Annual Community-wide

Mitzvah Mania

A pre-Bar/Bat Mitzvah Morning for 6th grade students and their parents

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Sunday, February 26, 2006
9:30am until 12:00 pm

At Tarbut V'Torah Upper School Campus (5 Federation Way  in Irvine)

 

 

• Meet teen "Mitzvah Makers"
• Create a Community Tzedakah Project
• Share this milestone with our community of 6th graders' families
• This special program will count toward 6th grade attendance at religious school.
• Take home helpful handouts, including our "Teens Take Action" Resource Guide

 

This event is brought to you by the Bureau of Jewish Education and partner synagogues at NO CHARGE.

Get your own copy of the Teen Volunteer Resource Guide at Mitzvah Mania! Packed full of ideas for teen volunteer or bar/bat mitzvah projects, it is the best local source of information!

Sample Outline of Activities

1.  Welcome Activities 9:15-10:00

• Registration
• "Mitzvot R Us" exhibit: Meet teen Mitzvah Makers and discover their unique Mitzvah projects.
• Help organize and pack backpack for disadvantaged students.
• Design and decorate a Passover greeting card for Jewish soldiers in the US Armed Forces.

II. Greetings and Overview 10:15-10:30

III. Mitzvah Stations 10:45-Noon (Participants will be divided into 4 groups and will rotate every 20 minutes to each of the 4 stations)

• Linus Project: Participate in our blanket-decorating project to benefit CHOC patients
• Create-A-Smile: Animal Assisted Therapy
• Think Big: How to plan a big fundraising event
• Sports & Mitzvah: AYSO program, Little League Challenger program and more.

 

The Bureau of Jewish Education and the following contributing synagogues make this program possible:  University Synagogue, Temple Beth Sholom, Congregation B'nai Israel, Temple Bat Yahm, Temple Beth David, Congregation Shir Ha Ma'alot, Temple Beth Tikvah/Adat Ari, Congregation B'nai Tzedek, Temple Beth El, and Temple Israel--Long Beach.

 

View or download the newest Teen Resource Guide!
 (this is a PDF)