Celebrity to open Mitzvah Day!

Sunday 15th November 2009, at 10.00am at the MAZ Centre, sees the return of Mitzvah Day. Join 15,000 Jews up and down the country who will be giving their time on a series of

wide-ranging projects. Building on last year’s successful event, Leeds is set to make a massive contribution. This year we are lucky enough to be joined by Coronation Street star Kate Anthony who plays “Molly’s Aunty Pam”. Kate will open the event before volunteering herself!

There are numerous events that you can join in with and here are just a sample:

- Volunteers will be running a huge game of Bingo for Donisthorpe residents. This will be followed an X-Factor-style talent contest devised for the residents’ entertainment.

- Children and teenagers are looking forward to help improve grounds of our community centre, which will be of benefit to the surrounding residents and visitors. Gardener Roy Adams will help volunteers put into practice a design by the centre’s art teacher. If you wish to be involved in this, you should bring your own gardening tools.

- People can volunteer to collect bags of clothes that people are donating to the “WellFair” shop in Moortown.

- Volunteers will request items from shoppers at the Kosherie to be distributed to the disadvantaged.

- Shoe boxes will be filled and decorated for disadvantaged children this Chanukah. People who want to join this activity should bring along non-edible products to fill the boxes with.

- Children are set to design Chanukah cards for the Reger Centre in Latvia.

- The Leeds Jewish Blind Society will benefit from a group of volunteers who will record talking books with the help of Radio JCom.

- Do you have old wellies from when your children were young? Bring them along as they will be filled with plants to help brighten up Donisthorpe Hall.

To find out any more information about any of these events, or to see what other ways you can help, you should call Sara Cross on 07768367955. Do a mitzvah!