Volunteer center
One of the areas of our organization's activity is volunteering. Volunteers are people who are ready to sacrifice their own time, share their professionalism, knowledge, reputation and connections for the benefit of society, without material compensation for their work.
Almost every undertaking cannot be done without the help of volunteers – sincere, kind, proactive, responsive people. Volunteers of the “wise age” provide support to elderly people within the framework of the “Equal to equal” direction, give communication and valuable support, provide all possible assistance.
Volunteers of different ages participate in creative workshops, volunteer events, provide information by phone, help with the delivery of food packages and the organization of events/lectures. With the support of volunteers, minor repairs of household items are carried out, and assistance is provided in the local area of lonely elderly people.
Volunteers of our center gain new acquaintances and communication, support, as well as the opportunity for self-realization, feel their importance and contribution in the development of our region and Community
- Zparticipation in the center’s events, community and cultural work: assistance in organizing lectures, creative workshops;
- Zproviding consultations on various aspects of a healthy lifestyle;
- Zhousehold assistance to clients – minor repairs of plumbing, furniture, household appliances, umbrellas, irons, etc.;
- Zprovision of free initial legal advice;
- Zassisting project coordinators in providing targeted assistance;
- Zparticipation in the distribution of charitable aid;
- Zproduction of knitted goods, handicrafts, handmade cards;
- Zaccompanying elderly people with limited mobility (running errands, communicating on the phone, congratulating on holidays)
You can also become a volunteer,be useful to society as a whole!
🕯️ ЙОМ-КИПУР — ДЕНЬ ИСКУПЛЕНИЯ Йом-Кипур — самый священный день еврейского календаря и кульминация Десяти дней раскаяния, начинающихся с Рош ха-Шана. Это не просто день поста. Это время для молитвы, самоанализа, раскаяния, прощения и примирения — с близкими, с другими людьми и с Всевышним. 🤍 ✨ Перед Йом-Кипуром важно: • попросить прощения у тех, кого мы могли обидеть, и постараться простить других; • завершить важные дела; • подготовиться к посещению синагоги и молитвам; • заранее пить достаточно воды; • перед постом съесть сытную, но не слишком тяжёлую трапезу, не переедая. 🍽️ Во время Йом-Кипура традиционно воздерживаются от: • еды и питья; • умывания и купания ради удовольствия; • использования масел, кремов и косметических средств ради удовольствия; • ношения кожаной обуви; • супружеской близости. 🌙 Когда начинается Йом-Кипур? Йом-Кипур начинается до захода солнца накануне и заканчивается после наступления ночи следующего дня, когда на небе видны звёзды. 🕍 Коль Нидрей — особая молитва, с которой начинается вечерняя служба Йом-Кипура. 🙏 Нэила — заключительная молитва дня, символизирующая завершение Йом-Кипура и последних часов поста. 📯 Шофар — его звук возвещает окончание Йом-Кипура и поста. 🍎 После поста совершается авдала, после чего наступает время разговения. Начать лучше с воды и лёгкой пищи, а затем постепенно перейти к обычной трапезе. 💙 Пусть этот Йом-Кипур станет временем мира, примирения, искреннего раскаяния и внутреннего обновления. Гмар хатима това! Пусть каждый будет записан и запечатан в Книге жизни на добрый год. 🕊️ 📌 Сохраните этот пост, чтобы подготовиться к Йом-Кипуру заранее, и поделитесь им с близкими. Volunteer Center RVC #rvc
🏠 «Тёплый дом» — место, где рады каждому! ❤️ К сожалению, Дневной центр Хэсэда был закрыт. Для многих представителей старшего поколения это означало потерю не просто горячего обеда, но и очень важной возможности встречаться, общаться и проводить время вместе. Но мы решили продолжить эти встречи! 🤝 Активные члены общины и волонтёры объединились, чтобы создать новое направление — «Тёплый дом». На этой неделе уже состоялись две встречи. 🌷 Женщины мастерили забавных медвежат из полотенец, пили чай и делились новостями. На другой встрече участники дружно занимались яблоками 🍎: наш волонтёр Александр С. передал два ведра яблок со своего дачного участка, а женщины за три часа нарезали их для сушки. А мужчины тем временем играли в настольные игры, пили чай и неспешно беседовали. ☕🎲 И главное — все участники говорили о том, как им важны эти встречи. Ведь «Тёплый дом» — это не только занятия и чаепития. Это общение, забота и ощущение, что рядом есть свои люди. ❤️ Подробнее см.https://vox.jct.md/tyopliy-dom-kogda-vstrechi-prodolzhayutsya Volunteer Center RVC #rvc
