Gelt for Giving计划灌输有意义的Mitzvot

Through the first-ever, 全校范围的GOA Gelt for Giving计划, 威尔夫低校区筹集了近1美元,12月用于慈善事业的000英镑(基斯列夫和提韦). Building on the theme of Hanukkah, 学前班到五年级的学生被要求将多余的零钱捐赠到前厅的罐子组成的hanukkiah中. Each grade had its own jar, 也为教职员工准备了一个, 每个人都可以在整个月里捐出零钱.

在11月项目启动期间, 学生了解到GOA将为四个慈善机构募捐:Cold Nose Warm Heart Animal Rescue (http://www.coldnosewarmheart.org/), which saves animals from shelters and fosters them until adoption; The WAE Center -(http://www.jsddmetrowest.org/wae-center), part of Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled which provides programming for adults with physical and intellectual disabilities; HIAS (http://www.hias.org), working with Temple Beth Shalom and B'nai Abraham of Livingston to sponsor a family from the Ukraine relocating to New Jersey; and Leket (http://www.leket.org/en)，是以色列领先的食品组织，为以色列和全世界的饥饿者服务. 

“低年级想要创造一个持续的倡议，帮助学生们表演mitzvot的意义,” said Cindi Barash, 低年级体验团队成员. “GOA Gelt for Giving项目是一个很好的方式，让学生积极参与他们的mitzvot，并以GOA Cheshvan of kindness为基础，鼓励学生随机做善事.”

After the donations were tallied, 每个年级都可以投票给两个他们想要捐赠的慈善机构. During Wednesday’s morning meeting, Morah Cindi与学生们分享了这笔钱，以及来自学校资助的组织和慈善机构令人难以置信的感激之情.