Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle | Mitzvah Day 2017 is a family volunteering affair

More than 1,000 volunteers signed up for slots at nearly 100 sites throughout the city.

By ADAM REINHERZ

Mitzvah Day is also “fun,” said Abby Blank, a 12-year-old who spent Monday working on United Way literacy kits alongside her mother, father, brother and sister. The paper creations, which are intended to increase the enjoyment of reading, were great to make “because we got to laugh at each other’s work,”