🍎🍯 Rosh Hashanah—a holiday that unites! Last week, volunteers at Hesed held an online meeting, "A Holiday in Every Home," dedicated to the Jewish New Year. Songs and greetings were sung, participants watched engaging videos, learned about Rosh Hashanah traditions, and created a festive atmosphere together. 💻 Such meetings are especially important for those who live far from Hesed or who, due to health reasons, are unable to attend community events. Thanks to the online format, the holiday truly comes to every home—to where it is awaited. And at the synagogue, volunteers set a festive table. The caring hands of our women prepared many delicious dishes, and news, memories, and good conversations filled the air. Participants shared impressions of the festive events and simply rejoiced at the opportunity to be together. ❤️ Rosh Hashanah reminded us: community is, above all, people who care for each other and help each other feel part of a big, shared home. Shana tova u-metuka! Have a happy and sweet new year! 🍎🍯 Read more at https://vox.jct.md/post/preview/rosh-kha-shana-prazdnik-kotoriy-prikhodit-v-kazhdiy-dom Volunteer Center RVC #RVC
🍎Rosh Hashanah – a time to share and support each other 🍎🍯 On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, our volunteers prepared for the community holiday and created the atmosphere of the coming New Year with their own hands. ✡This time, they baked traditional round challahs and prepared and packaged dried fruits for a charity event held at a community event. All proceeds will go toward the development of our community. 🤍 But, of course, the volunteers didn't forget those who especially need attention and care. Some of the festive round challahs went to the tables of our beneficiaries. After all, challah isn't just about honoring tradition. It's also an opportunity to share warmth, show care, and make someone feel remembered. 🕯️🥖 It's at moments like these that you truly understand that a community isn't just the people who come to events. It's the people who are willing to give a piece of their time, energy, work, and resources for the sake of others. 🫶We'd like to express special gratitude to Viktor Aleksandrovich Obukhov and Anna Nikolaevna Obukhova, who brought wine to the festive table. 🍷 Thank you for your support and willingness to contribute to the overall festive atmosphere! 🫶Everyone can help develop their community in different ways. Some volunteer, some donate food for charity events, some share surplus fruits, vegetables, or the results of their labor, and still others support community events. You don't have to do something big. Sometimes it's the small contribution of each person that creates a great common cause. 🤝 🙏Rosh Hashanah is a time to take stock and make plans for the new year. And perhaps this is a good time to ask yourself: 👉«How can I help my community? What can I do for the people around me?» 💫May the new year give each of us the opportunity not only to receive warmth and support, but also to share it with others. Shana tova umetuka! 🍎🍯✨ 👉If after reading this story you thought: «I also want to help the community in some way, but I don’t know where to start» – just contact us. 🫶Perhaps you have time to volunteer, food you are willing to share, surplus harvest, a desire to help at events, or knowledge and skills that could be useful to others. 📞 Contact us and find out how you can get involved: 775 21135 Anna 👉It doesn’t matter how much time or opportunities you are willing to give. What matters is the desire to be part of the community and do good. ❤️ Together we can do so much more! https://vox.jct.md/rosh-kha-shana-vremya-delitsya-i-podderzhivat-drug-druga Volunteer Center RVC #rvc #JDC
🍎🍯 Getting ready for Rosh Hashanah together! 🥖✨ On the eve of the holiday, Hesed was in full swing! Volunteers and our teenagers from AJT teamed up to bake festive round challahs. This was a new experience for the kids—it was their first time baking like this. The volunteers helped, shared secrets, and talked about traditions. Before starting the work, they said a prayer. 🙏 It's especially valuable that traditions are passed down from generation to generation through shared efforts. 🤝💙 On Sunday, at a community event, everyone will be able to try our challahs and also purchase sweet holiday challahs for home or for loved ones. Proceeds from the charity event will go toward the development of our community. 🥖 Baking challahs has already become a good tradition in our Hesed! Together we create the holiday—together we preserve the traditions! ✨ Shana tova umetuka! 🍎🍯 For more information, see https://vox.jct.md/khali-kotorie-obedinyayut-pokoleniya-podgotovka-k-rosh-kha-shana-v-obshchine #RVC #JDC Volunteer Center RVC
