AT-HOME COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY #1: Do you like to create art?

We are partnering with Dorot.org to participate in a card making project to bring smiles to older adults!

TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL CARD MAKING PROJECT

• Use good quality card stock for your card base.
• Glue white paper on the inside of the card to make personal messages easy to read.
• Include a note or greeting inside the card while also leaving space for DOROT to write a message of their own. You can also write a simple poem or share some information about yourself (e.g., favorite hobbies, pets, school, etc.). This makes the handmade card a very personal and thoughtful gift for the older person to receive.

• Make your cards as colorful and decorative as you’d like, but please refrain from using materials that might fall off or make a mess, such as glitter, sequins, feathers, tissue paper, ribbons or buttons. Suggested materials for your consideration include stickers, watercolors, puff paint, and of course, colored markers.
• “Sign” the back of the card with your first name, your age AND the words “Rising Stars Youth Foundation”.
• Write in large, clear block (print) letters. As people get older, many have a hard time reading small print.
• Do not write “Get Well.” Just because someone is older does not mean he or she is sick.

Please mail your cards to: 

Emily Ades, Director of Education

AT-HOME COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY #2:

Do you like to write?

We are partnering with Dorot.org to participate in a letter writing project to bring smiles to older adults!

TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL LETTER WRITING PROJECT

• Write Letters in “pen pal” format* telling some interesting information but don’t ask questions, because the senior cannot write back. Keep your note upbeat and tell about something you learned, read about or a place you visited in your life. Write about a favorite movie or tv show.
• Write informational essays on a specific topic.

Please email your letters to: Emily@risingstarsyouthfoundation.com

AT-HOME COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY #3: Do you like to perform?

We are partnering with UJA Federation to participate in a video project to bring smiles to older adults!

• Record yourself singing a song you love, playing an instrument or reading inspiring poetry.

Please email your recordings to: Emily@risingstarsyouthfoundation.com

AT-HOME COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY #4: Do you like to work-out?

Participate in our virtual scholarship fundraising event, “Gabe’s Game Changer”. Ask your friends and family to sponsor you for a push up challenge to raise money for our Gabriel Rice Memorial Scholarship Fund. Every dollar you raise will be matched through an anonymous generous donor! For more information click here.