MHWOW
Sharsheret Grant: Think Pink & Teal! Moishe House Partners with Sharsheret
By Liza Moskowitz, MHWOW Program Manager
Moishe House is excited to partner with Sharsheret, an organization providing support to Jewish families facing breast or ovarian cancer, this February.
Host a Pink Shabbat (for breast cancer) or Teal Shabbat (for ovarian cancer) to participate in one of Moishe House’s 2019 Tikkun Olam pillars, Mental and Physical Health & Wellness, and educate our peers about our inherited risks of breast, ovarian, and other cancers as Jews.
MHWOW and Sharsheret are offering a limited number of grants up to $50 (in addition to traditional MHWOW funding) and a toolkit to further and facilitate conversations around health in this area. Access the grant application here.
Unable to do something on Friday night? You can also host a Shabbat lunch, seudah shlishit, or havdalah with this grant.
Curious to see how you could host your own Pink Shabbat? Brandi Applebaum, MHWOW Boca Raton, hosted her own Pink Shabbat earlier this month.
What motivated you to incorporate the Sharsheret information into your Shabbat?
Brandi: I’m an active MHWOW host and also an Alpha Epsilon Phi alumna (which also partners with Sharsheret). It was really helpful to have the resources and organizational support to host a Shabbat dinner like this. It’s easy to get people together for dinner. I’ve been trying to infuse my events with more intention and purpose, and this was the perfect night!
How were your guests impacted by adding the information to the Shabbat meal?
Brandi: My dinners are usually social events. I liked being able to steer conversation that otherwise would not have happened. I think my guests were impacted by learning about Sharsheret before they ever need it and by putting health at the forefront of the conversation.