Mitzvah Day 2026

Captains: Lindsey Friedman ([email protected]) + Todd Friedman ([email protected])

Location: Matheson Hammock

Time: 9:30 AM-12:00 PM

Ages: All ages

Volunteer with Miami Waterkeeper, a non-profit dedicated to clean water, ecosystem protection, and sea-level-rise resiliency, to clean up our beaches and learn about the negative impacts of marine debris and microplastics.

Captain: Eli Loeb + Jessica Bolson ([email protected])

Location: TBAM

Time: 9 AM – 12 PM

Ages: 21+

Participate in Eli’s Bar Mitzvah project and find out if you are someone’s match! With the swab of your cheeks, you can join the National Bone Marrow Registry to see if your blood stem cells qualify you to be a donor to someone in need.

Captains: Brenda Kilmer ([email protected])

Location: TBAM Overhang

Ages: All ages

Time: 9 AM – 12 PM

Donate your gently used books (baby/children’s, young adult and adult) to support various adult and child-development organizations, including The Children’s Trust, Books for Free, the Jewish Home for the Aged and many more.

Captain: Nessia Kushner ([email protected])

Location: TBAM Social Hall

Time: 9 AM – 12 PM

Ages: All ages

We are collecting children’s books to share the joy of reading with elementary school (K-5) students served by Achieve Miami. Come with your child(ren), to TBAM, with books that they have read, but are ready to pass on to another child. Each donated book will become a special gift that includes a handwritten note sharing encouragement, kindness and a love of reading.

Captains: Susan Rosenthal ([email protected]) + Pam Misrahi ([email protected])

Location: TBAM Parking Lot – Big Red Bus

Time: 9 AM – 12 PM

Ages: 16+

Donate blood (whole blood and platelets) to enhance the health and well-being of others and facilitate scientific research through OneBlood’s work with blood and stem cell products.

Captain: Brittany Addams ([email protected])

Location: TBAM Overhang

Time: 9 AM – 12 PM

Ages: All ages

Bring your gently used:

– All types of gently used ready-to-wear professional clothing
– Accessories for men and women
– Flat shoes (women)
– Dress shoes (men)

Captain: Pamela Lear ([email protected])

Location: Temple Beth Am Social Hall

Time: 8:30 am – 12:00 p.m.

Ages: All Ages

Participate in a “mitzvah mural” where you will decorate a cut-out of your own hand with images and sayings about how we change the world. Children will enjoy this colorful and easy art project while adults can also participate and take away a handout about unBIASed and the resources we suggest for fighting antisemitism and bias; See the unBIASed slide show and photos of the activities that we have accomplished in the last few years as a new initiative at Temple Beth Am!

Captains: Alex Allenberg ([email protected]) + Jenna Schapiro ([email protected])

Location: TBAM Garden

Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM Ages: 5+

Join the TBAM Garden as we pot plants and decorate planters and cards for residents of The Palace, a home offering independent and assisted living and rehab to seniors. Plants will then be delivered to older adults in our community to let them know we care!

assisted living and rehab to seniors. Plants will then be delivered to

older adults in our community to let them know we care!

Captain: Caroline Miller ([email protected]) + Ray Payoff

Location: Miami Children’s Museum (980 MacArthur Causeway, Miami, FL 33132)

Time: 2 PM – 5 PM

Ages: Families with children 4-12 years old will have the most fun playing with Lotus House attendees (ages 4-10).

Lotus House aims to improve the lives of women, youth and kids experiencing homelessness by providing sanctuary, support, education, tools and resources. Come be a kid again at the Miami Children’s Museum alongside our Lotus House neighbors as we explore and enjoy the magic of the Museum through a craft activity, playtime in the museum exhibits and pizza.

Captain: Confirmation Class

Time: March 13-16, 2026

Ages: 10th graders

In partnership with the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, teens will have the opportunity to impact our country as they share their views on social justice topics with decision-makers on Capitol Hill.

Captain: Brooke Lam ([email protected])

Location: TBAM Social Hall

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM

Ages: 10+

Enjoy a social mahjong experience centered on connection, play, and purpose. Sign up as a group or join a table to meet new players. Please note this is not a lesson. This event is intended for those with a basic understanding of the game, with Brooke available to offer some guidance as needed. Proceeds will benefit the Endometriosis Foundation of America.

Captain: Anne Becker ([email protected])

Location: TBAM

Time: 9 AM – 12 PM

Join your 6-inch squares to make blankets for survivors of October 7 in Israel. There will be needles with large eyes and crochet hooks available, but if you have your own please bring!

