| Project | Activities | Location |
| Exterior: Temple Clean Up | Landscaping, Mulch, Weeding, Pruning | Or Chadash |
| Interior: Temple Clean Up | Magic Eraser entire building, including classrooms, walls, sanctuary, polish benches | Or Chadash |
| School Bins & Prayer Books: Temple Clean Up | Organize school bins with arts and crafts and other material—check quality of magic markers, take inventory, clean bins | Or Chadash |
| Or Chadash Library | Organize and help systemize our Temple library | Or Chadash |
| Flemington Food Pantry | Clean interior of Food Pantry, including shelves and refrigerator. | Flemington |
FULL Prepare Lunch Bags for: Samaritan Homeless Interim Program (SHIP) SHIP serves Central New Jersey’s homeless and needy working families, as well as victims of drug dependency and HIV/AIDS, who are unable to obtain assistance from government or private agencies. SHIP runs mobile soup kitchen disaster units. | Decorate 60 lunch bags, make 60 Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches, and fill bags with fruit, juice and chips. Bag lunches will be distributed to needy school children. | Or Chadash |
Prepare Home Cooked Treats for: Hunterdon Youth Shelter (HYS) Group home for adolescent males who are no longer living with family. | Prepare chocolate cookie / treats for residents. | Or Chadash |
Art Table: Central New Jersey Jewish Home for the Aged, and
A Million Thanks
(cards for servicemen/women), and Jewish World Watch | Create and design greeting cards and decorate potholders. Watch a movie about tzedakah! (Ages 4 and up may participate without an adult) | Or Chadash |
FULL Trail and Stream Clean Up South Branch Watershed Association The South Branch Watershed Association (SBWA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to protecting the environment in the watershed of the South Branch Raritan River. | Beautify Hunterdon County while taking a leisurely stroll along trails. De-litter trails. (Sturdy shoes recommended) | Clinton Township |
Trail Clean Up – Delitter Roads: Hunterdon County Park System Pick up trash along the roadside to help beautify our environment. | Beautify Hunterdon County while taking a leisurely stroll along a quiet country road. | Hunterdon County |
Paint Activity Room and Car Wash SAFE in Hunterdon
SAFE serves victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. SAFE in Hunterdon provides a 24-Hour Hotline, safe housing, counseling, legal advocacy, children's programming, crisis intervention, and outreach within Hunterdon County.
| Paint an activity room. Clean interior and exterior of cars and vans used for SAFE residents and wash other cars, too, while raising funds for SAFE. | Flemington |
Yard Clean Up of Anderson House Anderson House is a residential program for women recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. Dedicated to providing quality treatment, Anderson House supports women as they develop the necessary goals and life skills to return to the community as responsible, productive and sober individuals. | Landscaping, pruning, weeding, plant flowers, general yard work. | Flemington |
Knit a Blanket: Linus Project | Join together as we knit items for children who are critically ill or who “need a hug” | Or Chadash |
| Mitzvah Day Music | Learn some new songs! Brighten patients and residents spirits as the Mitzvah Day Or Chadash chorus travels around town. | Or Chadash and various local sites |
Please join us and participate in Mitzvah Day at Or Chadash on Sunday, May 18, 2008. (Mitzvah Day will be held rain or shine.) Here is your chance to get involved in the Or Chadash community and have a huge impact on our world. The entire Or Chadash community is encouraged to donate just a few hours of time and we have projects for all ages and abilities. Some projects will be done at the Temple, and others will be done off-site.