Activity Name

Description

Age Min.

Group Leader

Santa Ana Zoo
(FULL)

The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park has provided an urban oasis for countless visitors for over 50 years. It is their mission to instill a passion for the natural world through recreation, education and conservation. They offer exciting programs and events for people of all ages.

This year, our group will be doing a project to assist with zoo upkeep.

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Andrea Wasserman

Bubbe and Zayde’s Place

Bubbe and Zayde’s Place (grandma and grandpa in Yiddish) is a residential care facility for Jewish seniors.  Six residents live in each house, and keep their own schedule, habits, and routine – while receiving the individual attention and support they require. 

On Mitzvah Day, we will be going as a group to do some Jewish musical entertainment for the residents.  If you play an instrument, please feel free to bring it along! 

12

Caroline Paltin

Isaiah House
(FULL)

Isaiah House offers formal meals for the homeless daily, shelter for homeless families and women, bags of food and clothing, showers, emergency assistance, a relaxing backyard, and always a friendly ear and kind words of support.

Our group will go to Isaiah house in the morning to make breakfast and then serve it to the women there. 

(VOLUNTEERS WILL NEED TO ARRIVE AT ISAIAH HOUSE AT 8:30 AM, AND SO THEY WILL NEED TO SKIP THE KICK-OFF EVENT AT THE SYNAGOGUE.)

10

Sue Guilford

Hemopet Lifeline
(FULL)

For more than 20 years, Hemopet has been a pet lifeline.  They established the first non-profit national animal blood bank, which is a leader in its field. Their greyhound rescue program known around the world has re-homed more than 1500 dogs from the racing industry and placed them as family companions. Their educational programs for children in inner city schools and people with special needs have taught the community that loving an animal translates into being loving to people.

These retired greyhounds need your love and attention!  Walk and play with them at their Garden Grove home.  If you choose this activity, towels, blankets, and stuffed toys are always needed and appreciated.

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Susan Gross

OC Interfaith Shelter

OC Interfaith Shelter has evolved into a multifaceted transitional housing program addressing tangible and intangible needs – from shelter to counseling. As one of the oldest and largest shelters in Orange County, OCIS serves more than 2,000 individuals each year.

Come with the group to clean and organize the children’s activity room, and do some general sprucing up.

8

Cindy Grossberg

Wise Place

WISE Place offers housing and support services for homeless women who are committed to changing their lives. WISE Place has an 85-year history of caring for local women. By meeting basic needs such as housing, food, clothing, physical and emotional nourishment, as well as vocational and life skills training, WISE Place is one of the few places these women can go to begin again.

The center needs us to do some window washing, painting, and vegetable and flower planting.

12

Sylvia Borovay

Silverado Nature Clean-up
(FULL)

We are privileged to live near an ecological and recreational paradise known as the Santa Ana Mountains.  Our mountains are rich with biological diversity, including endemic plant and animal species that can be found nowhere else on earth.  Unfortunately, the Santa Ana Mountains are highly threatened by pollution, habitat degradation, abuse, and neglect.

 Joel Robinson of Naturalist For You will be leading us to help clean up Silverado Canyon, one of the many precious canyons within the range.  We will pick up litter and learn about the plants and wildlife that benefit from our mitzvah.  There will be an opportunity to cross a flowing creek, visit a rock pool, pass through an oak woodland, and enjoy the vibrant scenery.

For this activity, a parking pass will need to be purchased for $5. Details will be provided to participants.

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Joel Robinson

The Grand Street Center

This center is a project of the First Presbyterian Church of Orange. It serves many community functions, and on Sunday evenings, a dinner is served to local homeless people. Our synagogue has been involved in preparing and serving these dinners.

For Mitzvah Day this year, we are going to clean the kitchen from top to bottom, and organize the pantry.

8

Lisa Litman

Southwest Community Center
(FULL)

Southwest Community Center provides food, clothing, shelter, guidance, health, and referral services to economically disadvantaged individuals and families, and assist and encourage those whom we serve to achieve self-sufficiency.
The Center recently had a fire, and is working to rebuild. Our volunteers will be going to sort clothes that have been donated. 

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Loren Kaplan

Preschool Activity (at TBS)

Even the youngest children can do a mitzvah.  This year, the preschoolers will be learning about respect for the elderly.  They will hear a story, sing songs, and make placemats for Bubbe and Zayde’s Place.

When they are done, they will be able to play outside on the preschool playground until the BBQ. 

Preschoolers (and their siblings) with an adult

Annbeth Shanfield and Sandy Malo

Blanket Making Project (at TBS)

This activity is specifically for BSTY (students in grades 6-8).  The kids will get to assemble blankets (no sewing necessary!) to donate to homeless people at Mercy House.  We would love to have few OCTY parents join us to help in this activity.

6th-8th graders

Julie Amster

Car Wash (at TBS)

This activity is specifically for OCTY (students in grades 9-12).  We will be washing cars so that we can donate the proceeds to an organzition that will be selected by the OCTY Board.  We could use a few OCTY parent volunteers as well!

9th-12th graders

Jordan Vaughter

A Bit of Home-Letter Writing

As we have done in past years, we will again be collecting items to send to American military troops.  The organization “A Bit of Home” will send the supplies. Come by the Social Hall to write a letter to a soldier!

NO REGISTRATION IS NECESSARY FOR THIS ACTVITY.

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Edye Levy

Jewish World Watch-
Sign Making

Jewish World Watch works to mobilize synagogues, their schools, their members and the community to combat genocide and other egregious violations of human rights around the world through education, advocacy, and refugee relief.

JWW will be having a march later this year. We will have a station set up in the Social Hall so that you can come by and make a poster or two!

NO REGISTRATION IS NECESSARY FOR THIS ACTVITY.

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Irv Engel