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Food of the Month Collection

The Social Action Committee of Congregation Gesher L'Torah is starting a monthly collection program benefitting Atlanta area food pantries:

 

  • The Jewish Family & Career Services (JF&CS) helps adults and children, giving out 5200+ lbs of food
  • North Fulton Community Charities (NFCC) food pantry offers assistance to over 5000 families
  • The Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) distributes nearly 2 million lbs of food each month in Georgia
     

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     Bring the food items and place them into the barrels in the main entryways at Gesher.  Our calender for the next few months:

    January Canned Soup/soup mixes (JF&CS)
    February Rice, 1lb bags (NFCC)
    March PASSOVER FOODS (JF&CS)
    April Diapers, sizes 4,5,6 (NFCC)
    May Canned fruit, applesauce (JF&CS)

    *All dry goods must be bagged inside the box or in individual packets*

    For more information, and to volunteer to help,
    contact : Piyali Cole at 678-691-3555

     

    Gesher volunteers joined Nechama on May 22, 2011in Birmingham, Alabama to help local families clear debris (their home) which had  devastated by tornados weeks before. The tornado was so devastating that many people lost their homes and almost everything they owned. Nechama, a national organization dedicated to helping communities devastated by natural disasters, set up shop in Alabama to help. Gesher volunteers dug right in, providing the muscle power needed to clean up the debris left by the ravaging tornado.

    Click here to see a video describing the Nechama program and our efforts lead by Rabbi Michael.

    Click here to see an album of pictures
    from the efforts of GLT volunteers.

     

    Congregation Gesher L’Torah Gives Back to the Community

    Project Isaiah, a nationwide food drive created by The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, was once again a huge success at Congregation Gesher L’Torah.  We collected over 600 lbs of food during the High Holidays.  Building on that success, Gesher L’Torah “extended” Project Isaiah. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009, students from Gesher L’Torah’s Religious School visited the Product Rescue Center at the Atlanta Community Food Bank. 

    Religious school students, teachers, parents and the Rabbi will join other volunteers at the Product Rescue Center. They will deliver food that was collected by the congregation during Project Isaiah.  They will also be involved in sorting, inspecting and packaging all food drive and salvaged food items that will be distributed to nonprofit partner agencies in the North Metro and North Georgia area.  This is the second trip volunteers from Gesher L’Torah have made to the Food Bank and at least two more trips are planned this year.   Congregation Gesher L’Torah is very proud of our Religious School students for taking part in such an important effort.