JCC Preschoolers Participate in Charity for Hurricane Sandy Victims
The JCC of Central NJ’s Early Childhood Department focuses on post-Sandy charity.
The following information was provided by the JCC of Central Jersey. The JCC’s Early Childhood Department has always included the concept of “tzedakah” or charity in its curriculum. This school year has been no different – the school’s 4s classes all had an opportunity to learn about charity and helping others in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Five classes of 4-year-old preschoolers were motivated by all the local devastation they saw after Sandy. They started by making their own tzedakah (charity) boxes in which they could collect their charitable contributions which they earned by doing chores or “good deeds” in their homes. Some of the children set the dinner table; some cleaned up their toys; one child said his good deed was …