🍎🍯 Tashlich by the Dniester — welcoming the New Year with good thoughts! On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, our Hesed volunteers organized a warm, festive gathering for the community's elderly clients. 🌿 The meeting place was the bank of the Dniester — a wonderful place for communication, smiles, and good wishes. Volunteers prepared fun interactive games for the participants, which brought a good mood and many pleasant emotions. Time flew by with conversations and jokes. And then came the time for one of the important Rosh Hashanah traditions — tashlich. The tradition of tashlich is associated with the symbolic release of all the bad things that one wants to leave behind from the past year. By the water, participants shook out crumbs, as if releasing along with them grievances, disappointments, and unpleasant experiences. ✨ May all the hardships be left behind, and may more joy, peace, and bright events lie ahead! After the tashlikh, everyone was treated to a traditional holiday treat—sweet apples with honey. 🍎🍯 Participants wished each other health, happiness, prosperity, and warmth. Such gatherings are not only an opportunity to preserve and experience Jewish traditions, but also a wonderful opportunity to be together. Special thanks to our volunteers, who create an atmosphere of care, attention, and a true holiday for the older generation. ❤️ May the new year bring everyone many kind encounters, pleasant events, and reasons to smile! Shana tova umetuka! — Have a good and sweet year! 🍎🍯✨ For more details, see https://vox.jct.md/tashlikh-u-dnestra-vstrechaem-noviy-god-s-dobrimi-mislyami #rvc Volunteer Center RVC #jdc #rvc #jdc Volunteer Center RVC
🎒 "Get Your Child Ready for School" — together we can do anything! This summer, our community held a charity event, which many older members of the community joined in. Notebooks, pens, paints, colored pencils, and sketchbooks—everything a schoolchild would definitely need. 📚✏️ 🎁 9 children from large families in Tiraspol received sets of essential stationery. And our volunteers delighted all the students at the AJTJunior club with small gifts—sketches and drawing pencils. 🎨 Getting a child ready for school these days is an expensive pleasure, and when there are several children, it becomes even more difficult. That's why it's so important to know that your community is there for you. We help each other. We support each other. We are together! A huge thank you to the Tikva Ajt team who helped collect the gifts and hand them out to the children. 🤝 And in return—smiles, joy, and a happy sparkle in their eyes! 😊 We wish all the children success in the new school year, interesting discoveries, and a great mood! 🌟📖 Volunteer Center RVC #rvc #jdc
❤️ Sometimes, a good deed requires very little—attention, time, and a desire to be there. 👉After the Day Center closed at our Hesed, many members of the older generation lost the opportunity to meet and socialize. For some, this was the only way to leave the house and feel part of the Community. 🫶But our volunteers continue to provide warmth through the "Warm Home" project. Today, Larisa and Tatiana visited Lyudmila. Over a cup of tea, they shared news and memories, and Tatiana helped Lyudmila figure out how to use Facebook. Now she can keep up with everything that's going on in our Community! 📱 It's especially nice that this meeting took place on the eve of Shabbat. Lyudmila once again felt like part of a big family, where everyone is always ready to support and lend a helping hand. ❤️ What good deeds have you done in the last month? And in the last year? With Rosh Hashanah approaching, it's time to look back, take stock, and do another good deed. ✨ Do a good deed and share it by following this link: https://forms.gle/EPQw9iEQAM9VS5io7 📖 Fill out the Good Deeds Diary. Good deeds need to be talked about! It's motivating! 👉 Read more at https://vox.jct.md/vzaimopomoshch-nachinaetsya-s-prostikh-veshchey Volunteer Center RVC #RVC #JDC
🌿 Breath of the Forest: Watercolor Master Class 🎨 This week, members of our community's senior generation once again immersed themselves in the world of watercolor painting. 💚 First, a soft green background appeared on a white sheet of paper, then the first splashes of color. Gradually, they transformed into branches and trunks, and amazing trees came to life on the paper. 🌳✨ Each participant created their own unique and special tree. And along with the paintings, smiles, a sea of emotions, and genuine pleasure from creativity appeared! 🥰🎨 You can create at any age! 💚 The "youngest" participant is almost 90 years old! For more information, see https://vox.jct.md/dikhanie-lesa-akvarelniy-master-klass Volunteer Center RVC #rvc
