CSR's Mitzvah Day is Back

Mitzvah Day is coming to Community Synagogue of Rye on Saturday, May 4th at 10:45 am.

Looking at the world around us, the brokenness can be overwhelming and paralyzing; but our Jewish tradition teaches us that inaction is not an option.

Here at the Community Synagogue of Rye, we believe in the concept of Tikkun Olam, which literally means "repairing the world." How can we repair the world? By performing Mitzvot: Moral deeds performed within our Jewish tradition. And what better day to do it than Mitzvah Day!

Join us so that we can work together in bettering our synagogue, our community.

Go to www.comsynrye.org/act.html to

RSVP with your top 3 choices or email Communications@comsynrye.org by April 27th.

•Guiding Eyes: Creating Toys for Puppies

Guiding Eyes for the Blind provides guide dogs to people with vision loss. We are passionate about connecting exceptional dogs with individuals for great independence. Join us as we make toys for the puppies.

•Bread for Life: Working in the Food Pantry (for 8-10 people)*

The Bread of Life Food Pantry in Rye, NY feeds over 10,000 people a week.They rely 100 percent on in kind and cash donations, This group will be restocking the shelves with items donated by CSR members and other members of the community. This group will also get a tour of the food pantry.

•Beautifying CSR: Cleaning up Outside

Help us make our campus look more beautiful by clearing any trash or debris from the grounds and pond area. Please dress accordingly.

•Challah for Hunger: Baking Challah Bread

Learn to bake Challah for yourself or a friend and donate to Mazon: An organization that helps with food insecurity.

•Dinner at Noon: Baking Muffins and Cookies

Dinner at Noon serves a hot lunch ever Saturday from September until June at the Carver Center in Port Chester. CSR provides muffins and cookies for these lunches and your baked goods will be frozen and used for one of their upcoming lunches.

•Soul Ryeders

Soul Ryeders is a volunteer-driven charitable organization whose mission is to empower those in the community impacted by cancer. Project will involve making fleece blankets to be given to individuals undergoing cancer treatment.

•Baby Boxes

Please join our partnership with Open Door Family Medical Center to support new moms giving their babies a healthy and safe start in life. What’s a Baby Box? It’s a remarkably designed cardboard box filled with newborn basics that include a waterproof mattress and cotton sheet so the box can be used as the baby’s first bed or bassinet.

*=Limited space