The United Synagogue

Good Deeds In Fashion!

PRESS RELEASE

London,
30TH aPRIL 2010

GOOD DEEDS IN FASHION!

Georgia Shiers, Finchley United Synagogue member, is using her forthcoming Bat Mitzvah to help with the latest Project Chesed collection: Old Clothes…New way to Give.

Georgia has done a variety of Chesed over the past year including delivering Pesach Food Parcels to US members and visiting seniors at Hammerson House. She is now on a mission to collect mobile phones, old clothes and football kits from the guests coming to her Bat Mitzvah on 30th May.

Project Chesed will be able to turn the mobile phones into cash to invest in US community cares initiatives. The clothes will go to All Aboard as part of the new collection launched this weekend and due to run until July. Project Chesed is teaming up with an organisation called Kit Aid to send the football kits Georgia collects out to Africa.

Commenting Georgia said: “We have already collected some bags of clothes and mobile phones. We hope that many of my Bat Mitzvah guests will bring more with them on the 30th. I am delighted that I’ve been able to use my special Bat Mitzvah year to help others.”

Thanking Georgia for all her hard work, Candice Woolfson, Director of Project Chesed said: “This week sees the launch of our clothing collection in partnership with All Aboard. In partnership with many of our shuls we are offering an easier way for people to turn their old clothes and accessories into money for the wonderful UK registered Jewish charities that All Aboard supports. We hope many members of our community will take advantage of this new way to give.”

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Project Chesed Clothes Collection

The Project Chesed Clothes collection will run from May – July. All interested people need to do is bring bags or boxes of saleable clothes or accessories to their local shul collection point. Each week Project Chesed will pass them onto All Aboard to sell at one of their 16 charity shops – raising money that can make a real difference.

Project Chesed

Project Chesed teaches about the Jewish responsibility we have for our fellow human beings, encourages more acts of charity and kindness and inspires our community to make a difference. Project Chesed is a joint initiative of the United Synagogue Community Division and the London School of Jewish Studies.

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Laura Ellman
The PR Office
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