Tikkun Olam Projects

Grade Level Projects

Food Pantry

Each grade level focuses on a year long Tikkun Olam project that provides ongoing opportunities to participate in “repairing our world” and integrates the values of social action into daily activities. Students and teachers plan together to develop a project that is meaningful to them, and that will make a difference to others. The experience-based learning involved in Tikkun Olam is linked to classroom instruction and enhances skills related to the core curriculum.

  • Kindergarten: Sharing with the Elderly
  • First Grade: The Environment –Cleaning the Ocean
  • Second Grade: Helping Animals (Gentle Barn)
  • Third Grade: Feeding the Hungry (Wilshire Boulevard Temple Food Pantry)
  • Fourth Grade: Recycling, Feeding the Hungry (PATH)
  • Fifth Grade: Planting Trees in Israel (Jewish National Fund)
  • Sixth Grade: Helping the Homeless (St. Joseph Center)

The Friday Tzedakah donations in each classroom are then designated for the causes that the grade level supports.

School-Wide Projects

Food Pantry

The Tikkun Olam Committee of the Brawerman Elementary School Parent Association works with students and faculty to facilitate school-wide Tikkun Olam activities all during the school year.

These include:

  • Goodie bags for Rosh Hashanah
  • Thanksgiving Baskets
  • Toy Collection
  • Book Drive
  • Purim Baskets

Temple Programs

Students and parents participate in Temple-wide Tikkun Olam projects including Wilshire Boulevard Temple Food Pantry, relief efforts for victims of disasters, Habitat for Humanity, support for the people of Darfur, Mitzvah Day, Heal the Bay, PATH and others.