Monday Night Teens

Tzedakah Board is a philanthropic foundation of eighth graders who commit time outside of school to engage in questions of how to fix our broken world. In this influential and dynamic program, participants learn about Jewish wisdom on charitable giving and social change, financial literacy, and modern philanthropy, and then award $4,000 – $10,000 to organizations that they deem effective in making the world a better place. Each registered participant contributes $450, which includes $100 to the group’s philanthropic fund. It is our hope that your child contribute some or all of the $100 to this fund (most use gifts received celebrating their bar/bat mitzvah). The group funds are pooled, and then matched by an anonymous donor, and students also participate in a group fundraising activity to increase the total amount they will grant to the organizations and causes they value and choose to support. Participating in the Tzedakah Board will give teens the following:

• Greater sophistication about money and how it can be leveraged to make positive change in the world.
• Deeper knowledge about how the wisdom of Judaism can inform your decisions about money and how to use it for prosperity for all
• Connection to other Temple teens around the mission of making a difference in the world.
• A remarkable extracurricular activity on your resume to help open the door for college and other job positions when you reach that stage.

For the 23-24 school year we will be meeting the following Monday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30pm:

September 11, October 9, November 6, December 4, January 8, February 5, March 4,

April 8, May 6