Reach Out!
A Program of Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston
Reach Out! Engaging Jewish young adults in meaningful community service
Reach Out! combines the opportunity to volunteer in communities across
greater Boston and to socialize with other Jewish young adults.
Reach Out! combines the opportunity to volunteer in communities across
greater Boston and to socialize with other Jewish young adults.
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What is ReachOut!? ReachOut! is the answer to your volunteer and community needs. Sign up and volunteer one night a week for 10 weeks. You'll...
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ReachOut! and Muslims Against Hunger Day of Interfaith Service
This Sunday 37 volunteers joined ReachOut! and Muslims Against Hunger for an Interfaith Day of Service. The event was part of a larger series of...
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Social Activism
So, who is that ReachOut! Monkey?
I sat down with the ReachOut! monkey the other day and asked him for his story.“My story?” he asked. (I could already tell I was in for...
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Interfaith Adventures in the Volunteer World
Recently I volunteered with an awesome religiously-affiliated community service group at Rosie’s Place, preparing and serving a three-course meal to local women in need. Like...
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Spreading the Voluncheer
Oldies stations have already entered their 24/7 Christmas mode, and you’ve already watched the South Park or SNL Jew-on-Christmas videos more times than you care...
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ReachOut! Takes to the Charles River!
Last week over 50 ReachOut! volunteers grabbed a life jacket and a paddle, and went to rid the Charles River of invasive water chestnut plants....
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Community & Shabbat
Between working full-time, preparing for grad school, and volunteering at the South End’s Harriet Tubman House with ReachOut!, a Shabbat Dinner with the fellow ReachOut!...
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Volunteer is a Verb: What Jews Can Learn from MLK
One of my favorite commentaries on the need for community is a little known Martin Luther King, Jr. speech titled “The World House.” He...
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ReachOut Participants Reflect on What it Means to Volunteer
The ReachOut blog has recently been transformed into a hotspot for discussion on the roles, benefits and meanings of community service and service learning. The...
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It only takes simple things to make a difference, to satisfy the deeper hunger for connection
The First Parish soup kitchen has been one of ReachOut’s partner sites since we began our volunteer program. The church, located in Harvard Square, provides...
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