Monday, February 27, 2012
Congregation Shir Tikvah representative Shayna Shuman, 17, wrote on her years of experience volunteering through J-Serve Detroit, which connects Jewish teens to community-wide volunteer opportunities.
Tikkun olam is a Hebrew phrase that means "repairing the world" and recently, area religious and community groups realized just how popular the phrase was among Metro Detroit teenagers. J-Serve, an annual program to facilitate volunteer opportunities worldwide for Jewish youth, began in 2008 in Metro Detroit as teens volunteered at a variety of agencies to build a garden at Friendship Circle. Since then, the program has expanded to offer two different days of service in 2012, the first of which was last week Thursday with another national event scheduled for April 22. The teens took part in a host of volunteer activities including sorting food at Gleaners Community Food Banks in Pontiac and Detroit, painting and sorting donations at the …
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Greening of Detroit
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
In honor of the declared 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance, hundreds of volunteers descended upon Detroit on Sunday to lend their time to local projects.
In honor of the national 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance, hundreds of metro Detroiters descended upon Detroit on Sunday afternoon to donate their time to local projects. Volunteers, organized through Acts of Kindness-Detroit, gathered at Focus: HOPE in northwest Detroit and were dispersed to local parks, alleys, parking lots and the Focus: HOPE headquarters to work on projects ranging from raking and picking up trash to putting together projects for Arts & Scraps. "We want to honor the victims (of 9/11) by doing something in our communities," ACCESS Executive Director Hassan Jaber said at the opening ceremony of the day of service. "This is about us. This is about today, and the spirit needs to continue every day in Detroit." Asim …
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
J-Serve, which connects West Bloomfield teens to volunteer opportunities in Metro Detroit, expands to offer two different days of volunteer service beginning Thursday.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- Timothy Rath
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tikkun olam is a Hebrew phrase that means "repairing the world" and recently, area religious and community groups realized just how popular the phrase was among West Bloomfield teenagers. J-Serve, an annual program to facilitate volunteer opportunities worldwide for Jewish youth, began in 2008 in Metro Detroit as teens volunteered at a variety of agencies to build a garden at Friendship Circle. Since then, the program has grown to accomodate 150 teens from different denominations and affiliations at J-Serve 2010, and has expanded to offer two different days of service in 2011, the first of which begins Thursday with another event scheduled for April 17. "We're trying to cater to the demand for community service opportunities," said Zack …
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Adam Shalom Synagogue
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Temple Israel
5725 Walnut Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Frankel Jewish Academy
6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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The Shul Chabad-Lubavitch
6890 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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