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400 Girls Volunteer to Aid Families

400 students of Bais Rivkah High School in Crown Heights have signed up to assist local Chabad families with their little ones. Full Story

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To #13
October 17, 2018 9:43 am

My elderly mother lives in town.
She’s so lonely.
I called BR and got special permission for my daughter to be excused from HOO and visit my mother instead.
They willingly agreed on condition that I would be on top of making sure she really goes each week.

Even more.
I was told, that an hour might be a long time for a high school girl to sit with a senior.

If my daughter prefers, she can go twice a week, for a half hour each time.

My point is, they allow visiting seniors as a chesed.

To #1
October 17, 2018 9:36 am

First of all, thank you COL for this post! Second, I really appreciate that BR gave permission for my daughter to do her HOO at my house. I desperately need her help, why should she help a stranger if I need her? Is helping at home not chesed? Also, they only gave permission if I (the mother) called. My daughter asked and they did not give her a response. She was told: If your mother thinks you should be given permission to do your hours at home, she needs to call. When I called, I was given a criteria of… Read more »

ANONYMOUS
October 17, 2018 8:29 am

ASSISING SENIOR CITIZENS IS ALSO MISSING IN C.H. JUST AS IMPORTANT IF NOT MORE. A SR CITIZEN IS VERY LIMITED IN WHAT SHE CAN DO IN THE HOME ON HER OWN. PLEASE EXTEND YOUR PROGRAM TO INCLUDE THEM AS WELL. 718 974 3981

Agree with number one !
October 17, 2018 8:25 am

I applaud HOO for all their wonderful
Work and I applaud the girls for being involved …They bring relief to many families
But why the emphasis on the PR ?
The chessed part seems secondary

To #1
October 17, 2018 8:19 am

Yes. I am doing this for my neighbor.
She really appreciates my help.
She has kah 5 children her oldest is 7.
Why is it a problem that shes my neighbor and i chose her?
Im still doing chesed.

To #6
October 17, 2018 8:11 am

You made a mistake. If youre impressed, then yhou agree with comment #2

To #1
October 17, 2018 8:10 am

I wanted to do my family and they didnt let. Youre lucky if you got permission. I guess your family really needed the help so they made an exception

To number one
October 17, 2018 7:02 am

That is really not true, as a high school Girl it happens to be really hard to find an hour to go help a family amidst all the homework and tests and projects and usually it is really hard to get your relitive as your HOO family….

To #1...lol pls verify, I’m from BRHS and thats actually not true. Nice try though!
October 17, 2018 12:14 am

INCREDIBLE AMAZING PROGRAM!!!!
It’s presented in such a beautiful way that every girl WANTS to be a part- what could have been a dull mandatory school thing is now an awesome opportunity that everyone wants to do!!! With choices of Chesed for all types of girls, BRHS really transformed chesed into a cool fun thing to do!!
GO HOOOO

Agree with #1
October 16, 2018 11:50 pm

Everything seems to be running so professionally this year!!
I emailed with a question and got a call-back in a timely manner.
I was impressed with what I was told when I called up to register as a HOO family.
Thank you BR and thank you to all the 400 volunteers!! (I actually think its more than 400 volunteers)

Like the old "Inner Circle," from almost 20 years ago!
October 16, 2018 10:29 pm

I will never forget how helpful the girls were to me after I’d had a baby then — actually 17 years ago. It was just an hour a week, so it might seem like nothing, but it was an AMAZING help to me!
So glad to see this happening now!

Esther freeman
October 16, 2018 10:22 pm

Her anecdotes between songs where so full of meaning. She really gave over powerful messages about doing chesed

Amazing chinuch
October 16, 2018 10:01 pm

I heard mrs rosenfeld gave the girls tips and messages for life!

I also read through the binders that the volunteers recived and really appreciated the chinuch they are getting.

Thanks for training our daughters to do chesed in such a beautiful way

Impressed!
October 16, 2018 9:57 pm

From when i called to register for hoo this year, to the phone call from the volunteers, the visit from the volunteers, the email that i got with the rules and calendar and the folder of papers that the girls gave me when they came – everything was so professional!! I am totally impressed. You took a school project and made it into a huge, professional organization. Kol hakovod!

What does it say...
October 16, 2018 9:35 pm

What does it say about our youth that we need this much fanfare for ONE hour a week of chessed? And keep in mind that this year the girls are allowed to choose to help a friend or family member instead, even if they don’t really need it.

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