Highlights of Mitzvah Month 2020
Amber Jackson and Charlie Pincus collecting for Food Bank Aid
Whitefield Synagogue collected for GIFT
Chocolate making for NHS staff at St Bartholomew's, Queens and Newham General Hospitals by staff and pupils of Clore Tikva School
Joely Bear blood drive at Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue
FZY members volunteered at a food bank and delivered food to Holocaust survivors
Neder Alicante
Bowden Synagogue in Manchester made letters, poems and pictures for residents at Heathlands Village
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School assembled Vinnie Packs for the homeless
South Hampstead High School food collection © Photo by Yakir Zur
Jewish Care Scotland
Project IMPACT cookathon to support Crisis UK, JW3 and Unitas
Mitzvah Day team member, Debbie, delivering food to local Food Bank
Mensch South Africa cleared miles of beaches
MD Vice Chair Lee Sidney donating to GIFT
NNLS Niki Jackson planting project for Jewish Care
Minister for Faith Lord Greenhalgh supporting Mitzvah Day
Charlotte Evans, Age 2, donating food to the Borehamwood Food Bank for Mitzvah Day
Matana Club, Scotland, packed bags for needy kids
Tulip Siddiq MP joins HMDT to make cards for those who might be vulnerable during lockdown
Nagila Nusery
Makkabi Germany litter picks
Mitzvah Day Brazil collected items to help local homeless people
Mazon Australia
WIJPS collected for Camp Simcha and Redbridge Food Bank
East London & Essex Liberal made cakes for Mill Grove children's home
A younger member of Bushey Synagogue taking part in 'Notes for Neighbours'
Mitzvah Day collections for GIFT
Kingston Liberal Synagogue produced videos for care homes
MD Trustee Edwin Shuker collected for Barnet Food Bank
Nisa-Nashim Edgware interfaith doorstep delivery
Gilah Nursery collection
Pupils at Carrfield Primary Academy in Rotherham planted flowers and tidied their grounds
Mitzvah Day CEO Georgina Bye takes part in Bringing Smiles To Your Door
MD Trustee Michael Livingston and his family supported their local food bank
Volunteers from Kahal distribute care packages
Board of Deputies support Food Banks
Joshua Brown and his grandma Stephanie Isaacs preparing food for Wellspring homeless facility in Stockport
Neighbours in Lake View in Edgware baked and made face masks for St Luke's Hospice
Newcastle supported their local food bank
Friendship Circle Manchester
Three Counties Liberal Jewish Community collection for Worcester food bank
Bahar family making calls of kindness on behalf of JAMI
LJY Netzer brought together young people from 12 Liberal communities
Messages of appreciation from the children at Kantor King Solomon
Temple Israel - Cape Town
Bringing Smiles To Your Door brought joy to local residents
Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue knit and natter with items going to local hospitals
Sir Keir Starmer at South Hampstead Synagogue © Photo by Yakir Zur
Pinner United Synagogue Goods for Good car park collection © Photo by Yakir Zur
Wizo Kids Victoria Australia
Langdon members packed items for Goods for Good
Ilford Federation food collection© Photo by Yakir Zur
BBYO UK produce special video performances for Jewish Care residents
Gratitude Project collecting food
Madrid Communidad Judai Masorti Bet El
Makabi Zagreb gardening project
Jewish Reform Congregation Shirat HaYam in Ukraine collected toys and sweets for children in hospital
Gesher School pupils decorated challah cloths for the Together Plan
Holland Park collection point
Mill Hill United Synagogue collected items for doorstop drops to vulnerable people
A resident at Jewish Care's Betty and Asher Loftus packing stationary for Goods for Good
Barnet Mayor Caroline Stock making door step deliveries for Mitzvah Day
Rabbi Jeff Berger at the Gratitude Project
JCC Krakow feed the needy
Top chef Silvia Nacamuli leads JVNs Bake-A-Long
20th Finchley Scout Group member collection for Chipping Barnet Food Bank
Bringing Smiles To Your Door
Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue collected for multiple charities
Brondesbury Park 2020 Mitzvah Morning
Birmingham JSoc
Apples and Honey at Nightingale PJ Library reading project
Basel behaved well for Mitzvah Day
Union of Jewish Women Johannesburg
Bushey United© Photo by Yakir Zur
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg planting for Jewish Care's Winter Wellbeing project
Brazil
Abigail Mann and The Minutes for Miles Programme
Pinner United Synagogue cookalong for Hillingdon Crisis Support
Bishop of Edmonton Rob Wickham supporting Mitzvah Day
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community N London ladies branch collected for their local Church's homeless programme
Chef Pete bakes for Norwood
Hove based volunteer Jacqui and dog Babs delivered food to isolated neighbours
Sybil Harris resident at Jewish Care's Lady Sarah Cohen House joins Keren Nurserys Zoom
One of the many PJ Library projects
Yeshurun Federation Synagogue food bank collection for GIFT
Newcastle Irene Gattoff age 101 sews blankets for Mitzvah Day
Stanmore and Canons Park made gratitude packs which the children decorated
Bnei Akiva
Nashim Wessex at the Hope for Food Soup soup kitchen with donations of fresh food
Johannesburg team cleaning grave yards
South Hampstead High School card making © Photo by Yakir Zur
Bowdon’s Bea is sweet as honey - South Manchester - Bowden
Sheffield members wrote to residents at Heathlands
Lady Nafisa School helped out in their local community allotment
Clore Tikva Primary School made chocolates for key workers