VOLUNTEER FOR PARK’S 2025

Sunday, May 4th

Mitzvah Day Fair in Davis Community Hall

11:00 am - 12:30 Noon

No Advanced Registration needed. Drop-in to help with one more projects! Volunteers of all ages welcome! Great Projects for Young Families!
Kids, fill your Mitzvah Day Fair Passport by helping with as many projects as you can!

Fill Personal Care Kits For Homeless Teens

Help teens living on Cleveland’s streets by filling personal care and snack bags for them.

Pediatric Activity Bags

Fill activity bags and make cards for young patients at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.

(Please bring small items, such as stickers, crayons, markers, small activity books, card games, picture books, etc. Must fit in one-gallon size Ziploc bag.)

Make Braided Pet Toys

Braid strips of old t-shirts to make pet toys for dogs in area shelters.
(Please bring old adult t-shirts to be cut-up.)

Create Cards & Write Letters for Israeli Children and US & Israeli Soldiers

Make cards and write letters to show support to Israeli children and to thank US and Israeli troops.

Decorate/Paint Kindness Rocks

Create colorful Kindness Rocks to put at area senior facilities.

Create Paper Flower Arrangements

Create paper flower arrangements & cards for Bikur Cholim Guest Houses which support families of hospitalized individuals.

CPR and AED Training

Learn hands-only CPR and how to use an AED to save a life.

Stuffed Heart Pillows

Stuffed heart-shaped pillows to give comfort patient at Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals.

Hunger/Food Projects

Bag Lunches for the Homeless

Prepare & pack bag lunches to feed people who are homeless. 1:30-2:30 pm at Park Synagogue. 20 volunteers, ages 6 & up needed. (no peanut allergies)

Volunteers will be asked to donate food for the lunches.

Friendship Soup for People in Need

Put together containers of dry ingredients to be used to make a hearty soup. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm at Park Synagogue. 8 volunteers, ages 10 & up needed.

Volunteers will be asked to donate ingredients for the soup.

Serve Lunch at Trinity Cathedral

Set-up, serve & clean-up a hot lunch for people in need. 11:15 am - 1:00 pm at Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland.

7 volunteers, ages 15 & up needed.

Bake Cookies/Brownies for First Responders

Make homemade cookies, brownies, bars at home to thank area police and firefighters for keeping us safe. Deliver baking in disposable containers to Park Synagogue between 10:00 & 11:00 am. Great family project!

Sorting/Packing/Delivering Projects

Assemble Comfort Bags for Cancer Patients

Pack comfort care bags and decorate cards for cancer patients receiving treatment at Cleveland Clinic. 11:00-12:00 am at Park Synagogue. 8 families with elementary-age kids and other members welcome. Great family project!

Volunteers will be asked to donate some of the items.

Pack Personal Care Bags for Homeless Men

Pack useful personal care items for homeless men in canvas duffle bags. 1:30 pm at Park Synagogue. 6 volunteers needed, all ages welcome.

Volunteers will be asked to donate items for the bags.

Deliver Cookie Trays to First Responders

Deliver cookie trays to area police/fire departments. Pick-up the trays at Park Synagogue between 12:00-12:30 pm . 6-8 volunteers/families needed. Great family project!

Kid’s Book Bank

Volunteers will be processing new and gently used books. Projects include sorting, stickering, packing and removing library markings from books. 12:00-2:00 pm at 3635 Perkins Ave., Cleveland.

20 volunteers, ages 13 & over. Wearing closed toe shoes and comfy clothing is required.

Construction/Clean-up Projects

Construction/Clean-up Projects

Park is partnering with Habitat for Humanity to construct and paint a children’s playhouse for a family’s home built by the organization. It is helpful for volunteers to have some experience using tools and painting. Need 8 volunteers, ages 15 & older, per shift:

Shift 1: 9:00 am-12:00 pm or Shift 2: 12:00-3:00 pm.

Project will take place outside at Park.

Help at Electronics Recycling Project

Move electronics being donated from owners’ cars to truck holding recycled items. Help in Park’s Shaker Blvd., Parking lot.

Shift 1: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm or Shift 2: 12:00-2:00 pm

Need 5 volunteers, ages 10 & up, per shift.

Miscellaneous Projects

Donate Blood

Give the gift of life by donating blood to the Vitalant Blood Services from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm at Park Synagogue. Unlimited number of donors needed, ages 17 & over. Please make an appointment at (216) 371-2244, ext. 161 or lgardner@parksyn.org.

Walk-ins also welcome until 2:30 pm. Please bring a photo ID with you & list of current medications.

Finish Heart-shaped Pillows

Sew the opening closed in heart-shaped pillows for breast cancer patients at the Seidman Cancer Center. 1:30-2:30 pm in Davis Community Hall. Volunteers who can’t hand-sew (or who want to learn) are welcome.

JFSA Group Home Bingo

Help facilitate Bingo games for JFSA Group Home residents with special needs. 1:30-2:30 pm at Park Synagogue. 6-8 volunteers, ages 10 & up, are needed.

Pet Projects

Pet Visits with Residents of McGregor Home

Bring your docile pet to visit with and bring smiles to seniors living at McGregor Home, an assisted living facility. 1:00-2:00 pm at 14900 Private Dr., Cleveland Hts. 5 pets with owners/families welcome. Dogs & cats must be fully vaccinated & on a leash; bring shot record. Great family project!

Pre-Mitzvah Day Collection Projects

Before Mitzvah Day: Drop-off items at Park Synagogue in plastic bins inside the front doors beginning April 1st (except electronics being recycled)
On Mitzvah Day: Drop-off between 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (See exceptions)

Electronics

Drop-off only on Mitzvah Day, not before, between 10 am & 2 pm to truck in Park’s Shaker Blvd. parking lot. Electronics accepted for recycling: computers & servers, laptops, iPads, iPods, LCD monitors, cell phones, cameras, wires & cables, keyboards & mice. Please note: There will be a small fee charged for recycling LCD TV’s ($10), CRT monitors ($30), tube/projection TV’s ($3.00 per inch), printers/scanners/copiers ($3 each).

Eyeglasses for the Cleveland Sight Center-

Donate any unused prescription glasses or sunglasses that you are no longer using. They are then cleaned, repaired, and given to people in Central & South America through the Lions Clubs Optometric Services to Humanity project.

Children’s Books for the Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank

Donate new or gently used books for children of all ages—from books for babies to high school. Please no Jewish-themed books.

Items for the Cancer Patients’ Comfort Care Bags

Drop-off items before Mitzvah Day or by 10:00 am on Mitzvah Day. Donate only new, unopened, unscented products (lip balm, hand/body lotion, deodorant), refillable water bottles, and light-weight fleece throws.

Arts & Crafts items for Pediatric Activity Bags

Drop-off before Mitzvah Day or by 10:00 am on Mitzvah Day. New, unopened small items that will fit in one-gallon Ziploc bags: stickers, card games, crayons, puzzle books, coloring books, etc.

Diapers for the Diaper Bank of Cleveland

Donate any size diapers--from infants to pull-ups—that will be given to people in need. Opened packages are OK to donate.

Donate to the Gilbert Silbiger Mitzvah Day Fund to help support Mitzvah Day projects. To donate, click here or mail a check to Mitzvah Day, Park Synagogue, 27500 Shaker Blvd., Pepper Pike, OH 44124.