Our volunteers as well as the children decided it was important to give something back to the Toronto community to say thank you for all they have done for Kiryat Moshe. Orna Marron, one of the volunteers working with Chetz Kadima, decided that it would be great if the children could ‘hand-paint’ and ‘foot-paint’ signs reading ‘To Toronto, Todah Raba, With Love, The Children of Kiryat Moshe’
Leah and Laura kindly supplied the paint and bedsheets/canvas required for the program while Orna carefully drew the appropriate wording on the sheets. The morning of the program arrived and Orna, Keren, Isaac, Ilan and I swept the broken glass and pebbles away from the painting area. Once the area was prepared, the Chetz Kadima children were led out in groups, first the girls and then the boys. The groups waiting for their turn to come outside and paint were learning about computer use from Ilan and Isaac in the computer lab.
The first group of girls was very apprehensive about getting their hands covered in paint, as Orna had painted their nails just that morning. But, by the time the boys came out to paint, everyone was involved and having a great time. Paint was everywhere. The children ran across the signs, leaving their little footprints along the lettering occasionally playfully throwing some paint at their friends or us. Once on their way to the buckets of water for washing off the paint a child would casually walk past one of the Toronto volunteers and wipe paint covered hands along his/her cheeks, then would run away, giggling. Exhausted and covered in paint we cleaned up the area, admiring the children’s handiwork and laughing at our paint covered faces, arms, and legs as the children went inside to wash up. Two of these gifts to Toronto have already been sent back with David Goodman, and two more are on their way. These signs will be given to the UJA, Hillel, and IVPC offices as tokens of appreciation from the children of Kiryat Moshe for all their amazing contributions.
Leah and Laura kindly supplied the paint and bedsheets/canvas required for the program while Orna carefully drew the appropriate wording on the sheets. The morning of the program arrived and Orna, Keren, Isaac, Ilan and I swept the broken glass and pebbles away from the painting area. Once the area was prepared, the Chetz Kadima children were led out in groups, first the girls and then the boys. The groups waiting for their turn to come outside and paint were learning about computer use from Ilan and Isaac in the computer lab.
The first group of girls was very apprehensive about getting their hands covered in paint, as Orna had painted their nails just that morning. But, by the time the boys came out to paint, everyone was involved and having a great time. Paint was everywhere. The children ran across the signs, leaving their little footprints along the lettering occasionally playfully throwing some paint at their friends or us. Once on their way to the buckets of water for washing off the paint a child would casually walk past one of the Toronto volunteers and wipe paint covered hands along his/her cheeks, then would run away, giggling. Exhausted and covered in paint we cleaned up the area, admiring the children’s handiwork and laughing at our paint covered faces, arms, and legs as the children went inside to wash up. Two of these gifts to Toronto have already been sent back with David Goodman, and two more are on their way. These signs will be given to the UJA, Hillel, and IVPC offices as tokens of appreciation from the children of Kiryat Moshe for all their amazing contributions.
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