JANUARY 27 • 2022 | 55

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early two full years 
into the COVID-19 
pandemic, the number 
of Detroit-area Jewish families 
requiring food assistance is still 
near the highest it’s ever been 
— and, for the second year in a 
row, there’s a way you can help. 
Now through Jan. 31, Jewish 
Federation of Metropolitan 
Detroit’s Women’s Philanthropy 
Tikkun Olam Volunteers (TOV) 
are holding their “Winter Soup 
Drive” to benefit Yad Ezra.
The volunteers are aiming to 
collect 1,000 pounds of kosher 
soup — in cans, packages and/
or boxes for the increasing 
number of families facing food 
insecurity. The goal is to sur-
pass last year’s collection of 600 
pounds 
of soup.
Donations can be brought to 
the Jewish Federation building 
on Telegraph in Bloomfield 
Hills. There’s a drop-off box in 
the lobby that people can visit 
any time during normal busi-
ness hours. 
Individuals can also donate 
funds directly to the soup drive 
at jewishdetroit.org/event/soup-
drive2022 if they’re out of town 
or want someone to buy on 
their behalf. 
Yad Ezra accepts kosher 
soups with an OU or OK 
hechsher label. Suggested brand 
names include (but aren’t limit-
ed to): Amy’s, Croyden House, 

Goodman’s, Imagine, Liptons, 
Manischewitz, Osem, Pacific, 
some Kroger brand soups, some 
Trader Joe’s brand soups and 
Tabatchnick. 
Kosher beet borscht would 
also be especially appreciated by 
the Russian families who make 
up 65% of Yad Ezra recipients. 
Pam Bloom, Women’s 
Philanthropy vice president, 
came up with the idea for the 
soup drive last year. 
“Our community rallied 
around this effort to make it a 
success last year,
” Bloom said. 
“The need is even greater now 
than previously. We knew we 
had to do this again — and we 
are hopeful of reaching our goal 
of 1,000 pounds.
” 
The three Women’s 
Philanthropy TOV chairs, Erin 
Lewis, Lindsey Maddin and 
Brooke Weingarden, along with 
Amy Wayne, associate director 
of Women’s Philanthropy, are 
also looking to build on last 
year’s success. 
“It’s been going great. We 
estimated we had about 250 
pounds of soup after the first 
week and the monetary dona-
tions are going strong as well,
” 
Wayne said. “Just finding out 
how great the need still is, that 
it’s only rising and challenges 
are ongoing … we knew we 
had to continue these efforts. 
We’re hopeful of reaching our 
goal.
” 

Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy 
volunteers aim to collect 1,000 pounds 
of kosher soup this year for Yad Ezra.

Winter Soup Drive

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