VOLUNTEER WORK

Volunteering my time to help others is important to me. I have witnessed and also experienced firsthand, how working within the community, strengthens and builds cohesiveness and indirectly helps me be a better person by knowing I’ve given back. I am excited and enthusiastic about the opportunity to serve.

Recent Volunteer History

2023

  • Organization for Social Media Safety- Board Member

  • City of Beverly Hills - Health and Safety Commissioner Vice Chair

  • City of Beverly Hills, Committee Member, Beverly Hills Day of Wellness

  • City of Beverly Hills - Climate Action and Adaptation Committee Member - Community Outreach/Education Leader

  • Israel Bonds Womens Division Council Member, Los Angeles.

  • Beauty Bus Foundation - Annual Poker Tournament Fundraiser Committee Member

  • WIZO General Advisory Board Member

  • Career Up Now - Mentor

  • Synapse UCLA Brain Injury Support Group - Guest Lecturer

2022

  • Organization for Social Media Safety- Board Member, Gala Co-Chair

  • City of Beverly Hills - Health and Safety Commissioner. Appointed to advise the City Council and other officials and staff of the City regarding Health and Safety issues.

  • City of Beverly Hills - Climate Action and Adaptation Committee Member - Community Outreach/Education Leader

  • Willows Community School Parent Association Executive Committee Member - Community Service Learning Chair

  • Israel Bonds Womens Division Council Member, Los Angeles.

  • Beauty Bus Foundation - Annual Poker Tournament Fundraiser Co-Chair.

  • WIZO General Advisory Board Member

2021

  • Organization for Social Media Safety- Board Member

  • City of Beverly Hills - Health and Safety Commissioner. Appointed to advise the City Council and other officials and staff of the City regarding Health and Safety issues.

  • City of Beverly Hills - Climate Action and Adaptation Committee Member

  • Willows Community School Parent Association Executive Committee Member Community Service Learning Chair.

  • Israel Bonds Womens Division Council Member, Los Angeles.

  • Beauty Bus Foundation - Annual Poker Tournament Fundraiser Co-Chair.

2020 

  • City of Beverly Hills - Health and Safety Commissioner. Appointed to advise the City Council and other officials and staff of the City regarding Health and Safety issues.

  • City of Beverly Hills - Medical Advisory

    Task Force, Guest Member, ongoing.

  • Cloud-X, Advisor, Dream Recording Project.

  • Willows Community School Parent Association Executive Committee Member.

  • Israel Bonds Womens Division Council Member, Los Angeles.

  • Vista Del Mar - Speaker Series Coordinator for a volunteer program for kids in the Community Treatment Facility(CTF).

  • Beauty Bus Foundation - Phone Volunteer (Made calls to assigned homebound clients to check on them during quarantine).

  • Beauty Bus Foundation - Caregiver Support Group Guest Speaker (Facilitated a psychoeducational, virtual, support group for caregivers of seriously ill patients to discuss stress management, self-care and coping strategies).

  • Beauty Bus Foundation - Annual Poker Tournament Fundraiser Chair (Finding sponsors, solicited auction items, coordinating details, doing social media, email and phone outreach for a fundraiser to benefit the Beauty Bus Foundation for the 5th year in a row).

  • Beauty Bus Foundation - Membership Engagement Chair (Helping to find individuals to serve on the fundraiser planning committee).

  • Willows Community School - Gala Co-Chair.

  • Willows Community School - Community Service Chair.

  • Career Up Now – Serving on advisory committees as needed.

  • Steamcoders – Helped fundraise to assist disadvantaged and underrepresented, middle and high school students of color.

2019

  • Beauty Bus Ambassador of the Year award (Honored at Google for Beauty Bus Volunteer Recognition night for my work helping with their Annual Poker Tournament).

  • Beauty Bus Annual Poker Tournament Fundraiser Chair.

  • Willows Community School Gala Co-Chair.

  • Willows Community School Community Service Chair.

  • Jewish Federation Luncheon Event Committee for Hillcrest Country Club.

  • Heal the Bay – Beach cleanups.

  • Jewish Federation Women’s Event at Skirball – Event Committee.

  • AYSO Team Administrator for two teams.

 2018

  • People Assisting The Homeless (PATH) -food sorting and delivery supporting seniors and also single mothers and their children at PATH Gramercy.

  • PATH -Monthly sandwich making – ordering and picking up supplies, managing volunteers and delivering food after making sandwiches for the hungry with the students.

  • Center for Early Education-Host family for two families, helping get them oriented, connected and sharing information for each school event for the year.

  • Center for Early Education – Grade representative for the Community Service Committee (coordinated all community service activities for two grades for two years).

  • Center for Early Education – Pizza lunch Chair (coordinated orders and handed out pizza to the kids for the school’s weekly pizza lunch as a fundraiser for the Parent Association).

  • Center for Early Education Misc. (volunteered for various events on campus as needed including but not limited to library duty, Grandparents day, Big Sunday, class parties, and community building parent potlucks.

  • AYSO Team Administrator for two teams.

  • Indivisible – text banking to help with voter registration.

  • Denver Jewish Community Center’s Ranch Camp Event Co-Chair for the 65th Ranch Camp reunion.

  • Beauty Bus Annual Poker Tournament Fundraiser Chair.

2017

  • Center for Early Education Gala volunteer.

  •  Center for Early Education Library volunteer.

  • Center for Early Education Community Service grade representative.

  • PATH monthly sandwich making.

  • Center for Early Education Parent Social Chair.

  • AYSO Team Administrator for two teams.

  • Girl Scouts of Greater LA, Troop volunteer.

  • Team Beverly Hills – Participated and graduated from this interactive and educational volunteer program developed for residents that informs citizens of their local government representatives, departments and programs.

  • Beauty Bus Foundation – Chaired the 1st Annual Poker Tournament Fundraiser.

 2016

  • Friends of Sheba Medical Center Gala – Luncheon Committee Member

  • AYSO Team Administrator, Two Teams.

  • Girl Scouts of Greater LA - troop volunteer.

  • JCC Ranch Camp, Psychological Consultant (worked on-site at the camp during the summer to help train staff to work with kids with neurological and psychological issues).

  • Center for Early Education Parent Social Chair.

Community Presentations on Mental Health/Brain Health

I frequently do free presentations/workshops to teach about self-care, stress-management and brain health to various groups and organizations. Below is a list of groups where I have donated my time in this way.

  • City of Beverly Hills, Health and Safety Committee meetings, Updates on Mental Health, May and June meetings (2020)

  • Wilshire Boulevard Temple – Mental Health and Coronavirus June 2020

  • Beauty Bus Foundation Caregiver Support Group May 2020

  • Hadassah Southern California- Annual Giving Event Keynote Speaker 2019

  • Hadassah Southern California local chapter group speaker, 2018

  • School’s In, Mom’s Out – Managing stress for busy moms 2019

  • Women in White Collar – Managing stress and brain health for attorney group. 2019

  • UCLA Alumni Association – Managing stress and brain health workshop 2019

  •  Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Brain Bootcamp (1 session at no cost).

Prior to the last 5 years - (includes but not limited to)

2014, 2015 (2 years) Wilshire Boulevard Temple Parent Association Vice President (Oversaw 6 committees including: Gala, Graduation, Speaker Series, Green Committee, Community Service).

2013 Wilshire Boulevard Temple ECC Gala Chair