Shana tova, happy new year everyone!
One of the reasons Moishe House is so amazing, is that we have the power to envision and create the type of community we want. As we are writing this, we realize that we have not yet sat down as a house, to discuss our actual vision and mission together. In the meantime, before we can do this as a House (one resident is currently climbing Mt. Whitney until Friday), here is what we have:
Within a year, we want our old and new friends and networks to be actively involved in our community whether it is planning programs, participating in programs, and/or just coming to the House to hang out and have a great conversation. Moishe House Orange County will be a comfortable gathering center where old friends and new friends hang out, celebrate Shabbat together, surf, drink good wine, debate Torah, have a jam session, watch a great sports game, and all sorts of other types of activities we love doing together. Within our first year, a clear structure and vision will be in place for the direction we plan to grow our community in.
In 3 years, we want Moishe House Orange County to continue growing and expanding beyond the networks we have already established. We see it as a place where both old networks and new networks of community members gather and do the types of activities we all want to do, under one roof, together. There will be multiple leadership opportunities to empower Moishe House Orange County’s residents and community members. We will have secured at least short- term financial support from other organizations and local philanthropists interested in supporting our House.
Within 5 years, many of the original participants in Moishe House will have “graduated” from the target age group that Moishe House engages. We envision that these seasoned graduates will be so impacted by our House that they will continue to support and impact Moishe House by bringing their friends and networks of the 20-something age group to the Moishe House Orange County community. In 5 years, Moishe House Orange County’s residents and community will be empowered, innovative, active, entrepreneurial participants of Moishe House, planning unique programs that will engage the broad, diverse young Jewish adult community in Orange County. Moishe House Orange County will also have secured long- term funding from outside organizations, invested Moishe House Orange County participants, and local philanthropists. This diverse funding will allow Moishe House Orange County to be self- sustainable and continue growing.
Moishe House means something different to each person, which is a beautiful thing! The impact that Moishe House Orange County will have on the Jewish young adult community in Orange County will be multi-faceted. We see it as a place for our community to grow spirituality, hang out and watch a sports game, participate in social events, meet new friends and continue hanging out with old ones, network, participate and/or plan the types of programs we want to do together, volunteer at a local homeless shelter, and maybe even meet a future partner! Each Moishe House Orange County resident and community member has a different vision and reason for being involved in the Moishe House community. When Moishe House Orange County meets the pluralistic spiritual, social, leadership, financial goals of all involved, then we will have achieved our goal. It will not happen overnight, but this is the type of community we are striving for, and excited to be a part of and helping build!
Stay tuned for next month and check our “official” mission and goals!
L’shana tova,
Moishe House Orange County Roomies
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