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IntroductionWHAT IS TZEDAKAH IN ACTION?Tzedakah in Action is two things. First, Tzedakah in Action is the title of the teacher's manual you're reading right now. The manual is designed to help you implement a particular educational tzedakah program for synagogue and day school students in grades 7-12. Most of the time, however, Tzedakah in Action refers to the tzedakah program itself. The program is based on a Jewish youth foundation called the Seventh Grade Fund, founded at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, California, in 1998. The Seventh Grade Fund works like this: Each year, all seventh graders at Temple Isaiah agree not to purchase gifts for their classmates when they become B'nai Mitzvah. Instead, each family donates $200 to the Seventh Grade Fund. During their seventh grade year, in addition to their regular studies, these students serve as the Board of Trustees of the Seventh Grade Fund, their own private Jewish foundation. First, they learn about tzedakah and philanthropy. Next, they choose an issue to focus on for the year, like homelessness or human rights. Then they send out Requests For Proposals to dozens of non-profit organizations that work on that issue. Finally, based on returned applications and presentations, they decide which organizations will receive grants. Between 1998 and 2002, the Seventh Grade Fund gave away nearly $75,000 to eighteen different non-profit organizations. In 2001, the Walter & Elise Haas Fund awarded Temple Isaiah a grant to publish a teacher's manual that would allow other synagogues and day schools to replicate the Seventh Grade Fund. Tzedakah in Action is the result of that project. This manual will walk you through the process of establishing and managing a Jewish youth foundation. There are chapters on setting up the foundation, fundraising, teaching students about tzedakah and philanthropy, and managing a grant cycle. In Appendix D, you'll find a Frequently Asked Questions sheet from Temple Isaiah's Seventh Grade Fund as well as a chart titled "How Tzedakah in ActionWorks." These are a couple of alternate ways of outlining and explaining the program. 
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