- Davideen Werner (right) with her daughter Lisa
A unique twist on birthday parties took place recently, when the Costco store on Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami generously opened its doors an hour earlier than usual for the inaugural “Davideen Werner’s Birthday Party Benefitting the JCS Kosher Food Bank.”
To celebrate her birthday, Davideen and Stuart Werner invited their guests to an innovative and exciting scavenger hunt through Costco, which is also celebrating the expansion of its kosher food department. The “gift” to Davideen was a $36 per person donation, with 100% of this money benefitting the JCS Kosher Food Bank.
All party-goers were grouped into four-person teams and given a list of clues to decipher. They raced through the store, filling their baskets with the kosher products on their list, with the fastest teams receiving prizes donated by renowned artist Romero Britto. The food collected was then purchased with the contributions and delivered to the Food Bank to help individuals and families in need.
Davideen Werner was thrilled with the success of her birthday celebration, saying “I am amazed by the wonderful response of my friends and even complete strangers to this
event. Many people thanked me for allowing them to do a mitzvah.”
“Everyone had a blast at this party,” said Bonnie Schwartzbaum, coordinator of the KFB. “Davideen is a fantastic volunteer and donor for our Food Bank and is constantly thinking of creative ways to provide more food for our clients.”