Repair the World Fellow welcomed to Los Angeles in federation partnership

This article originally appeared in eJewishPhilanthropy on August 24, 2022. 

Repair the World event with the Greater Federation of Los Angeles.

With the sounds of the Venice boardwalk in the background and a view of the Pacific Ocean at sunset, about 40 people from the Los Angeles Jewish community and beyond sipped specialty cocktails and snacked on bourekas on the rooftop deck at the BAR Center at the Beach. They were there to learn about the launch of Repair the World’s local fellowship and meet Cate Mandel, who was finishing her first week as the program’s first Repair the World fellow. Attendees also assembled backpacks for students in need, filling them with school supplies, as part of the organization’s Backpacks for Education Equity national campaign.

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