Lend a Hand, Touch a Heart Mitzvah Month 2011

On Sunday, May 22, community members from across central Ohio came out to “Lend a Hand and Touch a Heart” at Mitzvah Month 2011.  More than 300 community members participated in a variety of social action activities, including:

• Game Day with Wexner Heritage Village residents
• Outdoor clean-up with the Friends of Alum Creek Tributaries behind the JCC East
• Greenlawn Cemetery Cleanup (Jewish Sections)
• Create Activity Kits for Nationwide Children’s Hospital patients
• Craft Activity with Residents at YWCA Family Center
• Create Surgi Dolls for Nationwide Children’s Hospital patients
• Care Packages for Jewish US Soldiers
• Help Columbus Torah Academy Sharing Garden Grow

This year’s Co-Chairs for Lend a Hand, Touch a Heart Mitzvah Month 2011 were Suzanne Ecker and Larry Pliskin.  Both were very pleased with the turnout and ecstatic with the mitzvah’s that were accomplished.

“This year the enthusiasm and energy surrounding Mitzvah Month was incredible,” stated Mitzvah Month Co-Chair Suzanne Ecker.  “At each of the volunteer activities there were community members that were excited about making a difference by lending a hand.”

“Mitzvah Month is a terrific opportunity to springboard into volunteering on an on-going basis,” stated Mitzvah Month Co-Chair Larry Pliskin.  “The energy our community showed was amazing, and something we should try to continue throughout the year.”

Lend a Hand, Touch a Heart Mitzvah Month 2011 plans to build from these practiced traditions of central Ohio community organizations and synagogues partnering together to provide mitzvot, good deeds, to the entire community.  For more information about Lend a Hand, Touch a Heart Mitzvah Month 2011 and to get involved in future volunteering activities contact Dina Kay at dkay@tcjf.org or 614.559.3227. 

(Pictured) Mitzvah Month Volunteers packing Care Packages for Jewish US Soldiers.

Click here for a complete photo gallery from Mitzvah Month 2011.