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There are many volunteer possibilities available through UJA-Federation. Find a project that’s right for you.
Shirley Gold dances with clients at the Sid Jacobson JCC.
Photo: Donna Bernstein
Once a week for the last three years, Shirley Gold, 83, has volunteered at the Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center on Long Island for a program with adults under age 60 who have early-onset Alzheimer’s or dementia. The Sid Jacobson JCC is a UJA-Federation beneficiary agency.
Gold lends a hand to the Let’s Do Lunch program that offers lunch, conversation, and an exercise session with dancing for a group of 10 men and women.
“It’s phenomenal to help out,” Gold says. “I enjoy every minute of it, although it can be difficult to watch the inevitable decline.”
Alla Leventul at the Kings Bay Y tutoring program for children. Photo: Eugene Master
At 19, Alla Leventul is already a volunteer leader overseeing a new tutoring initiative at Kings Bay YM-YWHA.
A freshman at Baruch College, Leventul coordinates and supervises 10 high school students who tutor elementary school children in reading, writing, and math at an after-school program held at the Kings Bay Y, a UJA-Federation beneficiary agency.
She first started volunteering when she was 16 and helped raise money for a beautification project at the Y. Leventul enjoys her current role because she sees how the teens help the children gain a new understanding.
“We always promote teamwork and help each other, because that’s the way to accomplish the goal — to help children,” she notes.
Leventul, who participated in the Volunteers Leading Volunteers training program supported by UJA-Federation, notes that she “really learned how to be a leader and learned so many skills. It’s such a great experience.” ♦
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