Areyvut & Annual Benchmarks
Posted on December 27, 2010
At Areyvut, we incorporate an evaluative element into each of our programs. We recently began a visioning process to help us assess our needs, goals, and potential. We have created benchmarks for annual, short term and long term goals. Though it is too soon to determine whether or not we have reached our short and long term benchmarks, the visioning process has helped us clarify our purposes and think about our future. We will continue to put our benchmarks and other evaluative tools into play so that we can fully understand the impact of our work. We will also continue to be transparent and to share this and other relevant information with you on a regular basis.
In the interim, I am pleased to report that we have reached our annual benchmarks including:
- Engaging 200 families which we did through our Bnai Mitzvah Fairs, “Make a Difference” Day, A Kindness a Day Calendar and other programs.
- Involving 100 participants in cross-denominational programs which were able to do through Mitzvah Clowning, our Seminar on Jewish Teen Philanthropy and presentations at conferences.
- Worked with 115 organizations, agencies, and institutions. You can see a detailed list below of agencies we worked with directly but please note that this list does not include a) the A Kindness a Day Calendar which is distributed daily to 500 people, many of whom use the calendar as an educational resource with their students, congregants, colleagues and families, b) the educators and lay leaders who attended Areyvut’s presentations at conferences and c) the agencies highlighted in the Bnai Mitzvah Video Essay Contest.
Here are the schools, synagogues and agencies that Areyvut has directly impacted in 2010 through our programs:
- Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (ASYV)- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- American Cancer Society- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- American Friends of Leket Israel- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- Bat Torah- Mitzvah Clowning
- Bears from Bergenfield- Bnai Mitzvah Fairs
- Beit Issie Shapiro- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Bet Hayeled- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Boys Town Jerusalem- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Bright Side Manor- Disney Give a Day, Mitzvah Clowning
- Bronx Jewish Community Council- Bnai Mitzvah Fair, Mitzvah Clowning
- Canine Companions for Independence- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- CareOne at Teaneck- Bnai Mitzvah Fair, Mitzvah Clowning
- Carleton College- “Make a Difference” Day, Mitzvah Clowning, Summer Internship Program
- Center for Food Action- Disney Give a Day, “Make a Difference” Day
- Central Synagogue- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation, Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Chai Lifeline- Bnai Mitzvah Fairs
- Cherish Our Children International (COCI)- Bnai Mitzvah Fairs
- Central Agency for Jewish Education (St. Louis)- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Cleveland Jewish News- Article
- Community FoodBank of New Jersey- Bnai Mitzvah Fair, Disney Give a Day, “Make a Difference” Day
- Congregation Agudath Achim- “Make a Difference” Day
- Congregation Beth Chaim- Presentation
- Congregation Shomrei Emunah- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Daughters of Miriam- Mitzvah Clowning
- Demarest Middle School- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Emunah- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF)- Bnai Mitzvah Fair, Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Friendship Circle of Bergen County- Bnai Mitzvah Fair, Jewish Teen Philanthropy, Mitzvah Clowning, Summer Internship Program
- Frisch- Mitzvah Clowning
- Gift of Life- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- Grandparents for Social Justice- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Habitat of Humanity of Bergen County- Jewish Teen Philanthropy, Summer Internship Program
- Hadassah- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Hazon- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- Hebrew Free Burial Association- Bnai Mitzvah Fairs, Summer Internship Program
- Helping Hands Food Pantry- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- Herzl/RMHA- “Make a Difference” Day
- Hollis Hills Jewish Center- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Holy Name Hospital- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Jaffa Institute- “Make a Difference” Day
- JCC Rockland- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA)- Bnai Mitzvah Fair, “Make a Difference” Day
- Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS)- Conference, Mitzvah Clowning, Presentation
- Jewish Center of Teaneck- Disney Give a Day, Mitzvah Clowning
- Jewish Communal Fund- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Jewish Community Centers of Chicago- “Make a Difference” Day
- Jewish Community Youth Foundation- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Jewish Education Project- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Greater Mercer County (JFCS)- Jewish Teen Philanthropy, “Make a Difference” Day
- Jewish Family Service of Bergen & Northern Hudson- Bnai Mitzvah Fair, Disney Give a Day, Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation, Jewish Teen Philanthropy, “Make a Difference” Day, Summer Internship Program
- Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)- Article
- Jewish Teen Funders Network- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- J-Hi-TEQ- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- JOFA- Article, Conference, Presentation
- Levine-Sklut Judaic Library & Resource Center- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Livnot U’Lehibanot- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- Lookstein Center- Article
- Ma’ayanot – Mitzvah Clowning, Summer Internship Program
- Magen David Yeshivah- Mitzvah Clowning
- Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago- “Make a Difference” Day
- Martin J. Gottlieb Day School- “Make a Difference” Day
- Metropolitan Council on Jewish- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- Moriah- Mitzvah Clowning
- Moving Traditions- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- New Jersey Association of Jewish Day Schools (NJAJDS)- Conference, Presentation
- Netivot Shalom- “Make a Difference” Day
- North American Conference On Ethiopian Jewry (NACOEJ)- Bnai Mitzvah Fairs, Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- North Shore Hebrew Academy- Bnai Mitzvah Program, Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Northern NJ Juvenile Diabetes- Mitzvah Clowning
- Ohel – Bnai Mitzvah Fairs
- Orthodox Union- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Otsar- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE)- Conference
- Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Project Ezrah- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Queens College- Mitzvah Clowning, Summer Internship Program
- Ramaz- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Ravsak- Article
- Reuth – Bnai Mitzvah Fair, Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation, Mitzvah Clowning
- Rutgers- Mitzvah Clowning, Summer Internship Program
- SAR Academy- Bnai Mitzvah Fair, Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultations
- Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center – Bnai Mitzvah Fair, Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Shaarei Torah- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Shalom Baby- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Sharsheret- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Shelter Our Sisters- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- Shulamith- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Sinai- Mitzvah Clowning, Summer Internship Program
- Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union- “Make a Difference” Day
- Solomon Schechter School of Westchester- “Make a Difference” Day
- Temple Beth Sholom- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- Temple Emanu-El (Closter)- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation
- Temple Emanu-El (Westfield)- Presentation
- Tenafly Nature Center- Summer Internship Program
- Torah Academy of Bergen County (TABC)- Mitzvah Clowning
- United Hebrew- Mitzvah Clowning
- UJA-Federation of New York- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation, Mitzvah Clowning
- UJA/Federation Westport-Weston-Wilton-Norwalk- Jewish Teen Philanthropy
- Volunteer Center of Bergen County- Bnai Mitzvah Fair
- Weinbaum Yeshiva High School- Jewish Teen Philanthropy, “Make a Difference” Day
- Westchester Day School- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation, Mitzvah Clowning
- Westchester Fairfield Hebrew Academy- Mitzvah Clowning
- Westchester Hebrew High School- Mitzvah Clowning
- Yeshiva of Central Queens- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultations
- Yeshiva University- Presentation
- Yeshivat Noam- Bnai Mitzvah Fair, Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultations, Jewish Teen Philanthropy, Mitzvah Clowning, Summer Internship Program
- Young Israel of New Rochelle- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultations, Mitzvah Clowning
- Young Israel of Scarsdale- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultations, Mitzvah Clowning
- Young Israel of Teaneck- Individual Bnai Mitzvah Consultation, Mitzvah Clowning
Please let me know if I missed your school, synagogue or agency.
As you can see, we achieved a lot in 2010. With your help, support and involvement Areyvut do even more in 2011.