The Bridge School   

Matthew Chodosh has chosed to donate money to the The Bridge School in Hillsborough, CA. The Bridge School is a non-profit organization whose mission is to insure that individuals with severe speech and physical impairments achieve full participation in their communities through the use of augmentative and alternative means of communication. If you would like more information on or would like to make a donation to The Bridge School, please visit their website at www.bridgeschool.org.

Animal Friends Rescue Project

For Marshall Hapner-Goldman Mitzvah project, Marshall is taking pictures of people and their pets to make into a coffee-table book that will be sold for $5.00 each. All proceeds will go to AFRP (Animal Friends Rescue Project) located in downtown Pacific Grove. 

Save the Honey Bees Project

Isaac Leker has chosen to increase awareness about disappearing honeybees and provide information about the ways that individuals can help. One-third of our nation’s food supply depends on bee pollination, but bees are vanishing in astonishing numbers. Häagen-Dazs has launched a campaign to help fund bee research at www.helpthehoneybees.com. For more information about the current state of bees in the U.S. visit the University of California, Davis Department of Entomology website http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/home.cfm. 

Ag Against Hunger Project

Maya Pollack mitzvah project is inspired by her pararshat, Emor, where Leviticus 23:22 tells the people to “not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and stranger.”  Maya is working with the organization Ag Against Hunger to organize a gleaning day for her grade at Santa Catalina.  The food gathered that day will be brought to the Food Bank for Monterey County, which provides food for 90,000 Monterey County residents.

Josephine Kernes Memorial Pool Project

Hannah and Andrew Grogin are to become B’nai Mitzvah on October 2^nd, 2010. For their mitzvah project, they are raising money for The Josephine Kernes Memorial Pool in Monterey. “The Josephine Kernes Memorial Pool provides warm water exercise programs for children and adults with physical, emotional or developmental challenges to help maintain and improve their overall quality of life.” To help raise money for this non-profit organization, Hannah and Andrew play in a band that will be performing at CBI. Please join us on September 4^th at 4 pm. There will be a donation box to help raise money for this worthy cause. Also, there will be snacks and refreshments to enjoy while you listen to classic rock music. For those of you who can’t make it, please consider a donation that can be left in the main office. We look forward to seeing you there!

Dorothy's Place on Soledad Street in Salinas welcome volunteers for the following program:

Immersion Experiences

The Immersion Experiences is a period of three days to two weeks when groups of youth groups and young adults from high schools, youth groups, or universities come and stay at Dorothy’s Place. The students participate in the daily activities of the Hospitality Center as well as in our other projects.

The primary goal of the Immersion Experience between young people and those who we serve. These very human connections form the framework for understanding the reality of poverty, hunger, homeless, and marginalization. This understanding will, we hope, lead these young people to both a commitment to social justice and to a lifelong commitment to service. It is also our hope to someday go out of business! We want the future leaders of out community and nation good and to the well-being of everyone, especially the most powerless among us.

For more information about Dorothy's Place or becoming a volunteer contact:

Dorothy's Place
30 Soledad Street
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 424-1102

And remember -- It’s a mitzvah!