You can start volunteering for Mitzvah Day 2012 TODAY!
Join fellow volunteers in knitting or crocheting scarves and hats to be included in Winter Survival Kits which will be assembled and distributed to the homeless on December 25, 2012.
All scarves and hats should be returned to Jewish Volunteer Connection at 5708 Park Heights Avenue by Monday, [...]

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 The 2009-10 Diller CSI Teen Fellows returned to Baltimore on July 28, 2010 after a whirlwind three weeks in Israel, an experience that many called “the trip of a lifetime.” A number of the Fellows responded to a brief questionnaire asking them about their trip, ranging from memorable places visited to what they learned at [...]

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Jewish Volunteer Connection offers a free service for which many organizations charge a great deal. As the central volunteer referral agency for the Baltimore Jewish Community, JVC works to link identified community needs with the skills and interests of potential volunteers, serving as a resource to the Baltimore Jewish community and promoting a Jewish culture [...]

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The knitters at North Oaks Senior Living Community in Pikesville are just one of many groups throughout the Jewish community who knit year-round for JVC’s Community Mitzvah Day.
Sherrie Polsky, the Community Life Services Director at North Oaks, keeps the volunteer knitters stocked with yarn and even brings them cookies as they meet each week to [...]

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By Jennifer Swirnow, Park School and TGI Fellow
This year, the Teen Giving Initiative (TGI) set out to raise money for organizations pertaining to three focus groups: children/teens at risk, hunger and poverty, and small Jewish communities throughout the world. Given the state of our economy this year, our group decided to simply raise as much money [...]

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