hey mr.g, my computer printer wasnt working so idecided to post the summary due tomorow on the blog.
Every Saturday since April 5th the Blazin’ Soccer Dogs practice from 10:00-12:00 am. Every Saturday morning I go and volunteer for the Blazin’ Soccer Dogs. There are other young people like myself that are helping teach the kids soccer skills and being their friend by encouraging them and cheering them on. A woman in Vancouver has donated all the uniform and soccer balls. Although this is a great deed its more than donating money that matters. I plan to tell lots of young people to come and volunteer. You can also help other people with special needs who aren’t on the team by getting to know them and developing friendship. This act should not be done out of pity but from a belief that you actually want to be there friend.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Summary
Tikkun Olam Journal
I know this is kind of old
Tikkun Olam Journal
By: Arieh Leon Dales
Entry Number One
Date: Monday May 5, 2008
Time: 3:45 PM to 5:00 (1 hour 15 mins.)
What Was Done:
Today I volunteered for the first time at The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. After school I went to the JCC with Marc Kalvari because I had a bar mitzvah class at 5:30. Although Marc is not my partner for this project I took this as an opportunity to get some hours in with him. We went down to the centre and we were guided to the library where we quickly got started sorting books so it would be easier for people to find them. Then Frieda came in and told us there was a more important job to be done so we started putting stickers with addresses on envelopes. It was very enjoyable because while we put on the stickers Marc and I got to talk. The time just flew by and it became 5:00 (Closing Time at VHEC). Marc and I left knowing we contributed to Tikkun Olam
Monday, May 19, 2008
PADS Fund raiser
Hey class!
For my tikkun olam project Im doing a funraiser and Im going to be selling candy for $1.00 a piece.
So if you want some Candy (twix, kit kat, etc.) in the mini bars version bring a dollar for a candy!!
Ill be doing it On the... 20, 21, 22, and 23 of this week every recess and after school. Just find me.
Thanks!
Nini
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Homework
Mr. Gelmon i forgot my math test at home so can i do my corrections for Monday?
Please answer Sharon
Reminder for Books
Hey guys,
This is just a reminder to bring in your used(but in good condition) books tomorrow or if you forget we will be collecting next Tuesday & Wednesday.
Thanks!
Adam S. & Eli
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Eden's Project
B.C.S.P.C.A.
The British Columbia Society for the Cruelty of Animals is a non-profit organization. It is an organization to help animals. They try to make life better for domestic, farm and wild animals. They provide many different services for 42,000 homeless, abused, injured and abandoned animals. The S.P.C.A. try’s to make sure that the animals have these five freedoms:
1. Freedom from hunger and thirst
2. Freedom from pain and disease
3. Freedom from distress
4. Freedom from discomfort
5. Freedom to express behaviors that express well-being
I chose to help animals for many different reasons. First of all there aren’t many people who chose to help animals. Most people chose to help people organizations, which I think is good, but if we all help people then there is no one to help the animals, which is important. Second I think it is very sad what happens to some of these animals. Being abused or homeless is a terrible thing and the S.P.C.A. helps with these problems. Whenever I am looking for a pet I look at the S.P.C.A. first because I know that these animals need a good home after whatever they have been through.
There are many different ways to get involved with the S.P.C.A. Some of the ways that you can get involved is animal socialization or dog walking. If you don’t want to work with animals then you can volunteer at some of the special events. The events include walkathons, adoptathons, open houses and more. If you want to donate some money then you can enter the lottery, which also helps the animals. Vanessa and I are going to walk dogs that are in our neighborhood. We are then use the money that we made walking dogs and buy some dog toys, leashes etc. and donate them to the S.P.C.A.
Eden
Isabelle and Mikaela's Project
Jewish Family Services is a non-profit organization. They help people in and outside the Jewish community throughout the lower mainland. Their goal is to make sure every family and individual has a better life to create a better Jewish community. They are committed to the Jewish values and try to have professional service performed by staff and volunteers.
BC has the highest level of poverty, number of working poor who make minimum wage and the number of children living under the poverty line in Canada.
“JFSA served over 7000 clients in our community - the hungry, the homeless, families in crisis, children living in poverty, adults
with mental disabilities, isolated seniors and immigrants struggling to make new lives in Canada. “
It is an organization where Jewish people and others from the community can ask for help.
