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Good Deeds

U-M Hillel volunteers join global day of giving service.

Marti Silver } jewish@edu writer

Good Deeds Day U-M
Hillel volunteers
at the Ann Arbor
Hands-On Museum:
sophomore Josh
Blum, Atlanta;
senior Marti Silver,
West Bloomfield;
sophomore Natan
Gorod, Atlanta;
and sophomore
Robert Goldstein,
West Bloomfield.

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his year, University of Michigan
Hillel participated in Good Deeds
Day, a national day of community
service and a global movement committed
to doing good. Initiated in Israel in 2007, this
project has grown from 7,000 participants to
almost 1 million in 2015.
Hillel International is a partner of Good
Deeds Day and, this year, 75 U-M students
volunteered, led by the efforts of Michigan
Hillel’s Social Action Chair Sarah Parkes.
On April 10, U-M students took a break
from studying and volunteered their time in
10 different service projects throughout Ann
Arbor, Washtenaw County and Flint. Projects
included distributing water to the residents
of Flint, reading and tutoring elementary
school students at the Ann Arbor Public
Library, leading BINGO for the residents at
a senior living community center, preparing
the U-M Botanical Gardens for the spring
season, assisting children with disabilities at
a gymnastics center and more.
The projects occurred throughout the
course of the day and culminated in an ice
cream party where we celebrated the mean-
ingful work we took part in.
On Good Deeds Day, I participated in a
project at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum,
where kids of all ages enjoy interactive
learning. I, along with six other Michigan
students, arrived in late morning for an
afternoon of hard — but fun — work. While
I knew a few of the other volunteers at the
museum, I had the opportunity to meet more
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campus.
After hours of organizing and preparing
materials for future learning, the seven of us
had the pleasure of wandering around the
museum ourselves. After all of the “behind-
the-scenes” preparation we participated in,
we saw firsthand the smiles on the children’s
faces, all of whom were benefitting from our
volunteer efforts. @

Marti Silver of West Bloomfield recently gradu-
ated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Tilly Shames, U-M Hillel
executive director, helps
distribute water in Flint.