Food drive at Shalhevet aids JCC pantry store

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With all the Yomim Tovim coming up, Midreshet Shalhevet in North Woodmere held a food drive to help those in need.

Over the past few weeks, the students collected non-perishable food items. After collecting boxes of food, a group of girls from each grade went to the Jewish Community Council to deliver the food and stock the shelves.

The JCC Food Pantry was thrilled to receive the donations of grape juice, honey, noodles, canned vegetables, soups, and more. The pantry is a remarkable charity that sets its room up as a store, complete with carts and shopping bags, so that everyone is treated as a real customer, no matter what they can afford.

Tenth grader Yocheved Jacobs remarked that “it was incredible to see how the JCC really goes the extra mile to ensure that no one gets embarrassed from walking through their doors.”

It was an amazing experience for all of the girls to see firsthand what a difference they made and a great way to start off the new year ahead!