Mikaela and I chose JFSA for our Tikun Olam project. We chose it because we had an idea that we would do some fundraisers in order to raise money for us to buy some goods such as books and toys for a family in need. So our action plan and JFSA’s cause fit perfectly. Since the organization deals with many families with kids who can’t afford to buy certain goods, we felt it would be a great mitzvah to surprise one of the families with a basket full of presents from an anonymous donor.
There are many things kids can do to support JFSA but I am only going to mention one of them. What kids can do is make either a bake sale, lemonade stand or some sort of fundraiser that would raise money for your cause. After you have finished with fundraising, go to stores that sell goods for families such as toy stores, book stores, video stores, grocery stores etc. and buy some things or gift certificates with the money you raised. Then put all of the goods into a nice basket and give it to JFSA to donate it to one of the needy families.
The Blazin Soccer Dogs
The Blazin’ Soccer Dogs is a soccer team that was started by Abbe Gates and her daughter Sadie. What makes this soccer team unique is the story behind the founding of the team. “Last September the 11 year old girl with Down Syndrome was getting ready to play soccer when a coach cut her as someone who could not help the team” – The Province Newspaper. Sadie’s mom was outraged by this discrimination and promised herself and her daughter that she will start her own soccer team that would include children who have been excluded from sports because of their special needs. Abbe has recruited 31 children for the team along with 18 volunteers which includes myself.
I chose to be a part of this new team because of my love for soccer and because I believe these children with special need deserve just as much fairness as anyone. When my mother told me about this story I felt sympathy for the cause and wanted to get involved. Another reason is because my brother has special needs and my mother works in that area.
Every Saturday since April 5th the Blazin Soccer Dogs practice from 10:00-12:00 am. Every Saturday I go and volunteer for the Blazin Soccer Dogs. There are other young people like myself that are helping teach the kids soccer skills and being their friend by encouraging them and cheering them on. A woman in Vancouver has donated all the uniform and soccer balls. Although this is a great deed its more than donating money that matters. I plan to tell lots of young people to come and volunteer. You can also help other people with special needs who aren’t on the team by getting to know them and developing friendship. This act should not be done out of pity but from a belief that you actually want to be there friend.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
covenant house
Covenant house is a place that helps teenagers that are on the street because of abuse or homelessness or other problems. Covenant House takes the teens in, gives them a place to stay, gives them food and shelter, and collects toys, games, clothes, and other things that these teenagers need. Covenant House Vancouver opened in September 1997 in response to a study reporting that British Columbia had more than 10,000 runaways annually.
The Vancouver Covenant House helps teenagers by providing them with food, clothing, shelter and counseling to the about 1,000 street youth in Vancouver.
I chose this because Bayle, who is working with me, already has some knowledge about it and I feel I can connect to it because Covenant House helps teenagers who are around my age. I also think it is not fair to leave kids homeless just because they were born to a bad family. I hope that if I had that problem, someone would help me.
To support this organization young people can volunteer in the kitchens or other things they need help with. They can also help out with some of the safer teenagers in the Covenant House. You can also donate old clothes and games that you aren’t using. You can just be friendly and nice to a person your age to try and cheer them up and give them support. Kids can help raise awareness so that other people might help too.
-Sam
Tikkun Olam
By Alex and Aviva
The organization we chose is the Richmond Mental Health Consumer and Friends Society. This organization provides individual assistance to people who are recovering from a mental health illness and are receiving mental health services. The assistance will help people who take advantage of the programs to enhance their lives and succeed in reaching their personal goals. The assistance is provided by peer support workers who have been trained and have personal experiences with mental health illness. All of the workers provide support and encouragement in the stages of recovery from mental health illnesses. The relationship between a peer and a support worker usually lasts sixth months or until their goals are reached.
We chose this organization because we wanted to raise awareness about mental health illness. We felt that by volunteering at Richmond Mental Health Consumer and Friends Society we would be able to understand what it is like to live with a mental illness. We also wanted to understand the purpose of this organization by being able to meet people who have overcome their mental illness and have made strides toward reaching their personal goals.
Young people can help this organization by participating in daily activities such as going on walks, helping to make the participants lunches, playing fun games and drawing with them. We are also participating in weekly sessions’ along with Alex’s mother to learn how to improve people with mental illnesses life styles.
The main purpose of this project is to learn a way in which we can make a difference in the world. One way of reaching our goal is to help the people with mental illnesses overcome their problems. Hopefully we will be able to touch some of these people and help in some small way to improve their lives.
We are very excited to be involved in this important project. We are going to be able to help people and have fun at the same time. If everyone in our class just does a small mitzvah it will help make other peoples lives a little better.
Interview summary
Interview Summary
By Benny
Today I interviewed Harry Reay. In this engaging interview process, involving past, present and future, I discovered that drawing, reading, watching T.V., and playing video games aren’t Harry’s only extra curricular activities. His main ones are floor hockey and ice-skating.
IN this intriguing conversation I found out that one of his sports, skating, runs in the family and that Harry is not planning to stop that. He has also made the effort to help his little brother and sister with their skating as well.
With his hockey skills and skating speed his un-injured career is going strong and is not going to stop any time soon. Even though Harry can’t practice these sports at home, he still manages to perform his best in his 1½ hours of playing these sports a week. When this short hour and a half elapses, Harry doesn’t wish to fill his spare time with other sports because he loves his current ones so much.
One thing that I learned about Harry in this interview is that his love for his activities is extremely remarkable, and that it would be hard for anyone to match his passion and determination for the games he plays.
-Benny
My Tikkun Olam Summary
JFSA
I picked the JFSA. Founded in 1936, is a non-profit social service organization, which helps the Jewish community of the lower mainland. They provide items that are useful for Jews. They help Jews any way they can. They help over 7000 people annually.
They help Jews with what they need, and help the less unfortunate Jews. It is a good resource for Jews that need financial aid or if you are a senior. They help children and find people jobs.
I chose JFSA because I wanted to help someone that I could relate to. I also know
people whom they have helped, and seen how they treated them. It shows me how they help, so I want to be a part of it.
There are many ways of volunteering at JFSA. Such as Administration Support, Friendly visitors, JFSA Board Member, Shopping Assistance, Special events, and Transportation services. You could also raise awareness or raise money.
Thanks For Reading!!! JaCoB
Tikkun Olam- By Fanny D.
BC Children's Hospital Foundation (BCCHF)
The BC Children's Hospital is an organization that helps kids all over BC with all sorts of medical issues and injuries, such as cancer, rehabilitation, terminal illnesses, Down syndrome, broken or fractured bones and muscles tears,rips and pulls. They have many volunteers for kids with terminal illnesses and kids in rehab. Kids can volunteer there as well as adults. There are many jobs kids can do there like help clean up waiting rooms, talk to younger kids and make them feel good and so on. The hospital also cares for all their patients to the best of their abilities which are excellent.
I chose this cause because they have many ways to donate, volunteer, they have great doctors and nurses and they are repairing they world by helping sick kids get better faster and easier. Like i said before they have many ways to donate. Some ways are: blankets, clothes, shoes, bracelets, movies, toys, blood, organs and of course your time and money. Another reason I chose this cause is because it is easy to get involved and to donate. I think BCCHF has done amazing things for children ad will only get better at helping children across BC.
Did you know...
BC Children’s Hospital receives more than 168,000 visits by patients each year from sick and injured children from across the province.
We are the only pediatric health centre and teaching hospital in B.C., and the largest full-service child health centre in Canada.
11,000 children in B.C. require surgery for life-threatening injury and illness. The number continues to grow.
1,100 children are treated each year at BC Children’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the only one in the province.
In 2006/07, 37,653 children visited BC Children’s Emergency Room. That’s more than 103 sick kids every day.
400 children and their families visit BC Children’s for treatment and care every day.
200 open-heart surgeries are performed every year. Twenty-five per cent of those difficult surgeries are performed on patients younger than one year old.
BC Children’s Hospital has the most comprehensive renal team in western Canada and performs an average of 14 kidney transplants each year.
There are 150 newly diagnosed cases of childhood cancer in the province each year. BC Children’s treats more than 8,000 youngsters with cancer on an outpatient basis.
Nearly 20 bone marrow transplants are performed each year at BC Children’s Hospital.
One in every 100 children in B.C. is born with heart disease, and all of them are treated at BC Children’s Hospital.
54,000 diagnostic imaging procedures are conducted in Radiology, which operates the only pediatric MRI scanner in B.C.
2,345,492 laboratory tests are conducted and 261,075 prescriptions are filled each year at BC Children’s Hospital.
These facts were taken directly from the sight because I couldn't choose which to tale and which to leave.
Tikkun Olam
Tikkun Olam
By Benny
Variety club is an organization that distributes much needed funding to children, and their families, with special needs throughout B.C.. Variety receives over 1,000 requests for financial assistance, medical emergencies, therapies, and equipment yearly. Variety tries to grant all these wishes with there constant volunteer work, emergency response funds, community fund raisers, and there major yearly events, such as: The Show of Hearts Telethon, BC Bowls for Kids, Children’s Radio-thons, Gold Heart Day, and Boat for Hope. Just to name a few.
Not only does Variety encourage and support young volunteers, but it goes the extra mile with having its own program, Young Variety. This program provides opportunities to young adults (19-29) to improve on there leadership and networking skills. Even though people under the age of 19 cant participate the program, Variety still opens its doors to young children who would like to volunteer, and gives support and learning experiences that will expand there charitable horizons for there future.
I proudly chose this cause for many reasons, but one unparticular was that my family has bean involved in this organization for many generations. Starting with my great grandfather, Irving Levenson, who was president of Variety for many years. Now me, and I’m trying to make my mark in Variety starting this year with my Tikkun Olam project.
-Benny
aids
Aids
By: Aleesha and Adi
What the Organization Does
The organization is called: The Association of Neighbourhood Houses of Greater Vancouver (ANH).ANH was originally founded in 1894, in England. In B.C., ANH has opened a hospital, an orphanage, a “fresh-air camp,” a neighbourhood house and more recently an association of seven neighbourhoods’ houses and outdoor center
What the cause is.
Our cause is aids. Aids is caused by a virus called HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Some people get fever, headache, sore muscles and joints, stomach ache, swollen lymph glands, or a skin rash for one or two weeks. The virus will multiply in your body for a few weeks or even months before your immune system responds. There is no cure for AIDS. There are drugs that can slow down the HIV virus, and slow down the damage to your immune system. There is no way to "clear out" HIV from the body.
Why did we choose this cause?
We choose this cause because we knew what it does to people. Also it affects a huge part of the population. We thought that it would be an amazing experience to really understand what aids is, and learn more about it. Also to help out the children that are infected with the HIV virus.
What can young people do besides raising money?
Young people can help the organization by doing things like:
1. volunteer as a tutor,
2. be a mentor,
3. become a peer tutor,
4. volunteer as a cook,
5. Play with the kids,
6. Make bracelets,
7. playing with them,
and drawing with them.
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Harry and Tomers' Tikkun Olam essay part 1
For our Tikkun Olam Project, we chose the St Paul’s Hospital. St Paul’s is BC’s only centre for highly specialized services like heart transplants and hearing implants. St Paul’s Hospital Foundation raised a record $10.11 million for equipment, research and patient care in 2006 through 2007. Also, St Paul’s is a main teaching hospital located in downtown Vancouver. The hospital is part of PHC (Province Health Care); the biggest group of wide spreading operated health care facilities in Canada.
St Paul’s Hospital Foundation is a registered charity that raises funds for medical equipment, medicine research and superior patient care at St Paul’s and helps to cultivate relationships and partnerships in Vancouver's community to generate financial and related resources to improve St Paul's capability to help people.
St Paul’s Hospital Foundation raises funds for equipment, research and improved patient care. St Paul's current needs include funds for special initiatives in the Heart Centre/ Providence Heart and Lung Institute at St Paul’s Hospital, the Emergency Department, Palliative Care and the Providence Health Care Research Institute. St Paul’s also provides education grants for nurses.
Kids can help by donating any amount of money, which makes a big difference around the hospital. If you want to volunteer at the hospital's special events, please call 604-682-8206.If you want to help/ volunteer around the hospital, please call 604-806-8279 for more info.
So help St Paul’s Hospital today!!!
