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Wherever you volunteer, you'll be making a tangible difference in communities that need your help.

In addition to the opportunities listed in this section, please see other sections for programs that may be of interest to you or someone you know.

US/CANADA

• 92nd Street Y Havaya International is a 4 week long life-changing opportunity to travel like a local in both Israel and around the United States, while making a positive difference in our global community!
• 92nd Street Y HAVAYA International
• Join Jewish high schoolers from across the country on a week-long domestic community service program over winter break.  Service projects will take place in downtown Los Angeles, CA and focus on the concepts of 1) Urban Revitalization and 2) Environmental Awareness and Restoration.  Participants should expect to earn a minimum of 25 community service hours upon completion of the program
• Alternative Winter Break - Young Judaea
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  Have a truly different summer building to benefit a disadvantaged community in the United States, possibly the Katrina Affected areas of the Gulf Coast, spending six weeks of the summer with other Jewish teens.
• American Jewish Society for Service
• Help restore the home of a poor or elderly family with other teens this summer!  Including spiritual building through worship and Torah, this new program will be a life-changing experience for all participants.
• Bonim Banim - Commission on Social Action for Reform Judaism
• Join Panim and fellow NY Jewish students this summer to participate in an exciting low cost service program funded in part by UJA- Federation of New York!
• Break New Ground - Panimworks
• Join the Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center and fellow NY Jewish students this winter break to participate in an exciting low cost service program funded in part by UJA- Federation of New York!
• Break New Ground - Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center
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  Make a real difference in low–income communities in Washington DC, doing anti-hunger projects, shelter repair, and environmental work, as well as service learning, and advocacy.
• Camp Yad B'Yad — Washington DC Jewish Community Center
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  JCI is a course on public policy and Jewish values, followed by a four-day seminar in Washington D.C. which is designed to educate, energize, and inspire students to apply the knowledge they have gained from their Jewish civics course to the real world.
• Jewish Civics Initiative – PANIM
• Participants will experience kibbutz-style cooperative living while learning about Jewish Social Philosophy, Jewish Environmental Ethics, Conflict-Resolution, and working on an organic farm.
• Martin Buber Summer Youth Institute for Teens
• Mitzvah Corps has six exciting summer programs to offer high school students. All provide direct hands-on involvement in communities that desperately need energy, dedication, and love. Volunteer sites include food banks, homeless shelters, and senior citizen homes.
  
  
• Mitzvah Corps – Union for Reform Judaism
• Help the clean up from Hurricane Katrina, and volunteer a week in New Orleans as an individual, group or family.
• Nechama Katrina Response
• Want to make a difference in the world? Start in Baltimore! Spend two weeks changing the world through service and advocacy.
• Operation Shema
• JCUA's Or Tzedek Teen Summer Institute offers a unique summer program for Jewish high-school students looking to address urban issues such as poverty, housing and health care through hands-on service and high level learning.  Participants spend seven days learning, living and working on social justice issues in conjunction with JCUA’s staff and community-based agencies.
• Or Tzedek Teen Summer Institute -JCUA
• Live and work in an entirely new culture this summer!  Make a difference as you live in rustic accommodations on a Native-American reservation in the Navajo, Hopi or Zuni Nation and work with the local community to promote positive change.
• PanimWorks: An Activist's Adventure
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  Spend a week during the summer building an access ramp for a low income person with disabilities in the Washington, D.C. area. Participants are eligible to receive 32 hours of community service credit.
• Ramp it Up – Yachad
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  Spend 6 days doing community service projects at a variety of locations in the D.C. area, such as homeless shelters, animal rescue centers, park revitalization projects, etc. as well as learning about service in a Jewish context.
• Service Learning Camp – The Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute (JYPI)
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  Experience a four-week leadership training for teens who are passionate about politics, community service, and Judaism. This program is located on the campus of The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
• Summer JAM (Judaism, Activism, and Mitzvah work) – PANIM
• The Tikkun Olam Family Work Trip to Maine is a one week summer trip for parents and teens to repair or construct low-income housing in Limestone, Maine.  No particular construction experience is required.
• Tikkun Olam Family Work Trip to Maine – Temple B’nai Abraham *

ISRAEL

• 92nd Street Y Havaya International is a 4 week long life-changing opportunity to travel like a local in both Israel and around the United States, while making a positive difference in our global community!
• 92nd Street Y HAVAYA International
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  Explore Israel for six weeks through a combination of travel, community service, outdoor adventure, workshops in the performing and visual arts, community building and creative study alongside Israelis and other teens from across North America.
• Nesiya Institute
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  You and your friends will meet local people, share meals in their homes, and work four days a week with them on important community projects that address the real issues they face. 
• Teen Service Learning Trip to Israel — Camp Tawonga
• Don't just spend your summer visiting Israel's most diverse communities - give back to them at the same time! Here's your chance to have fun and make a difference during your summer in Israel.
• Tikun Olam - Young Judaea

INTERNATIONAL

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  Participants live and work for seven weeks alongside residents of rural communities in Ghana, Peru or Honduras, or with a re-emerging Jewish community in Ukraine.
• American Jewish World Service Volunteer Summer
• Join the Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center and fellow NY Jewish students this winter break to participate in an exciting low cost service program funded in part by UJA- Federation of New York!
• Break New Ground - Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center
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  AJWS brings delegations comprised of synagogue groups, families, summer camps and other Jewish community institutions to work with our project partners in the Central America. Participants help complete major community development projects.
• Delegations – AJWS