Kids’ Kloset provides clothing, footwear and other essentials such as diapers and wipes free of charge to local youth living in need. Clothing items are packed in “Bags of Love” one weeks worth of clothing personally packed with each child in mind. Appropriate, clean clothing is distributed free of stains and rips. It is our belief that each “Bag of Love” is not just clothing but makes a child feel good about themselves, increasing self-esteem, confidence and reducing stress at home. Kids’ Kloset is volunteer driven and relies on the community to volunteer and donate clothing, footwear and other items. Kids’ Kloset is a great Mitzvah project!
Kids v Cancer promotes pediatric cancer research by identifying structural impediments at key junctures in the research process – new drugs, tissue donation and access to funding – and developing strategies to address them.
Are you looking for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Project that could directly help people your age? Come join Kids v Cancer! Come create Tikkun Olam and make a better world for kids and young adults with cancer. You can make a difference.
Makor Disability Services, until recently Women’s League Community Residences, founded in 1978, is a lifespan service organization meeting the residential, therapeutic, social, medical, developmental, and cultural needs of individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
Mission Statement: Inspired by Jewish values and ideals, MAZON is a national advocacy organization working to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and Israel.
Who is MAZON?
For more than 30 years, MAZON has been committed to ensuring that vulnerable people have access to the resources they need to be able to put food on the table. MAZON is a leading voice in Washington D.C. on anti-hunger issues, especially those that involve populations or problems that have been previously overlooked or ignored.
Why Advocacy?
Our nation’s public policies have lasting effects on the lives of millions of people. By promoting change through advocacy, MAZON seeks to ensure that our elected officials and policymakers understand and consider the needs of the millions of American men, women and children who struggle with hunger.
What We Do:
Work with policymakers to protect and strengthen federal nutrition programs like SNAP (food stamps) and school meals
Confront emerging issues that might otherwise go unaddressed within the national anti-hunger community
Educate communities across the country about the realities of hunger and what we can all do to end it
Partner with like-minded organizations to promote long-term solutions to improve ongoing challenges
Key Priority Areas:
In addition to engaging in broad-based advocacy to protect and strengthen the vital federal nutrition programs that help people put food on the table each day, MAZON prioritizes its efforts in the following areas:
Active duty military families & veterans
Senior citizens
Native Americans
Rural & remote communities
Nutrition & health
Memorial Sloan Kettering is the largest cancer center in the northeast and the largest pediatric cancers hospital in the world. The patients use more blood transfusions than do patients with any other disease. The Cancer Center transfuses more than 48,000 units of blood and platelets to patients each year many of whom are children.
Met Council is one of New York’s top human service agencies helping over 225,000 New Yorkers fight poverty each year. Our services include crisis intervention, benefits outreach and enrollment, kosher food pantries and vouchers, domestic violence counseling, affordable housing, and home repairs.
New York Common Pantry works toward the reduction of hunger and food insecurity through an array of programs that function to establish long-term independence for those we serve. Our whole-person approach starts with food provision through the distribution of nutritious, fresh food pantry packages in Choice Pantryand hearty balanced breakfast and dinner in the Hot Meals program. Supplemental food is provided to seniors aged 60 and older through Nourish. We then go further to address the reasons for food insecurity with case management services through the help of Help 365, which assists Pantry visitors in gaining access to resources, and Project Dignity, which connects homeless visitors to resources. The third vital element in our whole-person approach is education offered through our Live Healthy! program. Live Healthy! teaches children and adults about the importance of a nutritionally sound diet and active living, as well as provides them with the skills necessary to make healthier choices for their families.
ORT America provides cutting-edge training and strategic educational initiatives that empower over 300,000 people annually in 37 countries to become productive citizens and lead their families and communities forward. This is a responsibility ORT America welcomes as part of its commitment to supporting Jewish values, strengthening Jewish identity and providing the educational opportunities that help people help themselves.
Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s mission is to eradicate children’s cancer. They have a number of fund raisers where dollars raised goes to support pediatric cancer research, equipment, and patient/parent care.
Pitch In For Baseball® (PIFB) is a registered 501(c)(3) not for profit organization that provides new and gently used baseball and softball equipment to boys and girls in the United States and around the world who want to play ball but lack the equipment to do so.
PIFB reduces barriers to play and promotes youth development by providing equipment directly to leagues, schools, and organizations around the world to start, continue, and/or expand their programs. Over the past 12 years, Pitch In For Baseball has donated more than $7 million worth of equipment to 700,000 under-resourced kids in nearly every state in the U.S. and 90 different countries internationally.
