Bag of Love

When people send you thank you notes or notes of gratitude  what do you do with them? I suggest you find a special bag, book or box and put all of these notes into it. You would be amazed how that bag or book can help you on a difficult day. It can be a [...]

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Matt Strong’s Birthday Wish

Last September, I read a story by Margie Boule in the Oregonian about Matt Strong, who for his 25th birthday had requested that his friends not give him presents but instead do acts of kindness and send him an email to let him know about it. He said he didn’t need another DVD or more [...]

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What Now?

So what to do with a Mitzvah Blog intended to chronicle 1000 mitzvahs now that I have hit my goal?
Share stories that I have heard or hear about others doing mitzvahs or acts of kindness. There are so many people around the world doing wonderful mitzvahs.  I have committed to limiting my negative news and [...]

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What a day…. 1000th Mitzvah Celebration!

How to sum up May 18th and our 1000th Mitzvah Celebration at the Sunshine Pantry? A fabulous success. Margie Boule columnist from the Oregonian, wrote a wonderful column in our Sunday paper.
Yesterday, when I got to the food pantry at  12 noon they had already received more than 50 bags of food. It was absolutely [...]

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Last two mitzvahs before 1000!

998) Over the weekend, the postal workers had their annual food drive. I participated. I continue to see more groups helping to keep the food pantries full. If you are able to give, please continue to do so.
999) My sweet younger cousin in NYC emailed me that she was participating in the Avon Breast Cancer [...]

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Synagogue Mitzvahs

996) Yesterday, I was at Trader Joe’s and had a big load of groceries. A man came up behind me with his one item. I asked if he wanted to go first, he was so happy and told me that was the best thing that had happened to him all day. He was smiling and [...]

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Plant Sale and Garden Faire

995) Our school had our annual plant sale this weekend. I volunteered to help out. Even though the weather was disagreeable it is always gratifying to hear that the school has successfully raised funds. Indeed we did.
996) On the way home from dropping my kids off at school this morning, I saw three plant sale [...]

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Performing Bikur Cholim

994) My dear friend at our synagogue asked me to help out on a Bikur Cholim project.
What is Bikur Cholim? Bikur cholim, “visiting the sick,” in Hebrew, is a term encompassing a wide range of activities performed by an individual or a group to provide comfort and support to people who are ill, homebound, isolated [...]

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Volunteer Resource

I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting Brenden Butler on Wednesday who is the Program Manager for a non profit organization I had never heard about before called Hands On of Greater Portland.   How could I not love an organization whose tag line is Be the Change. Volunteer. That is my mission too!
Their goal [...]

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