On Mitzvah Day everyone can make their mark on the world. On Mitzvah Day, we ask for time, not money.
 
Mitzvah Day was founded in 2005 in the UK with founding partner, the JCC for London, based on Big Sunday in Los Angeles. Now an independent charity, Mitzvah Day UK encourages the practice of tzedek (righteousness), tikkun olam (repairing the world) and gemilut chasadim (acts of loving kindness). www.mitzvahday.org.uk
 
At NLPJC we have chosen to support the Praxis Supermarket voucher exchange scheme for destitute asylum seekers, and ask you all to join us in this support.
 
The way it works is..... you buy supermarket vouchers (Asda, Tesco or Sainsbury’s) through Praxis, so enabling the asylum seekers to receive the cash you’ve paid instead of the supermarket vouchers they would normally be given. They are then free to shop at their local markets, where food from different cultures is available and often cheaper than elsewhere, and you are free to spend your vouchers at your supermarkets, so it doesn’t actually cost you anything more than you would have spent anyway.
 
You can do this as a one-off, occasionally or can set up a regular standing order. Please see the linked information ..
• Praxis Voucher Exchange Information Sheet (.pdf)
• Praxis Standing Order Form (.doc)
or go to www.praxis.org.uk to register.
 
Thank you.
 
The NLPJC Management Committee