Avraham's One Village - JEWISH & benei Noach's ONE VILLAGE: Bar Mitzvah Philanthropy: "Bar Mitzvah Philanthropy
by Gabrielle Birkner
A little less bar, a little more mitzvah.
The latest movers and shakers on the philanthropy scene may now be in the middle of a game of freeze dance. Teenagers celebrating their bar and bat mitzvahs have emerged as a major charitable force -- with many giving away their monetary gifts totaling millions annually.
An eighth-grader who has severe nut allergies, Ian Callender, recently asked invitees to his James Bond-themed bar mitzvah party at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel to donate to the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. The Upper West Side resident's request brought in $30,000. That money enabled the institute, housed at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, to purchase a new machine that helps doctors detect allergies."
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