Other Nutrition-Related Needs

• Meals on Wheels

  Who: Adults
  Where: Rockville, MD, and near the Temple
  When: Monthly (year-round, backup available)

  TBA Contact: Joanne Brodsky

  Deliver kosher meals to homebound individuals in our area. Volunteers pick up meals at the Hebrew Home in Rockville on their assigned morning (one day per month) and deliver them to JSSA clients by noon. Training provided. Substitute deliverers also needed.

• Nourish Now

  Who: Adults, families, groups
  Where: Rockville, MD
  When: Throughout the year

  TBA Contact: Arlynn Joffe 

  TBA volunteers sort/pack food for distribution to local needy families on the 3rd Monday of the month, 10 a.m.–noon, at Nourish Now. Nourish Now also needs volunteers daily to package meals/healthy snack packs, as well as to run canned food drives and raise awareness. TBA members also support Nourish Now’s Thanksgiving Food Drive.

  If you have fresh food left over from an event that you’d like to donate, call Nourish Now at 301-330-0222 (Mon.–Fri., 10 a.m.–5 p.m.) or 240-750-0747 (nights/weekends) to coordinate the donation.

• Passover and Rosh Hashanah Baskets Delivery

  Who: Adults, families
  Where: Near the Temple
  When: Typically the Sunday morning before Passover and Rosh Hashanah

  TBA Contacts: Tina Levine  or Monya Cohen

  Deliver bags of Passover and/or Rosh Hashanah necessities and treats to Russian immigrants, Holocaust survivors, and other needy individuals and families in our community. Volunteers can help on one or both holidays.

• Thanksgiving Dinner at the Children’s Inn at NIH

  Who: Adults, families (must be age 18 or older to serve dinner at the Inn)
  Where: Children’s Inn, NIH, Bethesda, MD
  When: A few days before Thanksgiving and on Thanksgiving Day if serving

  TBA Contact: Gail Kaplan-Wassell

  This project helps make Thanksgiving a little more home-like for families who must stay at NIH’s Children’s Inn with a sick child during the holiday. Volunteers are needed to cook ahead of time, serve (ages 18+), and/or donate toward the dinner.