🎓 Volunteer School continues! Our young volunteers are learning to help not only with action, but also with understanding ❤️ 👵 A psychologist introduces the children to the characteristics of old age and communicating with the older generation. 🤝 Coordinators share practical experience interacting with the elderly. 💡 Teens are also mastering artificial intelligence and learning how to use it to prepare events, create scenarios, quizzes, and interesting ideas. We learn, experiment, communicate, and together we make life in our community warmer! 🌟 If you haven't joined us yet, we welcome everyone who wants to try volunteering! For more information, see https://vox.jct.md/shkola-volontyora-dvizhetsya-dalshe Volunteer Center RVC #rvc
🫶Our community has already launched the "Boomerang of Kindness" initiative, and older members are happy to join the "Shabbat Shalom" campaign. They bring ingredients for baking challah, sharing what they can to create warmth and joy together. 🥰 But our community includes representatives of different generations, and we invite our younger members to also be part of this good deed! 💫 🙏You can bring the ingredients needed for baking challah. Then our volunteers will take over—with their caring hands, they will turn them into fragrant, golden-brown, and delicious challahs that will become part of our Shabbat gatherings. 🍞❤️ 🫶You can volunteer and participate in baking or delivering challah. Let the "Boomerang of Kindness" fly further—from person to person, from generation to generation! Join us! Sometimes, all it takes to do a good deed is to simply share what you have. 🤝 Volunteer Center RVC #rvc
💚 "Boomerang of Kindness" works every day! Ksenia Raikhel, who can no longer use her laptop due to vision problems, decided to donate it to someone who really needs it. 💻 For the grandson of our active community member Nukhim, who is unable to work due to health reasons, the laptop has become a way to stay connected with the world. 🌍❤️ Our volunteers helped transfer the equipment to its new owner. 🤝 This is how something unnecessary for one becomes valuable help for another! 💻 Do you have unwanted equipment? Don't throw it away! Perhaps someone else in our community really needs it. 🌿 Join "Boomerang of Kindness" – sharing kindness is easier than it seems! Volunteer Center RVC #rvc
🎒The new school year is just around the corner, and for many families, it's a time of pleasant chores and anticipation of new discoveries. But for large families, preparing children for school also poses a significant financial burden. 🙏Transnistria is currently experiencing a challenging economic situation. For most families, incomes remain stagnant, salaries haven't increased in a long time, and payments often have to be received in installments. And if a family has several students, the cost of notebooks, pens, pencils, sketchbooks, paints, and other necessary supplies becomes especially significant. That's why our community is running the "Get Your Child Ready for School" campaign. Thanks to it, children from large families will receive kits with essential stationery so they can celebrate September 1st prepared and in good spirits. 🙏Many older members of our community have already responded to the call, bringing school supplies to share with those who need support now. This is a wonderful example of how the mitzvah of tzedakah translates into concrete acts of kindness and care for children. 🫶We thank everyone who has already participated in the campaign! But our help can be even greater. 🙏We encourage the community's middle-aged generation to join us. Let's support our children together and help parents of large families make preparing for school a little easier. 🫶Let every child in our community begin the new school year with a full backpack, a good mood, and the confidence that there are people around them who care. Together we can do more. After all, caring for children is our common cause! 📖📕📘🖋 Volunteer Center RVC #rvc #jdc
