Greenwich JCC Kids Provide Donations to Food Pantry

For Thanksgiving, children from Greenwich and Stamford worked together across communities to create Thanksgiving food baskets for people experiencing financial difficulties.

Greenwich kids in grades K-2 got out their measuring spoons to create rainbow bean soup jars as part of the Sunday Funday program at JCC Greenwich. The jars were donated to the Kosher Food Pantry at Jewish Family Service in Stamford and were subsequently organized into Thanksgiving food baskets by 3rd through 6th graders from Chai 5 Chessed Club of Chabad House Stamford.

Leah Schechter, Assistant Director of JCC Greenwich, says “It is a wonderful thing to be a part of helping our kids learn that even though they are young, they can make an incredible difference in the lives of others.”

Co-Director of Chabad of Stamford, Leah Shemtov said, “Our Mitzvah Club collected food and then partnered with JFS to prepare the Thanksgiving bags. What a fun surprise to find one of the items being put in, had been prepared by another kids group! We truly felt like a community coming together from all sides to do good for others!”

Both the Sunday Funday program at JCC Greenwich and the Chai 5 Mitzvah Club at Chabad of Stamford meet monthly to provide hands on experiential learning programs infused with the values of giving and doing for others.

JCC Greenwich is an independent non-profit organization that provides exemplary programming for children and adults in our community. Families interested in JCC Greenwich programs may contact Leah Schechter at 203-552-1818 or Leah@jccgreenwich.org. For more information, visit jccgreenwich.org. To learn more about the Chai 5 Mitzvah Club at Chabad of Stamford visit chabadstamford.org or contact Leah Shemtov at 203-3CHABAD ext 418 or morahleah@chabadstamford.org.

Contributed photo: ​Greenwich children make rainbow bean soup jars at a JCC Greenwich program that were donated to the Jewish Family Service’s Kosher Food Pantry for Thanksgiving.