Since its inception, The Dolphin Club has chosen service and charity projects which address a community or global need.
Over the years, the program has helped many worthwhile organizations by planning and producing fundraising events on their behalf or by providing services to enhance and support their causes.
Here is a sample of past and recent projects created from start to finish by the amazing Dolphin Club doers and future leaders:
PROJECTS
WINTER CARNIVAL TO BENEFIT BIKUR CHOLIM OF BALTIMORE
Antsy to get out of the house after an historic snowstorm, families packed the Dolphin Club's winter carnival to raise funds for Bikur Cholim of Baltimore. The successful indoor event, planned and run by 6th graders, featured many original activities created by the girls.
TEDDY BEAR GIVEAWAY AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
The Dolphin Club girls raised money to purchase and deliver 22 cuddly teddy bears to sick children at Sinai Hospital. Each bear was personalized with its own name and message on a special tag created by the girls. The bears were an instant hit with the children.
KNISH SALE FUNDRAISER FOR ISRAELI ORPHANAGE
To finance personalized siddurim and tehillim gifts for bas mitzvah girls at the Lev la Lev orphanage founded by the Klausenberg Rebbe, the Dolphin Club prepared and sold delicious potato knishes to fellow students and their families.
FAMILY FRIENDLY FUN PACKAGE PROGRAM TO HELP BUSY MOMS
The 6th grade Dolphin Club girls created and implemented a new chesed project to engage children and give busy and/or new moms a break. The girls brought gift wrapped packages of arts and crafts, toys and fun food to the children in their homes and played with them.
CLOTHING DRIVE FOR THE TEENAGE GIRLS OUTREACH PROGRAM IN RUSSIA
The Dolphin Club partnered with students of the Ateres Bais Yaakov/Monsey to run a clothing drive to help the orphans of the Tikvah Children's Home in Odessa, Ukraine.
CHINESE AUCTION FOR BIKUR CHOLIM OF BALTIMORE
The Dolphin Club's popular KIDZ 4 KIDZ Chinese Auction was such a community hit that it is now an annual event. The auction featured over 200 prizes for children from ages 3-15, including a laptop, American Girl doll, Trek bike, karaoke machine, jewelry, and much more.
TRIP TO THE BALTIMORE ZOO WITH SPECIAL NEEDS PRE-SCHOOLERS
The Baltimore Zoo became a magical outdoor classroom for special needs pre-schoolers from the Jewels school, thanks to the creativity, planning and leadership of the Dolphin Club girls.
FIRST OF ITS KIND
MULTI-SENSORY CARNIVAL
FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN
Special needs children and their siblings were invited to a free carnival planned and produced exclusively for them by the Dolphin Club. For the first time, these children enjoyed an entire carnival designed with their needs in mind.