Sunday, May 18 | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join us for a meaningful day of Social Action and Tikkun Olam.
Choose from a variety of in-house projects. All are welcome!
Register today
(Projects are filled on a first come, first served basis. Please sign up before Mitzvah Day!)
To make Mitzvah Day 2025 successful, we're collecting donations for this year's projects! Items can be placed in the first-floor coat room at TI. We hope you will join us on May 18 to help us sort, pack, prepare and deliver to the community!
Collection Items Needed
Books (any age/any genre - must be in new or like-new condition) Pens & pencils
Personal hygiene products, hand sanitizer, dental care Mini water bottles
Non-perishable foods/snacks (no meat items) Small stuffed animals (new or like-new condition)
Please see the registration form for a complete list.
Mitzvah Projects for 2025
Craft Kits for Albany PAL (Police Athletic League)
We will make a craft kit in a ziploc bag that would be
ready to go for any child within the age range that will
be an easy activity for PAL leadership.
Personal Hygiene Packs for Teens at Equinox
We will be packing bags with blankets, snacks, journal, colored pens/pencils, hygiene products, hand sanitizer, Portable small cup with cover, flashlight, small stuffed animal, fun socks, etc. for teens in need.
Sandwich Making for IPH
(Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless)
We will be making peanut butter and sun butter
sandwiches and making lunch sacks!
1st - 8th Grade Literacy Bags for Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region
We're filling bags with school supplies for 1st - 3rd graders!
Transition Bags for USCRI
(US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants)
We will be packing and distributing bags to new immigrant families in need.
Cemetery Cleanup - Offsite
We will be cleaning up our cemetery on Western Avenue. Bring your work gloves, rakes, tarps, loppers, and hedge trimmers (some tools will be available to borrow if you don’t have your own)!
Mitzvah in Uniform: Learn about the Amazing Mitzvah Doers in our Community!
We will have a FIRE TRUCK from the Albany Fire Department
The Albany Police Department K9 unit will be here
The Albany County Sheriff’s Department will be here making ID cards for kids
What mitzvot do our Community Mitzvah Doers do?
I am so glad you asked! Our community helpers are out there, everyday, saving lives and helping people being held or cared for in an unkind way. They help people that might need support having peaceful conversations and they help them work out their differences. Our Mitzvah Doers also help people when something is taken from them. They look for these items and try to find them so that they can hopefully be returned.
These mitzvot are called:
- Pikuach Nefesh: Saving a Life
- Pidyon Shvuim: Redeeming Captives
- Hava’at Shalom Bein Adam LaHavero: Bringing peace between people
- Hashavat Aveidah: Returning lost articles