I cannot believe it has been nearly a full month since the last time I posted. We have been incredibly busy this month and I have been even busier with midterms and fall activities outside of the JCRC. I am enjoying every moment I spend here and I am learning a great deal about the social justice initiatives of the Jewish community, the fantastic organizations that are based in St. Louis, and the time and effort that goes into protecting those misrepresented and underprivileged in our area.
As of right now, my projects include the organization of our Jewish and Muslim Day of Service on Christmas Day. I am continuing to contact organizations that might be interested in receiving volunteers for the day as well as working with a few of them to create lists of donations needed for their events on Christmas Day. Last week, I finished up with scheduling site visits for organizations that are candidates for the Jewish Fund for Human Needs. I have the awesome opportunity of going along on one next week and will get to see first-hand the benefits of the Fund.
I am beginning my next big project of the semester which is an event sometime in November that will be hosted to raise awareness for homelessness. This event will be in conjunction with a national call to action know as Fighting Poverty with Faith. I am excited for the opportunity to work with kids and to share with them the suffering that is occurring around us.