Captain: Becca Holljes ([email protected])

Location: 25800 SW 182nd Ave and TBAM (drive-thru)

Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Ages: 9+ (parental supervision required for volunteers ages 9-17)

Redland Dog Sanctuary is a no-kill, nurturing animal shelter in Homestead that works diligently to rescue and rehab dogs so they may be adopted into forever homes. Spend time with the dogs and participate in facility clean up, organization and improvement projects.

Captain: Jack Kushner + Jeanne Kushner ([email protected])

Location: TBAM Social Hall

Time: 9 AM – 10 AM (prepare sandwiches), 10 AM (load cars), 10:30 AM (deliver to community fridges)

Ages: All ages (parent supervision req’d for kids under age 13)

Support Buddy System’s initiative to combat food insecurity by making sandwiches and restocking multiple community fridges around Miami. (Donations of loaves of bread, Sunbutter, squeezable grape and squeezable strawberry jelly, packages of turkey cold cuts, mustard and mayonnaise appreciated. Once registered a sign-up list will be sent to you to sign up for donations and to volunteer to be a driver.)

Captain: Lindsey Lamchick ([email protected])

Location: TBAM

Time: 9 AM – 10 AM

Ages: All ages

Younger children and families will decorate disco ball items and create cards with messages of hope and support, while older children and adults assemble seatbelt port pillows (small, soft pillows designed to protect the chest area for patients with ports during car rides). Each item will include a thoughtful note, reminding recipients that they are seen, supported, and not alone.

Captain: Alyssa Gold ([email protected])

Location: 1145 NW 14 Terr.

Time: 10 AM – 1 PM

Ages: 11+ (kids must be accompanied by a parent)

Prepare a home-cooked lunch and participate in a craft project for out-of-town families with children receiving treatment at Jackson Memorial Hospital. RMHC supports the well-being of critically ill children and their families by providing lodging, meals, activities and care.

Captains: Rooney Brodie ([email protected]) + Laura Greer Haim ([email protected])

Location: Milam’s Market, 11701 S Dixie Hwy, Pinecrest Plaza

Time: Various (see online)

Ages: All ages

Enjoy a family-friendly morning to support JCS and the Kosher Food Bank with this two part activity perfect for families with young kids. First, grab your Milam’s grocery cart and go on a scavenger hunt to stock-up on essential groceries to replenish the KFB. Once you find everything and pay, package the items at Milam’s in a basket to distribute to local families in need.

Captain: Jeff Agron ([email protected])

Location: Mitzvah Kitchen, 8700 SW 112th Street Miami, FL 33176

Time: 9 AM – 11 AM

Ages: All ages

Join Temple Beth Am’s Brotherhood to prepare and cook meals. Your hard work will benefit those at the Kosher Food Bank.

Captains: Robyn Abrams ([email protected]) + Susan Lampen ([email protected])

Location: Casa Valentina, 2103 Coral Way

Time: 9:00 AM -12:00 PM

Join the sisterhood of TBAM for a morning of bonding, light bites, and crafts at Casa Valentina. Participants will enjoy designing a mosaic pendant or key ring and creating mosaic tile patterns to decorate a small jar, followed by a group project to beautify the facility that provides support and longterm life skills to at-risk and former foster care youth.

Captain: Social Justice Teen Fellowship

Time: 10:30am -12:30pm

Ages: 12th grade

The Caring Place has been serving people experiencing Homelessness in Miami and Broward, transforming the lives of men, women, and children with: meals, safe shelter, life-changing residential programs, employment, and housing. Fellows will be preparing and serving lunch to the residents at one of Miami’s homeless shelters.

Captain: Jennifer Warren Medwin ([email protected])

Location: TBAM Social Hall

Time: 9:30 AM – 12 PM

Ages: All ages

Create handwritten cards for the children from Tikva Children’s Home who’ve been displaced by the war in Ukraine. We’ll also make video messages offering words of encouragement to Tikva graduates living in Israel and serving in the IDF.

Captains: Lindsey Wolfson ([email protected]) + Randi Wolfson ([email protected]) + Yonah Janowitz ([email protected])

Location: The Village at Casa Familia 10951 SW 84th Street Miami, FL 33173

Time: 9 AM – 12 PM

Ages: All ages

Spend the morning outside planting trees, creating garden art, and getting to know the wonderful organizations that have joined forces to heal our community and Mother Earth. Lunch and activities will be included.

Captain: Kadie Black ([email protected])

Location: TBAM Overhang

Time: 9 AM – 12 PM

Ages: All ages

Help the children of Miami-Dade’s foster system with the Voices For Children Foundation by purchasing and donating full-size toiletries and sanitary products. Your donations will be assembled into comfort kits for each child.