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"I have seen what Met Council has done for people who needed their
help and they were there every single time..."

- Bill de Blasio, New York City Public Advocate


	250 Students Received New Backpacks With Supplies Thanks to a generous donation from Jeff and Susan Goldstein, hundreds of low-income kids will go back to school in style this year with brand-new backpacks stuffed with pencils, notebooks, calculators and other goodies. A group of volunteers from Brooklyn Technical High School's Key Club gave their time to stuff the backpacks and prepare them for delivery to our local Jewish Community Councils. Thank you to our donors and volunteers for helping these kids have a great back-to-school experience!

	Goldman Sachs’ Volunteers Join Met Council in Fighting the Effects of Poverty Community TeamWorks, Goldman Sachs’ volunteer program, was excited to partner with Met Council again this year to participate in two valuable community service projects. At the Riverdale Jewish Center, Goldman Sachs employees spent time cooking a delicious kosher dinner for homebound seniors. Another group of volunteers refurbished and redecorated a community room in one of Met Council’s housing sites. Watch the video to hear how much Community TeamWorks enjoyed volunteering with Met Council!

	Met Council Prepares for the Upcoming Holidays With the High Holidays just weeks away, Jewish New Yorkers are beginning to prepare for out of town visitors and the large meals that will feed their families. For Met Council clients and many Jewish New Yorkers, celebrating the new year and feeding their families and holiday guests can be a strain on already tight budgets, thus we are preparing for our annual Rosh Hashanah food distributions. Extra kosher food is arriving at our warehouse and being delivered to special distribution sites where volunteers will assemble packages for clients to pick up. Distributions start next week and last through September.



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