NOVEMBER 5th 2023 9:30AM - 12:30PM
HAMAKOM NORTH CAMPUS
7353 Valley Circle Blvd, West Hills CA 91304
Please join us for this year's Mitzvah Day! HAMAKOM comes together for a day of projects and collections to benefit charitable organizations in our community and Israel in unique and fun ways.
BLOOD DRIVE SIGN-UP: Schedule your appointment to give blood during Mitzvah Day. Please use this link to sign up.
VOLUNTEER FOR MITZVAH DAY: To make all of these wonderful events possible we need volunteers! Please use this link to sign up.
DONATION ITEMS TO BRING ON MITZVAH DAY:
Mitzvah Day Supports Israel
► See below some of HAMAKOM's efforts to support Israel
Please click here for more details about each organization and project.
► Learn About & Support Mishmar-David - Our Sister Kibbutz in Central Israel
With a familial connection to HAMAKOM, Mishmar-David is a privatized kibbutz located in central Israel only 24 miles from Gaza. Out of the 300 families (about 1,300 residents) one third of them have been actively drafted. Additionally, Mishmar-David has become a home base for many IDF soldiers due to its close proximity to Gaza. They have shared the great need their community has to support their soldiers and community members and the great impact HAMAKOM could have by supporting them.
There are many ways to support Mishmar-David.
Mitzvah Day Activities
► Make Greeting Cards for IDF Soldiers
Participate in making greeting cards for the Israel Defense Force soldiers.
► Save a Child's Heart - Make Bracelets for Children in Israel
An organization that brings children to Israel for medical care, performs missions abroad, and trains medical personnel – saving the lives of critically ill children suffering from heart disease in countries where access to pediatric heart care is limited or nonexistent.
► Repair Chumashim 
Repair chumashim with our very own Jackie Ben Efraim!
► Planting in the Community Garden
Help plant and clean up the HAMAKOM North Campus Community Garden. Bring your own work gloves!
► Make Sandwiches for People Experiencing Homelessness
Get excited to make PB&J sandwiches with us at Mitzvah Day!
(Sandwich making will be an outside activity.
► Decorating Items for The Jewish Home and others in need
Decorate challah covers, Thanksgiving placemats & painting rocks.
► Explore a Fire Station Truck & School Bus & more!
Get excited to see the inside of a real Fire Truck and hear from Firefighters on fire safety, and learn the inner workings for a yellow school bus.
*Pet Orphans will have puppies present for Mitzvah Day to pet and adopt!
► JFS Project Hope - Make Fleece Tie Blankets
Make fleece tie blankets for children living in domestic violence shelters with JFS Project Hope, whose highly trained, nurturing, and compassionate staff of clinicians provide the highest level of services, trauma-informed care, individual service plans, and more
► Birthday Bags for LA Family Housing
Bring bags filled with cake mix, candles, balloons, birthday card etc.
► Donate Blood to the American Red Cross 
Please register between 8:30am and 2:30pm. Walk-ins accepted, but registration is preferred. Click here or below to make your appointment!
Mitzvah Day Collections
► Tzedekah for Israel
Tzedekah boxes available for:
♦ Friends of the Israel Defense Force
► Pet Orphans* - Pet Puppies and Give!
Pet Orphans, a foster-based rescue in Southern California, promoting rescue, rehabilitation and responsible pet ownership. Bring old and/or mismatched socks to make dog toys, and donate old towels, copy paper, 13 gallon garbage bags, Pine Sol, bleach, dish liquid, laundry detergent & hand soap for the dogs!
*Pet Orphans will have puppies present for Mitzvah Day to pet and adopt!
► Bundles of Kindness - For Care Packages 
A social action project to provide comprehensive care packages to people living in Los Angeles who are homeless, providing basic necessities, while offering human interaction, dignity, love, and kindness.
(PLEASE BRING) Collecting new or used umbrellas, toiletries (travel or full size), shelf-stable food.
► Collections for LA Family Housing
Collect family winter coats, jackets & sweaters, blankets, gently used silverware (forks, knives & spoons), shelf-stable food for LA Family Housing, an organization that helps people transition out of homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing enriched with supportive services
Collect baby items for families: items include new or gently used knitted baby caps, onesies, sleepers, blankets, bibs, etc. & NEW bottles, diapers, pacifiers, etc. 0 to 12 mos.
► Candy Collection for Family Rescue Center
Please bring in your extra candy from Halloween!
► California Recycles (Electronic Waste)
CALIFORNIA RECYCLES (electronic waste) Items considered as eWaste:
Anything with a cord, cable, or battery including Desktop and laptop computers and their accessories: mice, headphones, printers, and keyboards. Mobile Devices, Office Equipment, LCD and plasma televisions, computer monitors, CRT televisions, A/V Equipment, Small electric vehicles, circuit boards, motors, cables.
► Gift of Life Marrow Registry
Get your cheek swabbed and sign up to be on the Bone Marrow Registry - more info can be found HERE.
