Parent Resources
Parents are indispensable members of our community! We are excited to work day and night to provide the best possible service to students, and we hope to establish an authentic relationship with parents and family members to ensure we get to know you and your children during their time on campus in Colorado.
Parent Circles
All students are welcome at Hillel!
Take comfort in knowing that our regular programming (weekly Shabbat Dinners, Birthright Israel trips, holiday celebrations, leadership opportunities, social justice programs, and religious and social events) is free of charge.
On top of all that, our Parent Circle is one more way you can help your student stay connected to Jewish life through Hillel’s warm, vibrant, and diverse community on their campus and while they are away from home.
Enroll now and we will hand deliver to dorm, apartment or house four timely care packages throughout the school year, a birthday delivery for birthdays that fall during class – and of course Matzah Ball soup to ease anything that ails. We will provide that very-appreciated-little-bit-of-home for your college student for a one-time fee of $360. And now, student leaders at each campus will determine how the revenue generated will be spent to enhance student life at Hillel.
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Back-to-School High Holiday Basket
Includes apples and honey for a sweet year, additional school supplies, a Starbucks gift card, a Hillel mug and other Hillel swag, lots of nutritious and yummy noshes, a schedule of Hillel events – and a directory of Jewish events in the community, and more.
Fall Finals Survival Basket
Includes both Thanksgiving and Chanukah items to remind you of the ceremonies and warmth of the moving-into-winter holidays, a gift card to a campus establishment, plenty of healthy (and a few indulgent) noshes for pre-finals study time inside the Hillel House and without!
Can’t Pass-over this Holiday Basket
Includes a Seder plate, Haggadah, fun Seder reminders and materials for Passover, matzah, matzah ball soup mix, plenty of goodies to remind you of home (including Israeli chocolate, fruit, and macaroons), springtime flower pot & seeds, stress-toys and more.
Spring Finals Survival Basket
Includes index cards for notes, a Starbucks gift card, goodies (including tea, cookies, bars and popcorn), travel hygiene supplies (good breath is really important – even during finals!), Emergen-C packets, chips, Smart Water, a squishy animal and more.
Matzah Ball Soup Hotline
We will deliver matzah ball soup to DU & CSU Hillel students free of charge. If you know someone who is feeling sick, needs the comfort provided by the ancient properties of Jewish penicillin fill out the Matzah Ball Soup Hotline Request Form to place your soup order; we will send you a confirmation email when it has been delivered!
Request Soup!
Sponsor A Shabbat
Hillel’s Friday evening Shabbat program is one of our most attended and most important. At the end of a long week we are there to provide opportunities to engage, explore and celebrate Shabbat together as a campus family: from optional student-led services to themed learning, and always 100% free for all gourmet kosher dinner! Shabbat is Judaism’s most important holiday, coming every week worldwide and on campus, and is Hillel’s strongest, most attended student program – offering a sense of community, tradition and an outlet for interactive exploration of Jewish practice across a diverse, vibrant spectrum.
Please consider sponsoring a Shabbat for one of our campuses. Help us provide food, programming and camaraderie for the 50-100 students who attend each week! You can fully fund a DU Hillel or CSU Hillel Shabbat for $900 each, or $1800 puts your family name on a Shabbat at both Hillel Houses!
How it works: Click on TO SPONSOR A SHABBAT and make your donation of $900 for one campus or $1800 for a Shabbat week at both campuses; we will contact you immediately to thank you and discuss details, OR contact any of us and we will help you choose the perfect week, the perfect sponsorship name, or connect you with one of our themes or topics that this right for your family’s sponsored Shabbat.