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The Amazing Impact of Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches on LJCC Members Mike Uttauer Principal 2013 Fj Vb STar Hcmo &Auta tnsufanca PfVfSSSiOfiSt! 704496-2777 )ni)(e@litt3LieriRsurance.coiiv 5960 Fairview Rd Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28210 www.ciiartDUBinsLifancssaruliong.cain CHARLOTTE INSURANCE SOLUTIONS Auto' Home - Business - Life EUB- j Accnnjfr^p BLJSIHEU •MRP Auto ifliunrta Prof nm ■ On Sunday, September 28, a multi-generational group of 36 people gathered at the Levine Jewish Community Center to “Feed the Flungry.” At this event, presented by LJCC Cares - the Soeial Aetion group at the LJCC - and held in honor of National Feed the Flungry month, partiei- pants made peanut butter and jelly sandwiehes to deliver to the Sal vation Army’s Center of Flope - a homeless shelter for women and ehildren in uptown Charlotte. In addition, partieipants were asked to donate individually wrapped snaeks to donate to the Salvation Army’s Boys and Girls Club. The impaet this event would have on the partieipants was so mueh more than had been antieipated. The event began with a short talk by Marty Sanders, Direetor of Development for the Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte. Mr. Sanders noted that our feeling of hunger is different than that felt by a homeless person. Ours is a tAJfsh upon A re SMALL SCHOOL. BIG WORLD. Charlotte Prep, where opportunity knows no boundaries. WWW.CHARLOTTEPREP.ORG Charlotte Preparatory School OPEN HOUSE (PRE-K-8TH GRADE) Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. RSVP: www.charlotteprep.org/ openhouse grumbling in our stomaeh that goes away when we go get some thing to eat. Flowever, a homeless person has no idea when he or she might get to next eat. Mrs. Sanders told the partieipants that in addition to the sandwiehes being used at the shelter for luneh, women who are out looking for a job often take sandwiehes with them so they don’t need to spend money on luneh. This way they ean save their money to build up enough to move out of the shelter. The ehildren who partieipate in the Boys and Girls Club do not have a refrigerator or eupboards to go to when they are hungry after sehool; the snaeks donated keep their stomaehs full until dinner time at the shelter. While Mr. Sanders was talking, you eould see the ehildren’s eyes getting wider and the adults shaking their heads in sympathy. Onee the sandwieh making got underway, the room got quieter as eaeh table got busy with assembly lines and the making of sand wiehes. When supplies ran out - after more than 300 sandwiehes had been made - everyone was disappointed. While the event gave people something to do on a Sunday morning, the impaet will last mueh longer. Tony Pureell brought his wife, Mara, and sons Chad and Drew with him. Tony hopes that his “entire family has a mueh greater appreeiation for the luneh we ate that day. We are so fortunate to live in a eommunity that eares so mueh about all of our neighbors. We worked side-by- side with our friends and helped others, all the while, learning a great deal about our homeless population and our part in making a differenee.” Six-year-old Collin Kanofsky woke up a few days later and asked his mother, Camille Kanof sky, when they were going to “get to make sandwiehes again to help the families.” Allison Goland-Sehlussel, her daughter, Aimee, and her 10-year- old granddaughter, Isis, attended and also offered to deliver the sandwiehes and snaeks to the Center of Hope. Aimee said that, “Isis knew we were doing a mitz- vah, but 1 don’t think she knew exaetly how this mitzvah would impaet others. As we pulled our van up in front of the shelter, there were families seattered in groups on the sidewalk and all of a sud den, H-l=2, and Isis realized that these people on the sidewalk were homeless and hungry and was sad for them. The food we brought was going direetly to them; it’s not ohen one ean see why donat ing is so important. When 1 saw the look on Isis’ faee, 1 knew this was a mitzvah we will want to partieipate in again. We are so glad the LJCC gave us a platform to help.” Lenore Rubin reeently joined the LJCC. She stated that “it was a wonderful feeling to walk into the room and see families work ing together as one eommunity serving to provide for another eommunity. 1 was proud to have been involved.” Five members of the Tabaek family, parents Adam and Robin, and 13-year-old triplets, David, Jaeob, and Maegan, partieipated together. Robin notes that “hear ing the shelter representative talk about the differenee between the hunger we may feel between meals and the hunger those at the shelter experienee was very im- paetful on our ehildren. It was partieularly great timing as our ehildren fasted for their first time this Yom Kippur and 1 believe having partieipated in the feeding the hungry event brought home the message even further.” LJCC Cares is thrilled that not only is it proving volunteer oppor tunities, but they are ones that are truly making an impaet on partie ipants. For more information about LJCC Cares, eontaet Julie Rizzo at 704.944.6730 or julie.rizzo@charlottejee.org. ^ Moishe House December Events (Continued from page 13) lotte, but we can still ice skate out side. Join us uptown for their an nual Holidays on lee. We can provide tickets and skate rental for $5. The rink is located at the cor ner of MLK Blvd and Brevard on the NASCAR Hall of Fame Plaza. Meet at MoHo CLT at 7 PM to caravan or meet at the rink at 7:30 PM. Detailed ticket information will be on our Facebook page. To learn more about Moishe House Charlotte, visit us at www.moishehousecharlotte.org/h ouses/charlotte or check us out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ MoisheHouseCharlotte. To con tact us, please e-mail mohochar- lotte@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you. ^ "The man whose good deeds exceed his wisdom is like a tree with few branches and many roots: ail the raging winds will not move him/' - Ethics of the Fathers
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