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nthusiastic and
talented volunteers of
all ages participated in
Adat Shalom’s 10th Annual
Volunteer Day, supporting
many organizations
throughout Metro Detroit
and Israel. While acts of
kindness are not saved for
one day a year, Volunteer Day
is always very special thanks
to those that plan, implement
and get creative during this
event.
Working together to create
more than 1,000 items to
benefit those in need made
it fun for all ages. Projects
included creating no-sew
fleece scarves, designing
cards for Magen David Adom
volunteers in Israel, making
fleece toys for dogs and cats,
preparing soup for the Adat
Shalom Chesed (kindness)
Committee to share, cutting
plastic bags to make plarn
(plastic yarn), assembling bag
lunches and snack bags, and
illustrating bookmarks for an
elementary school.
The weekend of kindness
continued Monday, Jan. 15,
for Tikkun Olam: MLK Jr.
Day (and pizza lunch) when
Adat Shalom Synagogue
and Hillel Day School’s PTO
partnered for a grades K-8
volunteer day. Together, 180
reusable T-shirt satchels and
160 meal kits were created
for clients of CARES in
Farmington Hills.
Everyone had a great time
while helping to improve lives
in our community.
Adat Shalom
Volunteer Day
PHOTOS COURTESY OF
ADAT SHALOM MEMBERS AND STAFF
Adat Shalom student volunteers cut
plastic bags into plarn and creating
sleeping mats for the homeless.
Students had fun
creating sleeping
mats for the
homeless.
Gideon Herskovic, Chase Grubbs and Hillary Glazer
were happily making dog tug toys for the Michigan
Animal Rescue League.
Kindergartners make cards for Magen David Adom
volunteers in Israel with the oversight of Adat
Shalom Madricha (student leaders).
Volunteers of all ages were eager to
help make dog and cat fleece toys
for Michigan Animal Rescue League.