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November 2018
Donate Your Extra Halloween Candy!
Not sure what you'll do with all the candy in your apartment once the trick-or-treating is done? Ronald McDonald House, which provides housing and services to families who travel to NYC so that their children can receive advanced medical treatment, distributes donated Halloween candy to the families it serves. Drop off your excess sugary treats in the Ansche Chesed lobby! Children who attend the "Doing Good as a Family" event on November 4th will also have the opportunity to make…
Find out more »Doing Good As A Family
It is never too early to introduce children to the importance of giving back to the community. Parents will have an opportunity to hear from Natalie Silverstein, New York Coordinator of Doing Good Together (a "national nonprofit that works to make volunteering and service, along with daily kindness, easy for every family"), and author of the forthcoming book, The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back.
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Community Potluck for a Family in Sanctuary
Ansche Chesed will co-host a potluck dinner at Fourth Universalist Society in support of the Hernandez family who are living in sanctuary in the church building. Bring a dish to share, bring your family, bring your friends. All are welcome to gather for dinner, community building, and to offer support. In March 2018, Aura Hernandez was facing a forced return to Guatemala. Fourth Universalist welcomed Aura and her two children, Camila and Daniel, into sanctuary while she fights to secure…
Find out more »Help Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in Detention
Deadline: Wednesday, November 14 PLEASE DONATE: Note Cards Greeting Cards Forever Postage Stamps Large Lined Paper Blank colored paper (not construction) Two-Pocket Folders (no plastic, no metal clips) New scarves, hats and gloves Small value phone cards Gift cards for grocery stores (Walmarts, Target, etc.) Please bring to Ansche Chesed and drop in the marked collection box. Click here for more about First Friends.
Find out more »Thousand Turkey Challenge
We at Ansche Chesed are proud supporters of West Side Campaign Against Hunger (WSCAH), a supermarket-style food pantry that feeds thousands of New Yorkers every day. Please show your support for the Thousand Turkey Challenge, to make sure that all families can have a celebratory Thanksgiving. Here's how you can help: · Volunteer to receive donations on November 19-21 · Donate Online ($18 per turkey) or by texting TURKEY to 56512 · Bring a frozen turkey to the launch party: Sun. Nov. 18th from 12-1:30pm at WSCAH (263 West 86th St)…
Find out more »January 2019
MLK Day of Service
Ansche Chesed will join thousands of New Yorkers to participate in the annual MLK Day of Service. Get to know other AC members while working together to make a difference in the greater NYC community. Ansche Chesed will be participating in two service projects: Assemble Food Packages for Local Food Pantry From 10-11:30am Ages 8 and up. Our group will join other volunteers at JCC Harlem's food packaging project. We will create shelf-stable food packets in environmentally friendly packaging and…
Find out more »February 2019
Havdalah and Sandwich-Making
Adults and children will gather to celebrate the conclusion of Shabbat and then continue our time together making sandwiches and packing up snacks for a local soup kitchen.
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DOROT’s Winter Package Delivery
DOROT: 171 West 85th Street (East of Amsterdam Avenue) Bring warmth and companionship to an older neighbor with a Sunday morning visit. There will be an orientation for new volunteers is upon arrival, followed by package pick-up, and a home visit assignment. Please contact Lauren Skolnick with any questions. Click here to register.
Find out more »April 2019
Riverside Park Spring Garden Party
Enjoy a beautiful spring day with other members of the AC community. This is a wonderful opportunity to see friends and make new ones as we take care of this valuable part of our larger community. We will be working in an area near the synagogue. Children under age 10 must be closely supervised.
Find out more »July 2019
Accompaniment Training at Ansche Chesed
Join Ansche Chesed and The New Sanctuary Committee (NSC) for an Accompaniment Training. The NSC accompaniment program recruits and trains volunteers to accompany people facing deportation to their immigration hearings and ICE check-ins. This provides moral support to the person facing deportation and enables volunteers to hold immigration authorities accountable. Standing in solidarity with migrants facing deportation also demonstrates to immigration judges, ICE officers, and government attorneys that there is a community mobilized against their deportation. NSC accompanies hundreds of people a year. The Immigration Accompaniment…
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