As part of their Operation Respect empathy unit in Advisory, Yavneh Academy seventh graders coordinated a campaign to help the residents of the Hackensack homeless shelter. After engaging in lessons in their Advisory class regarding empathy skills and a true understanding of the plight of the homeless, students ran a sale of hats, gloves and scarves at lunch for donations to the residents of the Hackensack homeless shelter. The items were packaged by the students with meaningful notes from Yavneh which will be delivered to the shelter.

The seventh graders also videoed a performance which will be shown to the residents. The students spoke about the importance of hope, continuing to dream and believing that better days are coming. Before the presentation, it was impressed upon the students, the Kiddush Hashem that they are making by doing this project. Faculty also focused on giving, especially near Thanksgiving, as students were encouraged to stop and consider how thankful they should be for all they have in their lives and not take it for granted.