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The hallmark of NCJW - St. Paul is our community projects.
For map and course information: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3212103 New community service project! NCJW St. Paul section has committed to NCJW St. Paul will be volunteering with Randolph Heights Elementary School, a St Paul public school that uses an innovative approach to developing strong readers at its school. The school commits three mornings a week, two-hour sessions, to a volunteer program in which kindergarteners through second-graders read to a trained, responsive adult. The children, who include readers at all levels, work through a series of reading books that are designed to build their skills. This program, which is simple but extremely effective, is largely responsible for the huge gains Randolph Heights made on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA) in reading. Since initiating this program, the school has made the greatest MCA test score gains in St Paul Public school system. Volunteers are still needed. Please contact Lisa Walker if you are interested in learning more about this project: walkerlisar@yahoo.com NCJW Fashion Cents NCJW St. Paul is starting a new fundraiser called NCJW Fashion Cents. Fashion Cents provides a cents-able way to clear your closets of unwanted clothing that can be resold to support worthy NCJW community programs. This fundraiser is a wonderful way to recycle clothing, support NCJW, and get a tax break (donations are tax-deductible)! The concept is simple: the clothing you donate will be distributed to area consignment shops. When the clothes sell, NCJW gets the profits! Proceeds will be used for NCJW’s service projects that help improve the quality of life for women, children and families. This is a great way to support NCJW while doing your closet cleaning - and you'll get receipt for tax credit for your donation to NCJW! NCJW Fashion Cents is a simple five-step program run through area consignment shops. REQUIREMENTS FOR DONATIONS
To donate clothing or to work on this new exciting project, contact Stephanie Levine at 651-686-0340
2006 Faith in the Future Award Winner Girls On The Move/GOTM program, in partnership with Out On A Limb Dance Company, was created as a weekly program to provide girls in 3rd & 4th grade with the skills, tools, and information to develop positive self-esteem, good self-image, and empower them to be all that they can be. Through both classroom hands on activity sessions and a weekly movement component, the girls were able to share their experiences, learn, and grow with each other in a safe supportive environment. This wonderful program has been successfully offered via St Paul Public Schools, Talmud Torah of St Paul, and is available for future programming schedules. The Children's Healing Arts Initiative (CHAI) The first recipient of the Tikun Olam Award at the NCJW National Leadership Conference  The award winning Children's Healing Arts Initiative (CHAI) is a program developed by NCJW St. Paul and facilitated in partnership with ArtStart and Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare. This program was designed to celebrate the artist in all children regardless of their physical or mental challenges, and to embrace the entire family towards the goal of creating works of art to be shared publicly. These works include (but are not limited) to the creation of our public art mural located in the heart of the St. Paul Art District at 4th & Wacouta in downtown St. Paul. The mural and many of our other projects were created under the direction of local and nationally recognized artist Ta-Coumba Aiken.
 This project is an outgrowth of our very successful Stuff for School project, which, after 14 years, is now being fully run by 3M. Kowalski’s Market on Grand, a longtime community partner for Stuff for School, is continuing to partner with NCJW by raising funds through the sale of “backpacks”, during the latter half of the summer. Money donated through this program will be used to fund special projects for St. Paul Public Schools. If you are interested in joining this committee, please contact Stephanie Levine at stephanielevine@comcast.net or 651-686-0340. JCC Senior Adult Department NCJW, in conjunction with the St. Paul Jewish Community Center, sponsors programs that include discussion groups and classes and funds that support the JCC Senior Adult Bus. Luggage for Freedom NCJW collects new and gently used luggage for those temporarily living in battered women's shelters. As the women and children are preparing to move from the shelter, they are given luggage to carry their belongings to their new residence. This allows the families to relocate with a sense of pride and dignity. Mental Health Education
We are a partner with the Mental Health Education Project, a collaborative program of the Twin Cities Jewish Community. Our goal is to raise awareness of mental helth issues, provide education and develop training programs for agencies, congregations and organizations.
Public Affairs
NCJW acts as a champion of women's civil and personal rights. NCJW has identifies priorities and advocates for them annually during Jewish Women's Morning at the Capital as well as on a national level at Washington Institute every 3 years.
Minnesota Women's Consortium
An association of organizations and individuals committed to feminist goals not in conflict with those proposed in the Houston Plan of Action, U.N. Decade of Women 1977. The common purpose is to achieve full equaliy for women.
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