Fox Valley Jewish School to collect books for local school in need

The students at Fox Valley Jewish School in Geneva are hosting a children's book drive for students at an area elementary school, in celebration of the global "Good Deeds Day" on Sunday, April 7.

Anyone in the area is invited to swing by Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors, 121 S. Third St. in Geneva, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, April 7, to drop off used or new children's books for any age.

The students, who range from preschool to middle school, are collecting books for a school in Aurora that has a significant population of English language learners and refugee children.

The books collected will be provided for the Aurora students to take home to enjoy.

The students also created "tzedakah" boxes during a February class. The word, which means "charity," is rooted in the Hebrew word for justice.

Tzedakah boxes are intended to collect coins and money with which to do good deeds. The students will bring their boxes to the drive on April 7.

The money collected will go toward purchasing healthy snacks for some students at an Aurora elementary school to take home on weekends after teachers at the school said they know many students go hungry while not at school.

"Good Deeds Day" is a global movement in place since 2007 that unites 100 countries around the world in doing good deeds, with the idea of putting into practice the simple idea that every single person can do a good deed, be it large or small, to improve the lives of others.

For information about Good Deeds Day, visit www.good-deeds-day.org.

For more on Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors, visit www.fvjn.org or www.facebook.com/foxvalleyjewishneighbors/.