{"id":1497,"date":"2012-12-06T22:40:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T03:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulanuarchive.kulanu.org\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2019-04-08T10:46:50","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:46:50","slug":"more-mitzvah-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/more-mitzvah-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"More Mitzvah Projects!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Todah Rabah<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0to Kulanu Mitzvah Project leaders Lucy Dybner of New Jersey, and Fran Ransom of Ohio! Lucy and Fran became\u00a0<em>bat mitzvah<\/em>\u00a0in October, and shared their special day with children in Uganda through their mitzvah projects. Thanks to these two leaders, $3,500 has been contributed to the education and nutrition programs run by the Abayudaya Jewish community \u2014 what an impact that will have for the children and their families!<span id=\"more-1371\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucy Markelis Dybner<\/strong>\u00a0included a lovely note with the invitation to her Bat Mitzvah celebration requesting donations to the Kulanu-Abayudaya School\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sna.etapestry.com\/fundraiser\/KulanuInc\/abayudayanutrition\/aboutEvent.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nutrition Program<\/a>, which ensures a nutritious breakfast and lunch every school day for the 800 students at the two Abayudaya schools in Uganda. Without this program, many children could not afford to eat breakfast or lunch, or would have to spend a lot of time away from school searching for food. The\u00a0<strong>$2,218.00<\/strong>\u00a0that Lucy raised through her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sna.etapestry.com\/fundraiser\/KulanuInc\/abayudayanutrition\/individual.do?participationRef=805.0.394157115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal Fundraising Page<\/a>\u00a0will pay for 54 students to receive two meals every school day, for an entire year! Great job Lucy, and many thanks to her family and friends who contributed to her project! Check out her PFP at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sna.etapestry.com\/fundraiser\/KulanuInc\/abayudayanutrition\/individual.do?participationRef=805.0.394157115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tinyurl.com\/lucysproject<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fran \u201cAmirah D\u2019vorah\u201d Ransom<\/strong>\u00a0raised funds for the Kulanu-Abayudaya\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sna.etapestry.com\/fundraiser\/KulanuInc\/abayudayaeducation\/aboutEvent.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Education Fund<\/a>, which supports the two schools run by the Abayudaya Jewish community in Uganda, as part of her adult Bat Mitzvah Project. These schools, though in an impoverished area, provide a quality education to the 800 Jewish, Christian and Muslim students who study and play together in peace. Fran also had the special treat of meeting Aaron Kintu Moses, headmaster of the Abayudaya primary school, the same week as her bat mitzvah when he visited Canton, OH last month \u2014 her rabbi arranged the visit as a stop on the Kulanu-Abayudaya 2012 Speaking Tour.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sna.etapestry.com\/fundraiser\/KulanuInc\/abayudayaeducation\/individual.do?participationRef=805.0.387619863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fran\u2019s PFP<\/a>\u00a0has raised\u00a0<strong>$1,500.00<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 enough to send 19 African children to the Abayudaya schools for a full year!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sna.etapestry.com\/fundraiser\/KulanuInc\/abayudayaeducation\/individual.do?participationRef=805.0.387619863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to check out her fundraising page.<\/p>\n<p>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/mitzvahprojects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.kulanu.org\/mitzvahprojects\/<\/a>\u00a0to find out how to share\u00a0<em><strong>your<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0lifecycle event (bar\/bat mitzvah, wedding, birthday\u2026) with Kulanu and connect with Jewish communities across the globe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todah Rabah\u00a0to Kulanu Mitzvah Project leaders Lucy Dybner of New Jersey, and Fran Ransom of Ohio! 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