CHESED & COMMUNITY SERVICE

Chesed Activities

Acts of chesed and community service are core facets of the Yeshivah of Flatbush curriculum. Students learn compassion through action. We stress sensitivity and responsibility towards the world. By participating in chesed, students understand the value of volunteerism and grow into confident, self-fulfilled individuals and leaders.

Two teenage boys smiling and holding acknowledgment plaques at a crowded event with many other boys in the background.

Grade-wide Chesed Days give students a chance to immerse themselves in different forms of chesed at local organizations, while forging bonds within their grade. Motivational speakers, from either a local or international chesed organization, come to speak to each grade in order to expose them to different types of chesed.

Make Chesed Fun (MCF)
This student-run organization arranges fun monthly events to promote broad chesed involvement with multiple organizations. Events include a carnival, scavenger hunt, benefit concert, Purim delivery and bake-off. 

A group of children and teenagers posing together indoors near a large window with drawings hanging in the background, some smiling and making various gestures.

Yachad/Ohel Program
 This program brings Yachad and Ohel members who have developmental challenges together with our high school students in social situations including weekly events, monthly learning programs, a theatrical performance, and large schoolwide programs with hundreds of attendees. These interactions teach students the significance of connecting with people who display physical and mental challenges.

Group of teenagers standing on steps in front of a brick building with green awning, labeled 'imagine Academy for Autism,' and waving at the camera.

Cooking for a Cause
Cooking for a Cause is a monthly chesed opportunity during which students arrange meals after school for families in need.


— Cooking for a Cause is dedicated in honor of Marlene and Steven R. Shamah