Davidson arranged to split her senior year in two, bought a computer, set up an office and got to work. She opened the conference to the entire Seminary community, and people came. Since then, the Va'ad has sponsored conferences on domestic violence, alcoholism, old age and a variety of other issues. And Davidson began reaching out to the neighborhood. Volunteers began pairing up to deliver eighteen meals a day, and the program ran smoothly until summer approached.
People are still hungry when students are on summer break.
So Jael Meadow, the chancellor's executive assistant and a member of the Va'ad steering committee, volunteered to organize the staff and faculty for summer deliveries. Thirty new people agreed to volunteer. Today, many people throughout the Seminary community participate in the Va'ad's activities in some way. Maybe you can't do tutoring because the timing's bad, so you do God's Love. In fact, the Va'ad Gemilut Hasadim offers at least fifteen different ways to do mitzvah work inside and outside the Seminary community.