For parents of b'nei mitzvah - Sharing the Joy

1. Leftovers:

1a: Frozen meals for Chesed: Ask your caterer to set aside some portions of leftovers in the refrigerator (Chesed will come & make portions the next day to freeze). Your leftovers become quick, ready meals to take to congregants (and their families) facing acute illness. Contact Bonnie Kaplan.

1b: Other Leftovers: The families at the Colony Building (map below) are very, very glad to get leftovers. Maybe a friend could deliver the leftovers Sunday morning? The phone is 610.872.3743, the address is 513 Welsh St, Chester PA 19013. Here's a map with the location.



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2. Mazon's 3% Circle (from Mazon's website) Historically, rabbis did not allow celebrations to begin until the community’s poor were seated and fed. Today, Jews symbolically observe this tradition by donating 3% of the cost of lifecycle celebrations – weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, anniversaries and other joyous occasions – to MAZON. To read more, click here.

3. Because We Care
7603 Old York Rd. Melrose Park , PA
215-635-4774
will wrap non-perishable foods for centerpieces or bimah arrangements, that can then be donated to Jewish Federation's Mitzvah Food Pantry. Click here for more info

4. Chester's Grocery Coop: Tina Johnson can make centerpiece baskets of fresh, whole fruit (at very reasonable cost) that can be donated to the families at the Colony building. You're helping bring a grocery store to Chester for the first time in more than 10 years.
Chester's Community Grocery Co-op
P.O. Box 136
Chester, PA 19016
610-499-8921
info@chestercoop.com

5. Books for reading partners: Or, buy copies of the books your child loved most growing up. Each one, (especially if it's a hard-cover) with a balloon or two would make a great centerpiece for a table, and Social Action will give them to kids in CAADC's after-school program to treasure always. (Dr. Seuss & Shel Silverstein are major favorites).