Hadassah PRIMEtime, Sandwich Project Team Up
The two organizations combined efforts to address food insecurity.
Twenty Hadassah Greater Atlanta (HGA) PRIMEtime members joined with members of The Sandwich Project on May 21 to help meet food scarcity in Metro Atlanta.
The Sandwich Project is a non-profit organization whose volunteers assemble and donate fresh, homemade sandwiches each week for immediate consumption to meet the shortage of food needs in Metro Atlanta. Each HGA PRIMEtime volunteer arrived prepared to work with their own food supply to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with two loaves of store packaged white bread, one large jar of strawberry or grape jelly, one large jar of peanut butter, and 20 plastic sandwich bags.
The sandwich prep was set up in an assembly line. Hair tied back, gloves on and laughter everywhere made this event a party! Women traveled up to 30 miles to join us in this mitzvah. This event was chaired by Linda Glovsky and Amy Mittelberg, new members of Hadassah Greater Atlanta whose journey began with attending their first HGA PRIMEtime Greater Atlanta program.
A new member of Hadassah, who signed up directly after the event, transported the prepared food to its destination. Michele Weiner-Merbaum, HGA PRIMEtime Chair explains, “HGA PRIMEtime events are for women in the 50s and 60s who wish to engage with and support Hadassah, the Woman’s Zionist Organization of America. Our passionate community is 300,000 strong individuals, united behind our powerful mission of healing the world.”
Simone Wilker, advocacy chair for Hadassah Southeastern Region, states, “HGA PRIMEtime members, working to prepare these 250 sandwiches, wanted to recognize American Jewish Heritage Month by assisting their local community, while ensuring that Hadassah’s healing reaches people who need it most.”
Hadassah is looking to engage women within the 50- to 60-year-old demographic who are seeking to connect with likeminded women who want to become involved in something larger than themselves. For more information, contact Michele Weiner-Merbaum at mweiner-merbaum@hadassah.org.
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