THIS THANKSGIVING, HELP SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED

TURKEY DRIVE

 
Donate by November 15th

Over the last twenty years, Beth El Synagogue Center has collected monetary donations to purchase turkeys for needy families in New Rochelle through HOPE’s Food Pantry. Last year’s donations enabled us to buy more than 250 turkeys! This year, one in five families in Westchester is living at or below the poverty level. Even working families are struggling to pay rent, buy food, and clothe their children.

Beth El members have always helped to provide for their many neighbors who do not have enough to eat. In that tradition of compassion and community, let’s make this year’s collection the most successful of all. Let’s share our resources with the many men, women, and children who struggle every day to put food on their tables. At HOPE, people begin to get in line for the distribution of turkeys at 7:00 am. Please help us provide our neighbors with the foods we enjoy on Thanksgiving, and you will have celebrated the holiday in a most meaningful way.

Please mail or bring your check, payable to Beth El Synagogue Center, to the office by Thursday, November 15th. Write “turkey donation” on the memo line. All donation amounts are welcomed. The suggested donation is $20.

Thank you so much.

Frankie Shahar and Susan Mandelbaum

PTA TENTH ANNUAL APPLE SALE HUNGER FUNDRAISER

The Beth El PTA is having its 10th Annual Apple Sale Hunger Fundraiser. All of the money raised will be used to purchase produce from Alex’s Tomato Farm, a vendor in the New Rochelle Farmer’s Market. Each week while the market is open, they will bring their fresh fruit and vegetables to H.O.P.E. Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry.

Apples are perfect for eating, cooking, and baking during the holiday and beyond. Apples can be stored for an extended period in a cold part of your house or apartment; they don’t need to be refrigerated if they’re kept cool. Splitting a box with relatives or friends is a great idea, if there are too many for your family alone. Alternatively, you can put it on your Thanksgiving table and let everyone take some home.

Prospect Hill Orchards in Milton, New York, will be supplying their incredibly delicious and healthful apples. Prospect Hill uses integrated pest management (IPM) methods, which insure that the smallest possible amount of pesticides is used, only when absolutely necessary. There will be on average 85 apples in a box, which weighs approximately 40 lbs. At $52 a box, the price works out to about $1.30/lb—much cheaper per pound than the price at the supermarket!

Watch your e-mail for an order form, or contact Susan Davis, svdnr@optonline.net