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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