Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Shapell ya ba da gudummawa ga Yad Vashem, abin tunawa na hukuma na Isra'ila ga yahudawan da aka kashe a Holocaust, Jami'ar Santa Clara, Jami'ar Kudancin California, da Jami'ar Tel Aviv da Jami'ar Bar-Ilan a Isra'ila. Ya kuma tallafa wa Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Cedars-Sinai, shirin D.A.R.E., da Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services. Ya sami Digiri na Dokta na girmamawa daga Jami'ar Santa Clara a 1986 da kuma daga Jami'ar Tel Aviv a 1987. Ya kasance mai goyon bayan Isra'ila, kuma ya yi tafiya zuwa gaba don nuna goyon bayansa ga Sojojin Tsaron Isra'ila a lokacin yakin Sinai
, Yakin Rana Shida da Yakin Yom Kippur.