The Cardo at the Sandler Family Camps was a whir of activity during the afternoon of Sunday, November 9.
Roughly 40 volunteers – adults and children alike – busily prepared Thanksgiving meal kits for 350 families in need this holiday season. Jewish Family Service of Tidewater and Nadiv, the young men’s fundraising division of United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, partnered to make the event possible.
Volunteers as young as three years old sorted canned goods and other non-perishable items while others put the food in bags ready for families to pick up the week of Thanksgiving.
‘Thank you to Nadiv and all the volunteers for helping us kick off the start of our Thanksgiving bag stuffing,’ says Brooke Rush, director of development for Jewish Family Service. “We couldn’t have done it without your hard work and energy.”
Rabbi Pinchas Zimmer of the Norfolk Kollel provided food from Charlie’s Middle Eastern and brought in Rabbi Bentzi Epstein from Dallas for a talk on the Jewish meaning of Thanksgiving.
All Nadiv members give at least $365 to UJFT’s Annual Campaign. The group is open to men ages 22 – 50 and falls under UJFT’s Men’s Division.
To be involved in Nadiv, contact Amy Zelenka, UJFT’s chief development officer, at azelenka@ujft.org.
