Chabad children give their pennies to Hatzalah

Students of Gan Chamesh, Chabad of the Five Towns preschool, displayed the compassion and charity they learned throughout the school year during their graduation march on June 14.

As the 90 preschoolers paraded on Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst, they performed the mitzvah of charity, placing their individual tzedakah boxes into a grand box on a Hatzalah truck.

A goal was to teach the children the meaning of charity and show them where their money goes, that charity is not just to be given to the poor, but also to groups that can help many people.

This was reported by Jason Brendler of the Nassau Herald where a version of this story originally appeared.