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Met Council Launches UJA-Federation’s Connect-to-Care in Brooklyn
Met Council launched the Brooklyn initiative of UJA-Federation’s Connect-to-Care earlier this month, a new effort to bring unparalleled services and assistance to those in the Jewish community hurt by the recent recession throughout New York City.  As the recession affects more upper and middle-income households, UJA-Federation and Met Council are responding by creating new programming to address the special sensitivities and needs of this new population.  Local Rabbis, elected officials and community leaders turned out to learn about the efforts to provide employment counseling, financial consultation, budget assistance, legal services, supportive counseling and Jewish spiritual care to the Brooklyn Jewish community.

Top: Assemblyman Alan Maisel, Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs, and Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein at the launch.
Bottom: Local community leaders meet and mingle to discuss the new services.  


 

MVP Cooks
MVP's Cook for a Cause
June 14th marked our first MVP volunteer project, and it was a huge success! Fifteen volunteers joined us at Met Council’s East 61st Street housing site to cook a gourmet meal (chicken salad, pasta salad, fruit salad and brownies) for the senior residents. The twenty residents who attended remarked on how delicious the food was and how grateful they were for the company. The volunteers included five newcomers to our MVP group and ten old-timers, all of whom are excited for future events!
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 Washington Heights Kids
Food Pantry at Washington Heights JCC Receives a Special Gift
Local 4th and 5th graders from P.S. 48 in upper Manhattan recently presented the Washington Heights JCC, an affiliate of Met Council, with an exciting gift - a $100 check to help purchase additional food for their pantry.  The socially-committed students, all of whom belong to their school’s Community Action Club, won a $500 grant from Penny Harvest to donate to local charities.  They selected the Washington Heights food pantry in order to help their struggling neighbors during these tough times.

 
 

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