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VOL. 10 NO. 10 www.seabreezepublications.com OCTOBER 2020

Back-to-School Supply Drive

Supports Local Families with Essentials, Books, Masks

Even with most schools going virtual this year
and students attending class from home, thousands of
children are still in critical need of supplies to support
their academic success. Families in Palm Beach County’s
western communities received incredible support thanks
to Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County’s Jewish
Volunteer Center (JVC) and its network of interfaith
and community partners, as well as its partnership with
Education Foundation of Palm Beach County. Through
the partnership, more than 100 JVC volunteers packed
nearly 750 backpacks as well as nearly 1,000 pencil boxes
filled with school supplies, books, and protective face
masks for all students at four Title 1 schools: Belle Glade
Elementary, Gove Elementary, Gladeview Elementary,
and Pahokee Elementary Schools. Education Foundation
and FPL volunteers assembled the additional, for a total
of 2,400 backpacks.
Federation and additional donors also raised more than Local students Jesse Berg and his sister,
$67,000 to purchase school essentials for local teachers Blake, along with family friend Phoebe Gemma, 6, and her brother Sonny,
Denenberg assemble backpacks at home Teachers at Gove Elementary received 7, helped pack pencil boxes for local
Back-to-School Supply Drive on page 2 in Palm Beach Gardens. a shipment of books. students.
Rosh Hashanah Meals Distributed to Women Gather

Local Community Members in Need for Virtual

Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service (JFS) Volunteer Center,
worked to distribute Rosh Hashanah meals to those in need Jewish Federation of Challah Bake
throughout Palm Beach County, through a coordinated effort Palm Beach County.
with the Jewish Volunteer Center of the Jewish Federation “The outpouring of
of Palm Beach County, The Kind Kitchen of Palm Beach, as volunteer support we The annual Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens Challah
well as its annual Kosher Food Pantry’s distribution of Rosh received to deliver Bake is always an exciting start to the New Year. With
Hashanah holiday food baskets. meals to homebound entertainment, speakers, and a buffet, the women leave
The three non-profits teamed up with more than 150 members of the with much more than just a round challah for the holidays.
volunteers packaging meals, greeting and welcoming drivers, community is a This year the event took on new meaning as
loading meals into cars, and making contactless deliveries. hopeful reminder participants embarked upon a year like never before.
A total 230 holiday meals from The Kind Kitchen were that there is good and Innovative planning allowed for women to partake in this
delivered to 173 households in Boynton Beach, Lake Worth, kindness the world.” special evening from the comfort of their own homes.
Palm Beach Gardens, Royal Palm Beach, Wellington, and “It was really While the annual event involves lots of socializing and
West Palm Beach. heartwarming to see a gourmet spread, this year the virtual event was more
“What a mitzvah it was to usher in the new year by everyone’s support intimate, food for thought.
providing a bountiful, home-cooked meal for adults and for the community- The featured speaker, author and challah expert Rochie
families for Rosh Hashanah,” said Alpert JFS Director of wide Rosh Hashanah Pinson, offered guidance to the meaning of each step of
Volunteer Leadership Belinda Lasky. “We are grateful to meal distribution. The overwhelming response, both
the large number of volunteers who offered their time to physically and financially, was tremendous,” said Chana
prepare the packages and deliver them to households in need Ezagui, who runs The Kind Kitchen of Palm Beach. “The
throughout our community.” desire to help others, especially during difficult times, is
“It is always fulfilling to know that the work we do incredible, showing me that every person is filled with good
in the community brings joy to the volunteers and the deeds, like the seeds of a pomegranate, which is a traditional
recipients we serve,” said Melissa Hudson, Director, Jewish holiday food. G-d surely sees and will bless everyone for a
sweet and healthy New Year.”
Alpert JFS’ Kosher Food
Pantry provided Rosh
Hashanah holiday baskets
to 35 families under age 65,
consisting of 85 individuals. A
frozen kosher turkey for those
able to cook their own meals,

Rosh Hashanah Meals Women Gather for Virtual Challah Bake on page 6
Distributed on page 4