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February 13 • 2014

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Lea Luger

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Yad Ezra staff, volunteers brave snow
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A Snowy Anniversary

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ednesday, Feb. 5, started
out as many days this win-
ter — icy roads, snow piles
taller than an average car and tem-
peratures hovering around 10 degrees.
Yad Ezra client hours were to begin at
10 a.m., regardless of polar vortexes or
snow squalls. Having a liberal policy
with regard to when clients can come
to Yad Ezra for assistance, the staff
knew some client families would opt
to come to Yad Ezra a day later in
the week, when, hopefully, the roads
would be less hazardous.
After six weeks of this weather, staff
also knew that only a few diehard vol-
unteers would be able to come to assist
clients with their grocery selections.
At 10 a.m., client families began
coming into the building in Berkley,
shaking off snow and smiling, happy
they had arrived. Twenty-two client
families braved the weather in need
of groceries. Though many volunteers
couldn't make it out of their driveways
and subdivisions, Yad Ezra was able to
serve these stalwart families.
Among the volunteers was Steve
Alpert, a new volunteer who lives
nearby and had some free time, and
figured help might be needed. In
past years, he had accompanied his
daughter to the food pantry when she
chose Yad Ezra for her mitzvah service
project.
Another volunteer, Saul Margules, a
retired physician, no longer drives, but
was dropped off by his daughter so he
could help the clients with their food
choices.
Darlene Rothman, Yad Ezra's client/
volunteer coordinator, handled cli-
ent intake while Katie Wallace, Yad
Ezra's marketing coordinator, worked
the line in the warehouse, along with
volunteers Rick Krieger, Howard
Wittenberg and Judy Lipson.
The post-secondary program for
Birmingham schools' autistic students
were stocking shelves and bagging
produce, and Jacob Berman, who vol-
unteers through Excel Employment,

was passing out hygiene items from
his wheelchair.
In addition to the "regular" variety
of 37 items always on hand for clients,
David Jaffee, Yad Ezra's warehouse
manager, had stacked the shelves full
of 19 additional bonus items including
tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans,
redskin potatoes, cabbage, carrots,
apples, shampoo, lotion, soap, tooth-
paste, toothbrushes, paper towels,
Gatorade, lemonade, cheese crackers,
chocolate milk, breads and rolls, and
chocolate chip cookies.
And, thanks to Bernie Jonas, a long-
time Yad Ezra volunteer, clients also
were given 2014 wall calendars.
While filling her cart with items,
one woman said, "This is the best day
ever! I now have enough food for a
long time:'
Another client said how appreciative
he is of Yad Ezra and the way it treats
people. He disclosed that initially,
because he was working, he held off
coming to Yad Ezra because he was
uncomfortable with the idea of asking
for assistance. As his financial situa-
tion became more difficult, he decided
that for his family's sake, he needed
Yad Ezra's help to feed his family.
He expressed his appreciation for
the variety and quality of the grocer-
ies and how he is treated by everyone
with respect and dignity. He also said
he doesn't feel like he is accepting
charity when he comes to Yad Ezra for
assistance.
The client-serving session ended,
volunteers all left feeling good about
their efforts, which helped make the
drive home more palatable. About 1,765
pounds of free groceries had been dis-
tributed during the two-hour shift.
What a great 24th birthday present
this day was for staff and volunteers
committed to Yad Ezra. Heartfelt
thanks go to all volunteers, donors and
supporters who continue to enable Yad
Ezra to provide more than 1.1 million
pounds of free groceries to vulner-
able families every year, regardless of
weather conditions.

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Lea Luger is executive director of Yad Ezra.

