JASA Participates in "Pack It Up For Purim!"

Every year Jews around the world celebrate Purim, commemorating the deliverance of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from Haman's plot to annihilate them.

As Jewish New Yorkers prepare to celebrate this special holiday, UJA-Federation is teaming up with Americorps'  to help defeat hunger in our community.

Pack It Up for Purim,  is a communitywide effort to create 1,000 food packages for needy New Yorkers. You too can become part of the Purim tradition of mishloach manot: to offer a food package to a neighbor.

JASA centers around the city will serve as drop-off sites for food packages from March 3 to March 10.

  
  Purim Package Shopping List:
  1 box of whole-grain cereal or oatmeal

  1 box of pasta

  1 can of vegetables (carrots, tomatoes, corn)

  1 bag of rice

  1 box of 100 percent fruit juice

  1 package of dried fruit or granola bars

  1 can of tuna
  1 package of dried beans (or canned beans or peas)
  1 jar of peanut butter (plastic containers only)

  1 dessert (non-perishable)

Team up with your neighbors, your friends, your family and arrange a package today. Then drop off your package at the most convenient JASA site starting March 3 thru March 10. Your generosity will provide a safety net for the impoverished in New York!