Goal: $20,000
Received: $5,150
The Better Togetherâ„¢ program provides students with the opportunity, prepared with the skills and sensitivities, to "live" our traditions and practices, to actually engage in the fulfillment of the mitzvot (the concretization of our values) which will produce a next generation well prepared to lead, thrive, and sustain our people going forward.
We believe that providing special services and activities for the elderly, aged and infirm is a Jewish value which the next generation needs to understand in a sophisticated and yet hands-on fashion to put into practice. The "doing" of this value, we believe, will alleviate the loneliness often characteristic of the lives of seniors, bringing stimulation, social interaction, and recreation to their everyday activities. We believe such inter-generational interactions will further personal relationships, serving to support the growth and development of the students, and the health and well-being of the seniors.