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The Gift of Giving - 8 Ways to Bring the Spirit of Giving to Your Chanukah Celebration

by Michele Lifshen Reing

As I watched my kids twirl around in the freshly fallen snow last week, making snow angels and catching snowflakes on their tongues, I felt the sudden urge to bottle their perfect wonder and inhale their pure delight. The innocence of childhood gives birth to hope, and I imagined that the world must appear wide open and fresh with possibilities to children. What better opportunity could there be to nurture our children and teach them to care for others, to be respectful and generous and empathetic?

Crafting Tradition. QuickTakes, Jewish Woman International, Spring 2007

"Think back to your childhood - How did you learn about tzedaka?...

Radio Interview with founder Michele Lifshen Reing. WXCT 990 Connecticut's Talk Radio for Women. 2/06/07.

In her own words, the inspiration and vision behind The Creative Judaica Kit Company.

Party Favors: Traditional to Tzedaka. Article from the NJ Jewish News, 1/25/2007.

"...In recent years, educators and parents have sought to bring meaning to bar/bat mitzva, to promote the real meaning of [the] simcha..."


KIDS + ART + CHARITY = GIVING ARTS

Welcome to The Creative Judaica Kit Company and GIVING ARTS, our secular-based company. We make innovative products for children and people of all ages to use at home, in school, camp and activity centers as well as for party crafts and favors, gifts, workshops, fundraisers, community events and more.

We are passionate about creativity!!

Our product line specializes in tzedaka/charity boxes and multicultural and multi-faith giving stickers, providing a hands-on way for children and people of all ages to explore social action, philanthropy, human kindness and empathy through expressive arts.

We make both Jewish and secular kits. Individual kits are a great retail product for families to purchase for gifts, home craft projects and enrichment activities. Bulk kits can be used in schools, houses of worship, camps, family programing, interfaith projects, afterschool clubs and activity centers and more. Contact us for WHOLESALE information and CUSTOM FUNDRAISING SOLUTIONS, designed especially for you to raise awareness for any cause!

ART CLASS for KIDS & WORKSHOPS!

We offer creative workshops for children using our products and also will design customized projects to suit your needs. Company founder and president Michele Lifshen Reing also leads creative mixed media workshops for women's groups and educators including memory/scrapbooking; creative bookmaking; friendship tiles and more. Contact us for additional info.

COOKING CLASSES for KIDS!

Company founder Michele Lifshen Reing is a chef instructor at Young Chefs' Academy in Newton, NJ and at Jill's Place in Randolph, NJ. Both offer exciting culinary adventures for children of all ages. More Info...

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