performing at 2 different Aged Care Facilities - The Armitage, Windsor, & Gary Smorgon House, Caulfield. We will perform a selection of dances to beautiful music to entertain the residents, at the conclusion of which, we will invite the residents to join us in a few simple, low impact dances. There will be 2 groups of dancers & I expect to have approx 12-15 dancers in each group. All VIC
Dianella Shule Sunshine for Seniors Yes Dianella Shule Beit Midrash of WA will be visiting the Maurice Zeffert Home. Adults WA-Yokine