🫶The "Circle of Kindness" project continues, uniting members of our community with a simple but powerful idea: things that one person no longer needs can be a real find for another. 💛👉Community members bring to Hesed clothes, shoes, and other items that are in good condition but, for whatever reason, no longer fit. Volunteers sort through everything they bring, sort the items by size and purpose, and then offer them to those who might need them. 🫶Tatiana's story is a particularly striking example. She had recently lost a significant amount of weight, and most of her clothes had become too big for her. Instead of leaving the items lying around, Tatiana brought them to Hesed so that they could be used by others. And here she was able to choose items in the right size for herself. 🙏It became a true circle of mutual aid: you give away what no longer fits and find what you need yourself. Women are especially pleased with these updates. After all, despite age, life circumstances, and any difficulties, women remain women. We want to look beautiful, feel confident, and be able to choose a dress, sweater, or comfortable shoes that truly fit. 🙏"Circle of Goodness" is not just a project about things. It is an opportunity to save the family budget, carefully treat what has already been created, and help each other at the same time. It is also an opportunity to experience the joy of a small renewal and the attention of the Community. 🫶Thank you to everyone who continues to bring things and participate in the project. Thanks to you, good things are given a second life, and people have the opportunity to choose something they need and treat themselves. 💛 See also https://vox.jct.md/krug-dobra-prodolzhaetsya-veshchi-nakhodyat-novikh-khozyaev Volunteer Center RVC #rvc
🫶Hesed staff strive to make the lives of their residents not only more comfortable but also more interesting, vibrant, and fulfilling. Care is not only about helping with everyday matters but also about the opportunity to socialize, learn new things, develop their abilities, and simply enjoy every day. 👉That's why Hesed regularly hosts a variety of events—both online and offline. Almost every day, our residents can choose an activity to their liking: take part in a meeting, a lecture, a creative activity, or a master class. We invite specialists to organize these events and are happy to involve volunteers who share their knowledge, skills, and good humor. 🎨This time, participants enjoyed an unusual drawing master class. You didn't need to be a professional artist—all you needed was a desire to try something new and indulge in a little creativity. 🦋First, splashes of color appeared on the paper, which gradually, step by step, began to transform into amazing images. And so, beautiful butterflies spread their wings before the participants, flowers appeared, and an ordinary sheet of paper became a miniature work of art. It was especially gratifying to see the participants' interest in watching seemingly random color combinations transform into finished paintings. Everyone worked at their own pace, choosing shades and creating their own unique piece. 🫶And most importantly, everyone left the workshop feeling satisfied with the result and with a new experience. After all, sometimes creativity requires very little: paint, paper, good company, and someone who helps you believe in yourself. 🫶Vladimir shared his impressions and said that this workshop brought him maximum satisfaction and he was very pleased with his work. And, perhaps, these words best describe why such meetings are necessary. Creativity helps take a break from everyday worries, gives positive emotions, provides an opportunity to connect and feel the joy of creating something beautiful with your own hands. 🫶At Hesed, we believe: age is no reason to stop trying new things. Sometimes, just one workshop is enough to discover a new interest, feel inspired, and see how much beauty you can create with your own hands. See also: https://vox.jct.md/kogda-tsvetovie-pyatna-prevrashchayutsya-v-babochek Volunteer Center RVC #rvc #JDC
🫶In August, the second meeting of the Gentlemen's Club took place—a place where men of our Jewish community can spend time for the soul, meet like-minded people, and simply have a good time. 🫶Club members play board games, recalling the rules they learned from childhood and mastering new ones. They're also already preparing for a checkers tournament—so not only friendly games but also real sports competition await! 🎲🏆 🫶But the Gentlemen's Club is not just about games. Here you can share your skills and abilities, learn from others, and feel useful. After all, every man has his own experience to share. And our gentlemen are also ready to help other members of the community. Need to strengthen or replace an outlet, tighten a cabinet door, fix something, or do other small home repairs? Don't be upset—there might be someone among the club members who can help. 🔧 ❤If you're a member of our community and want to meet like-minded people, socialize, play, share your skills, and be of service to others—we're waiting for you at the Gentlemen's Club! And remember: sometimes a good meeting just needs a reason, and a good deed just needs a pair of skilled hands. 😊 📞Join the Gentlemen's Club! 👉See also https://vox.jct.md/klub-dzhentlmenov-vstrechaemsya-obshchaemsya-pomogaem Volunteer Center RVC #rvc #JDC
