Monday: Yocheved Gourarie Kindness Awards

“Our years in school are some of our most formative. Beyond what we learn, it is the people and moments that matter most―when we are seen and accepted for who we are.”
–The Kindness Award

The Yocheved Gourarie Kindness Award came to life in honor of a beautiful, generous and loving soul. A project of the Meaningful Life Center, the award was initiated to celebrate the acts of kindness that create a culture of empathy and support within the Crown Heights community.

Now in its 2nd year, this incredible initiative has, Boruch Hashem, grown tremendously! Schools, teachers — and even the students — were actively involved in spreading awareness and kindness.

And with much success! Over the past few months, nominations poured in for incredible teachers and classmates who had great impact and life-changing kindness toward their students and friends; educators who were thoughtful and present in the moments of silence, pain, transition and growth, friends who recognized a crying soul and reached out. We were humbled and touched by these amazing individuals and their stories.

And now… we are proud to announce the winners of this empowering initiative and award them a much deserved monetary prize, thanks to the funding of its generous sponsors.

Join us LIVE, Monday, August 29, 2022 at 7:00 PM at Garden House NYC, 1386 St. John Place for the Yocheved Gourarie Kindness Award Ceremony. Livestream at https://kindnessaward.com/

The program will include personal words from Yocheved’s parents, Avremi and Dini Gourarie, as well as an overview of the initiative from the award’s generous sponsor, Eli Nash. This will be followed by the highly anticipated announcement of this year’s kindness winners – a Rabbi, a Morah and classmates. The program will close out with an inspirational and take-away message from Rabbi Simon Jacobson.

We hope to see you all there, as together we immortalize the life and legacy of Yocheved Gourarie by honoring the special individuals within our community, people who go above and beyond to save one soul at a time – and by saving one soul, they are saving the world.

“I often forget this, but we are social creatures leaning on each other to survive and, more importantly, thrive. We need community, we need support, we need love and compassion and acceptance.”
-Yocheved Gourarie

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