Vanessa and Gary Ressler, with daughters Orli and Micah, visit Ruth Triebwasser

JCS started the New Year off on a sweet note for 550 elderly, disabled and homebound people at its annual Milk & Honey event. The largest crowd ever – 600 volunteers –gathered on Sunday, Sept. 9th, to assemble and deliver kosher food baskets and spend time visiting with recipients to celebrate Rosh Hashanah.

Co-Chair Marty Scheck explained, “This wonderful event is something our seniors, as well as the volunteers and children, looked forward to all year long. Volunteers spent one-on-one time sharing the joy of the holiday with seniors who often have no family. It’s a mitzvah that truly comes from the heart.”

The Milk & Honey food distribution campaign was strongly supported by a number of community leaders, including co-chairs Vanessa and Gary Ressler, Amy and David Scharlin and Hili and Marty Scheck. The JCS Alliance support group of young professionals — whose Milk & Honey committee chairs were Amy Klosky, Jennifer Kramer, Dana Richards and Laura Sheridan — also participated by going to Federation Towers, a residential facility for seniors on Miami Beach, to deliver food and provide music and refreshments.

Our thanks to Abe Rudman, Secretary of the Board of Directors, for taking this panoramic photo at the event. Click to view interactively: http://360.io/FRsT6c

Please enjoy these photos from the day.