Category Archives: Food

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These boys want to “hug their grandmothers”

This all started by a conversation with his grandmom who is a “high risk” person for Covid due to her age and autoimmune disease. His grandmom hoped there was a way to clearly see who was vaccinated and who wasn’t. The story of the wristband took off from there. Jackson Calder, a 7th grade student at Murray Avenue School in Huntingdon Valley, PA and his cousin Jacob, 6th grade student at Pyle Middle School in Bethesda, Maryland have started a movement to help generate COVID-19 vaccination awareness. In addition, they are raising money for World Central Kitchen. Bar Mitzvah Project […]

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Caring for Friends

  website12271 Townsend RdPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19154 Jeannette Fournier, Executive Director, jfournier@caringforfriends.org (215) 464-2224 Caring for Friends mission is to provide food and friendship to homebound seniors, disabled, the homeless and families with children in need.  Remote volunteer!Caring for Friends offers a variety of volunteer opportunities to build a more caring community. You can write caring notes for our seniors, share a meal from your home, or collect shelf stable food donations.https://caringforfriends.org/volunteer/https://caringforfriends.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-Make-Caring-Notes.pdfhttps://caringforfriends.org/wp-content/uploads/assemble_a_meal_tray-e1581641785808.jpg

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Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Washington

Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Washington 6121 Montrose Road, Rockville, Maryland 20852 Contact:  Deborah Reichmann, Executive Director, executivedirector@hebrewfreeloandc.org, (202) 725-6141 The Hebrew Free Loan Association (HFLAGW) is maintained by the Jewish community of Greater Washington, DC, providing interest-free loans to members of the community, to help them meet their financial needs with dignity. Loans are available for a range of legitimate needs, including, but not limited to, medical bills, emergency bills, and credit card debts. Student loans are available for students in their junior and senior years of college and graduate students. The Jewish philanthropic tradition of extending interest-free loans is a […]

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Feeding South Florida

feedingsouthflorida.org 2501 SW 32 Terrace Pembroke Park, Florida 33023 Contact:  Sibyl Brown, Volunteer Coordinator (954) 518-1818 Sbrown@feedingsouthflorida.org Feeding South Florida’s mission is to end hunger in South Florida by providing immediate access to nutritious food, leading hunger and poverty advocacy efforts, and transforming lives through innovative programming and education.  Feeding South Florida (FSF) is one of 202 food banks comprising the Feeding America network nationwide. We are the leading domestic hunger relief organization in South Florida, serving Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties through a network of nonprofit partner agencies, including soup kitchens, food pantries, homeless shelters, group homes, and […]

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Family-to-Family

Family-to-Family, Inc. 6 Circle Dr. Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706 Contact:  Pam Koner, 914-478-0756, pkoner@family-to-family.org Family-to-Family, Inc. is a grassroots nonprofit 501(c)(3) hunger and poverty relief organization dedicated to providing food, personal hygiene products and other basic life essentials to American families struggling with the challenges of poverty. By connecting donors one-to-one with specific families in need, Family-to-Family’s mission is to bring a large and seemingly intractable problem – poverty – into personal focus, making proactive, attainable results possible…one family at a time. Our kid’s projects provide children with hands-on giving experiences, concrete forms of giving. These projects are intended to embed […]

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Penn Hillel Soup Kitchen

Penn Hillel Soup Kitchen 215 S. 39th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Contact:  Allison Resnick, Volunteer Coordinator, 215-898-7391, atr@sas.upenn.edu The Soup Kitchen at Hillel convenes every evening from in Hillel’s Falk Dining Commons at Steinhardt Hall. Night Soup Kitchen is a space for community guests and Penn volunteers to get to know each other over a warm meal and friendly environment. Each Sunday, our dedicated volunteers arrive before dinner to set up the dining hall and make packaged lunches for our guests that they can eat the next day. When the doors open, volunteers first serve the guests and then – everybody’s favorite […]

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Sunday Suppers

Sunday Suppers 2950 Memphis St, Philadelphia, PA 19134 Contact: Linda Samost, director  linda@sundaysuppersphilly.org, 215-223-2220  ext.100 Sunday Suppers’ (SS) mission is to strengthen the health and well-being of families through the transformative power of family meals.  SS is an inventive program that addresses and then reaches beyond food access by reintroducing the family meal which, with related support, has been shown to strengthen families in deep and lasting ways.  Coaching is provided so that once families gain access to healthy food they can prepare delicious and nutritious meals to share around their dinner table.   SS helps families make enduring lifestyle changes including […]

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Manna on Main Street of Lansdale

Manna on Main Street of Lansdale 713 W. Main St. Lansdale, PA 19446 Contact:  Suzan Neiger Gould, Exec. Dtr., execdir@mannaonmain.org 215-855-5454 Manna on Main Street of Lansdale is committed to ending hunger in the North Penn region by providing food, fulfilling social service and education needs, and conducting community outreach. Through a food pantry and soup kitchen, emergency financial aid, counseling and referrals, and education opportunities, we serve those in need with the hope “that everyone might be fed.” Manna’s vision is “that everyone might be fed.” Help us fulfill this vision by getting involved in this community service! Our dedicated helpers bring food, […]

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Mitzvah Circle Foundation

Mitzvah Circle Foundation 1561 Gehman Road, Harleysville, PA 19438 Contact:   Fran Held, Founder and Executive Director, 484-897-0414,  info@mitzvahcircle.org Mitzvah Circle is a non-profit organization that provides support, hope and dignity to individuals and families during times of crisis, poverty, homelessness and serious illness. We assist people who have fallen through the cracks, removing barriers to meaningful help and resources. We provide individualized support such as clothing, school supplies, diapers, household items, food and referrals. We respond without discrimination—fulfilling basic human needs with compassion, to truly make a difference for people who are walking along life’s edge. Bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah […]

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KleinLife

KleinLife.org 10100 Jamison Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19116Contact:  Sue Aistrop, 215-698-7300 x110, saistrop@kleinlife.org “Serving Up Meals, Driving Out Hunger!” The KleinLife’s Home Delivered Meals Program serves seniors who are unable to shop and/or prepare their own meals, so no senior goes hungry. Volunteers support the program by providing a friendly visit, preparing for deliveries, and help to cook meals.  This is done in partnership with the Cook For a Friend network in the Philadelphia region. For your mitzvah or teen community service project, KleinLife is in need of:  Food sorters and packers: Pick a day when your school has in-service, or on a Federal Holiday […]

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