Congregation Beth Shalom

Empire Turkeys
To Help Yad Ezra

ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR

You've got an uncle in the furni-
ture business," is an old Detroit
advertising refrain.
The Yad Ezra kosher food
bank is doing one better. It has
an uncle in the kosher poultry
business.
When Leslie Kleiman heard
about Empire Kosher Poultry's
"Pound for Pound" promotion, he
asked the company to help Yad
Ezra.
Mr. Kleiman is owner of Mor-
ris Kosher Poultry in Hazel Park,
the Detroit area wholesaler for
Empire.
Last year just before Thanks-
giving, Empire asked consumers
to collect weight labels from its
kosher turkeys. Labels sent to
the company were tabulated, and
the total weight of the purchased
turkeys was matched in dona- •
tions of Empire Kosher products
to national food banks.
"It was a last-minute thing,"
said Empire spokeswoman Bir-
gitta Wade, but it led to 3 tons of
kosher poultry being donated to
food banks Empire tried a sim-
ilar promotion in St. Louis last
spring, and it resulted in 2 tons
of contributions.
When Mr. Kleiman heard the
company would repeat the offer
nationally for Thanksgiving this
year, he asked Empire to give
Michigan donations to Yad Ezra.
The company also will send par-
ticipating consumers a certificate
of recognition and a discount
coupon.
"I told them we have a kosher
food bank locally," Mr. Kleiman
said. "If you're going to donate
anyway, donate to people who
have to have kosher."
Yad Ezra is one of Mr.
Kleiman's accounts. He also con-
tributes his own funds to the or-
ganization. "Out of all the
-T, accounts I would like to see de-
crease, this one is increasing," he
said.
Last month, Yad Ezra gave
37,204 pounds of food to 996 fam-
ilies (1,826 individuals).
Jeannette Eizelman, execu-
tive director of the 4 112-year-old
agency in Oak Park, said Yad
Ezra gives out about 1,000 cut-
up whole chickens each month.
She said the agency buys 100
cases (1,400 chickens) at a time
from Morris Kosher Poultry at a
cost of around $7,500.0

%t To help Yad Ezra and to re-
ceive a discount coupon, send
weight labels from Empire
Kosher turkeys purchased be-
tween Nov. 15 and 30 to Pound
for Pound, Empire Kosher
Poultry, PO Box 165, Mif-
flintown, PA 17059.

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