Service Opportunities & Events

Make an Impact with YouthFirst

Connect with teens from around the Bay Area as we address a range of challenges/issues facing our communities. Through advocacy projects and service-learning events, you can help make a difference through your actions and voice!

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Upcoming Service Projects

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Plant People: A Tu B’Shevat Hike & Citizen Data Collection

Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Phyllis Ellman Trail, Ring Mountain, Marin County

Celebrate Tu B’Shevat—the Jewish New Year for the Trees—by joining the YouthFirst community at Ring Mountain! We will learn about local flora and contribute to essential citizen science data collection as a way to protect native species. Come connect with the trees, plants, earth, and each other on this teen-led nature walk. Register here! Questions? [email protected]

 

Banquet for the Bees

Monday, January 17, 10:00 – 11:00 am
Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto

Join other teens at the Oshman Family JCC’s Mitzvah Day for a community-wide day of Tikkun Olam (repair of the world) as part of a national day of service to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Learn about our environment while making fun and easy projects that help the birds and the bees! Participants will make wildflower seed bombs, and bee bomb pollinators to help mother nature and some of her littlest helpers thrive. Register Here. Questions? [email protected].

 

Palo Alto Teens Take Action: Roundtable with Assemblymember Marc Berman

Thursday, January 20, 2021 at 6:00pm
On Zoom

Zoom into our teen roundtable discussion with 5 exceptional Palo Alto teens together with Palo Alto Assemblymember Marc Berman! Excited to continue his mission to involve young people in politics, Assemblymember Berman will be answering questions from local teens inspired by Jewish Values of shomrei adamah (protecting the environment) and sh’mirat hagoof (taking care of the body). Zoom participants will be able to submit questions and comments in the chat. Do you want to cheer on your local teens and have a chance to take action locally regarding issues that impact your community? Join us! Register here to receive the Zoom link. Questions? [email protected]

 

Poetry Evening! Connecting Generations with Poetry and Conversation

Wednesday, Jan. 26, 7:00 – 8:15 pm
On zoom (link to be sent upon registration)

When we connect with seniors, we embody the important Jewish value of L’dor v’dor (from generation to generation), so prepare a short story or poem that you either love or wrote, and join us for this warm-hearted gathering.  Invite your grandparents or multi-generational family and friends to participate and share poetry too!  We are excited to bring teens together for this event, and to create a video compilation of the readings to be shared with residents of Rhoda Goldman Plaza. Register here. Questions? [email protected].