Passover Food Drive, National Council Of Jewish Women Of Canada Toronto Section

A Project of National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Toronto Section

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All who are hungry - let them come and eat.

All who are needy - let them come and celebrate the Passover with us.

-Haggadah

Passover Food Drive History

Did You Know?

In Each Box:

Thanks very much to all of our volunteers and to our sponsors and donors.

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Toronto Section began this project in 1983 to meet the needs of newly arrived families who had not celebrated the joy and the ritual of the Passover Seder.

From this beginning, the Passover Food Drive has grown to take up the challenge of ensuring that everyone in the Jewish community is able to celebrate Passover nutritiously, ritually and with pride of heritage.

March 28, 2004

I have just received a box of Passover foods from two of your volunteers this morning. I am touched at the kindness and effort that went into getting a newcomer, like myself, some things to make me feel a little more at home. Being away from home during the holidays is always difficult. But knowing that people are thinking of you and trying to ease the transition makes it that much easier. I really want to thank the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada and all the volunteers who took the time and effort to put together such a wonderful project.

Thank you,

Y.L.

See some more photos of the 2004 Passover Food Drive in action.

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The Passover Food Drive serves over 10,000 members of our community, 4,000 of whom are children.


Through confidential referrals, the food boxes are received by:
	recent immigrants	seniors on a fixed income

	shut-ins	the disabled

	women and their children in the confines of a shelter	students living away from home

	those on a limited income for whom Passover is a huge financial burden	families who have recently left the confines of a shelter

Over 3000 food boxes are packed and delivered.

Over 1500 volunteers give their time to sort, pack and deliver food boxes.

Foods that cannot be used are sent to food banks and shelters across the GTA.

Each food box contains most of the essentials needed for the Seder meal and for the week of Passover.

The Passover Food Drive is helped by our very generous corporate sponsors. Click to see the names of our sponsors and visit their Web sites.

As another initiative of the Passover Food Drive we have expanded our scope of service to provide holiday baskets to the wider community, Seder meals and essential food for women and children who have recently left the confines of a shelter.

Shabbat candles

haggadot with English or Russian translation

wine

grape juice

matzah

matzah meal

farfel

matzah ball mix

gefilte fish

canned tuna

vegetable soup mix

potato latke mix

frozen chicken

spices

condiments

honey

jam

baking supplies

cake meal

cake mix

gelatin dessert mix

cereal

chocolate

sweets