To kick off the RKYHS shabbaton the entire high school participated in a yom chesed and volunteered at locations all around the area. Chesed activities ranged from giving out clothes to the homeless in Newark, visiting with the elderly at Daughters of Israel, Daughters of Miriam and Lester House, working at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, cleaning up a park in Newark, decorating the Family Promise homeless shelter, spending time with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities at the Arc of Essex Count, and playing with children at a special needs school for children with multiple and severe disabilities and medical challenges. It was an amazing sight to see the entire student body working in unison to make a difference and a rewarding way to start off an inspirational Shabbat together as a school.