BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:763@areyvut.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220523T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220523T170000 DTSTAMP:20220516T171157Z URL:https://areyvut.org/events/chicago-chesed-tour/ SUMMARY:Chicago Chesed Tour DESCRIPTION:Last edited May 16\, 2022 at 1:15 PM- Registration is closed an d if you are interested in this and/or other in person site visits please let us know by contacting us at 201-244-6702 or info@areyvut.org.\n\nChese d is a core Jewish value\, one that is central to every community.   We offer this Chicago Chesed Tour for those outside Chicago to share best pra ctices and to help you and your community reflect\, learn and grow your ch esed initiatives to better serve the needs of those you serve.  In the sp irit of Areyvut\, we ask that you please share this with those in your com munity who may find this of interest and welcome any inquiries to us at (2 01) 244-6702 or info@areyvut.org.\n\nAt Areyvut we actively help agencies build and grow their capacity.  For us increasing organizational capacity actively increases active kindness and as such is critically important.\n \nChicago is unique in many ways\, one of which is the impressive chesed i nfrastructure\, the vast array of agencies and the ways those agencies com plement each other and actively work together to best meet the needs and c reate\, build and nurture the commUNITY while modeling unity.\n\nWe will b e coordinating and facilitating a Chicago Chesed Tour.  The tour will vis it:\n\nThe Ark\nThe Chicago Center\nChicago Chesed Fund\nChicago Mitzvah C ampaign\n\nThe tour is for participants to see the gamut of chesed service s available in Chicago with the goal of having them bring back what they s ee and experience to share with their agency and community.  Participants should come with an open mind\, eagerness to grow\, learn\, network and p rofoundly and powerfully transform their agency\, those they serve and to exponentially increase the impact they have.\n\nThis Chicago Chesed Tour i s designed for professional staff\, board members\, lay leaders\, voluntee rs\, rabbis\, donors and communal leaders.  While the program is open to anyone\, to deliberately build capacity in our home community\, we are foc using on Bergen County.  Again\, anyone interested in welcomed and encour aged but direct outreach will be focused on Bergen County.\n\nTo minimize your time away from work and family\, we have limited the program to one d ay so you can fly in and out on the same day.   We expect the program to run from 9 am to 5 pm and request that those arriving on Monday\, May 23r d be ready to leave the airport by 8:30 am and to book return flights no e arlier then 7:30 pm.  Those that want to arrive earlier or stay later and enjoy Chicago are welcome and encouraged to do so.  If you need help fac ilitating meetings for an extended stay or if we can help in any way pleas e let us know.\n\nTo maximize the impact we encourage staff to come along with lay leaders and/or other people from their agency.  We have structur ed the pricing to incentivize multiple people from each agency to attend.   Our staff and leadership feel so strongly and passionately about the po tential impact of this that we are only charging our direct costs.  Our f ee covers snacks\, lunch at a noted restaurant\, transportation throughout the day and for those flying in that morning to Chicago or out that eveni ng pick up and/or drop off at O'Hare International Airport.  Attendees ar e responsible for their own flights and any other travel related expenses such as hotels.\n\nCorporate sponsors are tax deductible to the fullest ex tent permitted by law and will be recognized\, thanked and appreciated at the program.\n\nThose that register will be receiving  information about the schedule and additional details.\n\nIf you want to discuss the Chicago Chesed Tour\, have questions or want to explore bringing Areyvut to your community\, please contact us at (201) 244-6702 or info@areyvut.org.\n\n\n \n \; CATEGORIES:A Kindness A Day,Chesed Fairs,Conference,Early Childhood Programs,Family Volunteering,Mitzvah Projects,National Mitzvah Day,Presentations & Workshops,Tikkun Olam Tours END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR