Good Deeds Day brought out thousands of members of the Washington area’s Jewish community on April 7 to work on hands-on volunteer projects at about 75 sites.
The eighth annual Sara & Samuel J. Lessans Good Deeds Day was hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Washington Jewish Week was a media sponsor.
Jewish War Veterans sponsored a tech day with Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School students and their friends. Photo by Fred Shapiro
Volunteers create trail mix packages at Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital. Photo by Audrey Rothstein Photography
From left, Rebecca Kavan and Rina Shalvi, from Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, talk tech with Leisure World residents Charles Lin and Bob Linn. Photo by Stacey Relkin Winkler
Tikvat Israel members came out to make snack bags for Nourish Now and clean up an area of Rock Creek Park that is adjacent to the synagogue. Photo by Amy Matathias
From left, Yael Fishman, Merav Friedman, Avital Fink, Aliza Goldschlag, Henry Wagner, Rabbi Yossi Kastan of Berman Hebrew Academy and Daniel Hutman were among the 132 volunteers who cleaned parks. Photo by Miriam Friedman
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington’s Young Leadership and Moishe House Northern Virginia made dog toys for the Humane Rescue Alliance. Photo courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
