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Mitzvah & Confirmation Projects

Congratulations! You are on your way to being a Bar or Bat Mitzvah or are graduating from Confirmation Class. The greatest gift you can give to others is the gift of your time. You will not only learn from the experience, but you will carry lessons learned here for the rest of your life.

Here are some ways you can help. We will customize a program for you. Have a great idea? The possibilities are limited only by your imagination:

• Movie Day
  Do you or your friends have used videos to donate? Start a video collection in our library, and share a movie afternoon with our residents.
• Care packages
  Ask friends, family and neighbors to donate airline and hotel giveaway soaps, shampoos, and lotions. Create your own gift packages and give them to our residents.
• Customized Birthday Cards
  Take pictures of the birthday residents, make a card for them and deliver it to their rooms.
• Reading
  Read aloud to a visually impaired resident
• Concerts
  Do you play an instrument, sing, write, or act? Show your talent and create a concert or show.
• Pillows
  Decorate a pillow with the resident’s name on it.
• Adopt a grandmother or grandfather
  Make a new friend, play games, write letters to each other
• Karaoke Night
  Lip sync with the residents to their favorite music
• Oral History
  Interview residents, write an oral history and display it with their picture. This can also be bound in a book or a notebook.
• Bake Sale
  Sell baked goods and raise money for our resident trip fund
• Family Recipe Book
  Gather family recipes from our residents, design a recipe card or page and make a book, “From my Family’s Kitchen”

How to Get Started

If you would like to volunteer, please email lforman@uhgc.org or call 914-632-2804 x224. We look forward to hearing from you.