Mitzvah Day 2009 Updated Sign Up Sheet

1. MITZVAH DAY
SUN., SEPT 13, 2009
.
Mitzvah Day 5769/2009 UPDATES AS OF 9/8/09
What?
A chance for the U.S.H. community — adults and children of all ages — to participate in one of 10
different community-service projects around our area, including:
• delivering Rosh HaShanah gifts to seniors,
• sending cards to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan,
• Assisting at the Hoboken Jubilee Center, the Hoboken Boys and Girls Club, and an animal shelter,
• Educating families about nutrition,
• Preparing the United Synagogue of Hoboken building for the High Holidays,
• creating artwork for hospital patients,
• and more.
The day concludes with the USH Welcome Back Barbecue (4pm).
Why?
• Make a significant contribution to our surrounding community
• Learn new skills
• Meet people from our community
• Have fun
• Get a taste of a volunteer opportunity that you may be interested in doing regularly
How?
Look over the list of activities; choose a first, second and third choice. Send the form to the synagogue,
or to mitzvahday2009@hobokensynagogue.org. By Sept 9, you’ll hear back with details of your
volunteer assignment.

2. USH Mitzvah Day 5769/2009 — (updates in red)
# Agency Name Project Task Time Location Age # people /
frame status
1 Hoboken Food and clothing sorting (in Shift A: 4th/Clinton, >13 Can
Emergency Food a.m.); resource distribution among 11am- Hoboken accommodate a
Pantry families (in p.m.) 1pm; few more
Shift B: volunteers
1-3pm
2 Dress for Sorting clothing, cleaning facility, 10am- 187 Brunswick >13 POSTPONED
Success, Jersey maybe computer tech help 12pm St.,, JC
City -
POSTPONED
3 Jubilee Center Painting rooms in the facility 10am- 601 Jackson St., >13 20+, more
2pm Hoboken volunteers
needed
4 Jewish Family Assembling bags of apples/honey, 11am- Meet at USH all 15-20
Service delivering to homebound Jewish 2pm (having a car is
seniors in Bayonne/JC/Hoboken. helpful but not
essential) -
more
volunteers
needed
5 Nursing home— Harborage Assisted-Living 10- 7600 River Road, >10 10-20—
POSTPONED Facility—running Bingo for 11:30am; North Bergen POSTPONED
residents
6 Color-a- Creating artwork for hospital All day USH All Unlimited—
smile/cards to patients and for US soldiers can
soldiers overseas accommodate
more
volunteers
7 Nutrition economical healthy food-shopping 1pm-4pm Field at 4th and >13 FULL
program and cooking seminar for residents Jackson Streets
of the Hoboken Housing Authority
8 Hoboken YMCA Program is being modified into an TBA 1301 Wash., All ONGOING
ongoing item drive, info TBA Hoboken ITEM DRIVE
9 Hoboken Boys & Maintenance project, working with 10am- 123 Jefferson St, All 15+ more
Girls Club children, various odd jobs approx Hoboken volunteers
1pm needeed
10 Animal Shelter Volunteering at Liberty Humane 11:30am- 235 Jersey City >13 FULL
Society 2:30pm Boulevard, JC
11 Hoboken Shelter Building clean-up 12-2pm Shelter, 3rd & All 5-8— a few
Bloomfield St more
volunteers
needed
12 United Building prep for the High 10am- USH >13 5-10— FULL
Synagogue of Holidays 2pm
Hoboken

3. Return this part to the synagogue office, by mail (115 Park Avenue, Hoboken NJ
07030) or fax (201-659-2614), or e-mail the info to
mitzvahday2009@hobokensynagogue.org. By Sept 9, you will be contacted
with your assignment. (Alternately, you can sign up on line at
www.hobokensynagogue.org.)
Name of volunteer(s)
Phone
E-mail
First choice ______ Second choice______ Third choice ______
If any volunteers are children, indicate ages: _________________
Any other helpful info/expertise?______________________________