…1 in 17 Americans live with a serious mental illness. National Alliance on Mental Illness
Employment/Volunteer
Volunteer
For Young People
- Make/bake something for clients for one of the Jewish holidays
- Share in a Jewish tradition
- Play games (bingo, softball, softball, putt-tee golf, etc.)
- Do an activity together (local sights, Oneg Shabbat, Israeli dancing)
- Send holiday cards
For Youth Groups
- Plan a holiday celebration (Oneg Shabbat, Purim schpiel, etc.)
- Put on a fundraiser (garage sale, car wash, etc.)
- Develop an activity (sports, movies, arts and crafts)
- Send holiday cards
- Help with clerical work
- Help with fall and spring clean-up at a Kadima home
- Share your talents (music, storytelling, plays, poetry)
For Families
- Invite Kadima clients for Shabbat dinner or a Jewish holiday meal
- Help with spring or fall clean-up at Kadima homes
- Plant flowers at Kadima homes
For Adults
- Drive clients to appointments, therapy sessions, Shabbat services, or pick up household/office donations
- Develop a relationship with a client, become a “buddy”
- make plans together
- visit or call, especially important for seniors
- share meals together
- go together to concerts and sporting events
- Help at a Kadima outing
- Share Jewish holidays and traditions
- Do clerical tasks in the office
- Help with the annual benefit or ad journal
- Donate professional services
- Donate “event” tickets for a Kadima client to attend an event
- Teach a workshop in an area of your interest to a group of clients in the daytime or evening
- Help find sources for employment for clients
- Serve on a Kadima committee
Say “yes” and help. To volunteer, call Kadima at 248.559.8235.
