Photographed during the 2009 Milk & Honey Food Distribution Campaign (l-r) Abe Rudman, JCS Board member, with wife Sharon and son Brett, Lillian Berg, and State Representative Richard Steinberg.
Aventura News – September 1 – 7, 2010
Jewish Community Services of South Florida, the largest non-profit Jewish social service agency in South Florida, will be dispatching hundreds of volunteers to deliver free kosher food baskets to over 400 seniors and others in need on Sunday, September 12th. The annual Milk & Honey Mitzvah Morning is designed to help recipients celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year which begins on September 9th.
“Our family looks forward to this event all year long,” said Suzanne Meltzer, Miami Beach co-chair of the Milk & Honey campaign. “Our volunteers don’t just deliver food to the elderly but kindness, conversation and concern – it’s a mitzvah that nourishes the body and the soul of the people we visit.”
The annual event is strongly supported by a wide section of community leaders, including co-chairs Silvia and Luis Cattan, Teri and Dick Golden, Helena Nath and Daniel Leghziel, Suzanne and Brad Meltzer, Michele and Mark Stein, and Rita Steinfeld-Regev. The Milk & Honey Campaign is dedicated to raising funds to support JCS’ nutrition programs and to provide special holiday food to those less fortunate in our community. JCS annually provides nearly 275,000 meals to seniors at six congregate meals sites or in their homes through Meals on Wheels, in addition to over 500 supplemental food packages given to adults and children by the JCS Kosher Food Bank. Every year, JCS assists more than 35,000 clients of all races, religions and ethnicities in Miami-Dade County though a vast network of senior, mental health and vocational support services. Volunteers will meet at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation at 4200 Biscayne Blvd. starting at 9 a.m. on Sunday, September 12th.
For information on how you can make a difference at the Milk & Honey Event by participating or by making a donation, contact Marian Mendelsohn at 305-403-6539 or mmendelsohn@jcsfl.org or visit jcsfl.org