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How the Mitzvah Project Works

Start a Mitzvah Project

Schneider Children's Medical Center is Israel's only standalone pediatric hospital. Each year, it cares for more than 275,000 babies, children, and teens from every background.

A Mitzvah Project gives you a way to take action for kids who need help right now. This means kids helping kids.

  • Learn why Schneider Children's matters.

    Watch videos and read stories of lives changed there.

  • Take the lead and design your campaign.

    Set up your campaign page, write why this matters to you, and weave your project into your celebration.

  • Share your campaign and raise funds.

    Choose where your money goes: families who need extra support, programs that bring in clowns, superheroes, and more, or toys for every child.

  • Get recognized for your service.

    Every participant receives a certificate and a record of their service-learning project they can carry into high school, college, and beyond.

Where Your Project Makes a Difference

Every Mitzvah Project responds to real needs at Schneider Children's. You'll focus on one of three areas:

Provide Support!

Support parents facing financial hardship while their child is hospitalized

Your project can help cover transportation, food, and holiday support for families with kids in the hospital.

Provide Support!

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Many times, when a child is hospitalized, the family faces unexpected costs.

As the mitzvah of your b'nei mitzvah, you could raise funds for housing near the hospital, childcare for siblings, transportation, basic expenses, household bills, and more. Easing some costs for families will bring them some peace of mind during a difficult time.
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  • $36 could help cover transportation to or from the hospital
  • $180 could help cover childcare expenses for siblings
  • $360 could help cover one night at a hotel near the hospital
  • $1,800 could help cover household bills while a family focuses on their child

Provide Smiles!

Hospitals aren't just about medicine. Fund programs that help kids heal.

Your Mitzvah Project will pay for medical clowns, art therapy, music therapy, and animal therapy that help kids heal.

Provide Smiles!

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At a children's hospital, medical, therapy dogs, dance teachers, and superhero appearances are a big part of the healing process. Seeing big smiles on children and their families fills Schneider Children's with light, connection, and hope during some of the hardest days.
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  • $36 brings one child to a dance class
  • $180 brings a therapy dog to an entire floor
  • $360 brings art classes for a week
  • $1,800 brings a medical clown to the hospital for a month

Provide Fun!

Being in a hospital can be scary and boring.

Your Mitzvah Project will provide toys, games, and comfort items to brighten kids' days during treatment.

Provide Fun!

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Every week, 1,000 children walk through the doors of Schneider Children's emergency room. Whether they stay for hours or weeks, every child admitted to care receives a toy to help make their time a little brighter. Your project could fund stuffed animals, games, books, dolls, activity sets, art supplies, and more. These small gifts bring children a little extra comfort.
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  • $36 provides one child with a coloring book and crayons when they arrive in the emergency room
  • $180 provides 20 books to the library that children can keep
  • $360 provides 15 children with a stuffed animal
  • $1,800 keeps each unit stocked with Lego. Patients get to keep it, of course.

Your Mitzvah Project Includes

A digital resource hub

Everything you need to plan and run your project.

Fundraising page

Your own donation page and QR code to share.

Support when you need it

We're here to answer questions whenever you need help.
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Above and Beyond graphic t-shirt

After creating the campaign page, a t-shirt is sent you.
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Celebrate at the hospital synagogue

Your family can visit the synagogue for b’nai mitzvah ceremonies.

Active Mitzvah Projects

Ella
May 2026

Mitzvah Projects

Providing toys

"I began by donating my hair to provide wigs for children undergoing chemotherapy. I chose Schneider Children's in honor of my great-aunt Tzipi z"l, who worked as a nurse in the children's oncology ward for many years. I am raising money to buy toys for the children, to bring them comfort during their treatment and time in the hospital." – Ella F., Boca Raton, Florida

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Frequently Asked Questions

Anyone can do a Mitzvah Project. While we designed the program with b'nai mitzvah students (typically ages 11–13) in mind, teens, school groups, and families are all welcome to participate.

Because students are minors, a parent or legal guardian must initiate the registration and provide consent. After that, students lead their own projects.

Anyone can do a mitzvah! Families, teens, and community members create Mitzvah Projects around birthdays, recoveries, yahrzeits, and other milestones. Contact us and we'll help you design a project.

You can choose from three allocation buckets: Provide Support, Provide Smiles, and Provide Fun. These buckets tell the hospital how to direct the funds raised by your campaign.

You can allocate 100% of your fundraising to one bucket, or you can split your total across multiple buckets. The choice is yours.

No. The amounts listed are examples to help you see the kind of impact your fundraising can make. They are not literal procurement promises. Actual purchasing decisions are made by the hospital based on current needs. With over 275,000 children coming through Schneider Children’s doors each year, additional funds are always put to good use.

If you are passionate about a specific department or field of medicine (for example, Cardiology, Oncology, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, or Psychiatry), you can let the team know, and they will help build your project around that area.

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Ready to get started?

Your parent or guardian starts the registration. Then you take the lead and make it happen.

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