Today, the Lubavitch-Chabad Student Center in collaboration with the Lubavitch-Chabad Student Group will host a Good Deed Mitzvah Marathon from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Turlington Plaza.
The intention of the marathon is to bring the UF community together to create an atmosphere of remembrance and selflessness, according to a news release.
“In high school, you wear a patriotic pin and go to an assembly, but in college, it kind of passes you by,” said Aviela Weltman, social actions committee director of the Lubavitch-Chabad Student Group. “Taking the pledge grounds students by helping the community.”
People will choose from a list of good deeds and pledge to complete them in honor of 9/11 heroes and victims.
These will be hung on a wall connecting models of the Twin Towers.
Saiyng Lin, a UF marketing senior, said she was interested in the event.
“Personally, I would assist the poor and homeless people,” she said. “The United States stands for the rich and successful, but people need to focus on the needs of the hungry before anything else.”
A version of this story ran on page 9 on 9/11/2013 under the headline "Jewish groups want students to do good"