The boomerang of kindness is flying through our community! 💚 It seems like the "Boomerang of Kindness" is picking up speed and getting more and more people involved in good deeds. One shares their harvest, another brings it to the community, a third helps process it—and the kindness returns to us in the form of new encounters, smiles, and care. Some bring surpluses from their gardens and vegetable plots to share with those who don't have the opportunity to grow their own vegetables and fruits. And someone brings their harvest to the community—and that's when our volunteers step in. 🍎🌿 This time there were plenty of apples—but as we know, you can never have too many apples! 😄 They were peeled, sliced, and dried to preserve the flavor and nutritional value of the summer harvest. We also dried tomatoes and canned them using a new recipe. 🍅 And all this happened in a big, friendly group, where the work is much more fun! You can work together, joke, drink tea, talk, and just see each other. And today, this is especially important for our clients: after the Day Center closed, many are missing the usual social interactions, meetings, and the opportunity to spend time with friends. That's why our preparations aren't just about food. They're also about communication, support, participation, and the feeling of being needed. ❤️ We're looking forward to the fruits of your gardens—and your hands, your time, your energy! It doesn't matter how much you can bring or how much time you're willing to give. What matters is the desire to be part of a common good cause. 🍎 If you've got a harvest, share it! 🤲 If you have free time, come help! 😊 If you're eager to socialize, you're welcome here! Come! Together, we transform harvests into care, time into good deeds, and ordinary meetings into genuine support. May the "Boomerang of Kindness" fly far and involve more and more people! 💚 See also the link https://vox.jct.md/bumerang-dobra-letit-po-nashey-obshchine Volunteer Center RVC #JDC #RVC
📚✨ Literary Salon — a meeting with poetry, stories, humor, and creativity! 🎭 Touching stories by Tatyana Pavlovna, her poems, and songs based on the author's poems. 📝 Ironic and modern poetry by Anna Shtro — about AI, Alice, children, new technologies, and our everyday lives. 😊 Lots of smiles, interesting stories, and warm communication! Thank you to our guests for a wonderful literary meeting and the opportunity to once again immerse ourselves in the world of creativity! ❤️📖✨ 👉For more information, see https://vox.jct.md/literaturnaya-gostinaya-vsrecha-s-poeziey-yumorom-i-zhiznennimi-istoriyami Volunteer Center RVC #RVC
🤝 Connecting generations begins with good deeds! Hesed held the first meetings of the "Connecting Generations: Volunteering, Caring, Traditions" project—two meetings each for teenagers and older generations. Participants learned about the work of our volunteer center, learned about the projects and volunteers, and then, together with a psychologist, explored what it means to be a true volunteer: how to help, listen, support, respect personal boundaries, and be there for others. ❤️ It's especially gratifying that many participants are already doing good deeds—they just hadn't called themselves volunteers before! 🌱 "Volunteer School" is ongoing and welcomes new participants! If you want to help, learn, connect, and make the community stronger—join us! 📞Call us—we're waiting for you! 775 21135 Anna Let's create connections between generations not only with words, but also with our actions! 💙🤝🌟 👉For more information, see https://vox.jct.md/svyaz-pokoleniy-nachinaetsya-s-pervogo-shaga Volunteer Center RVC #rvc
🧸✨ Our community hosted a warm and cozy workshop where older women learned how to create a charming teddy bear from an ordinary towel—one of the most original ways to gift wrap. 🎁 With great care, the participants rolled the towels step by step, turning them into the head, ears, arms, and legs of the future bear. And very soon, each of them was holding a cute little teddy bear, made with their own hands. 🧸💛 The creative process was so captivating that everyone wondered who to give such an unusual gift to. After all, a gift made with love always brings special joy. 🥰 Thank you to all the participants for the wonderful atmosphere, smiles, and inspiration! Until next time! 🌸 For more information, please visit https://vox.jct.md/podarok-svoimi-rukami Volunteer Center RVC #rvc
