Spring is in the air and so is the buzz about Passover Seder meals. Yes, It’s that time of year again!
For over 40 years, Jewish Family and Children’s Service (JFCS) volunteers have been delivering Passover Baskets to the homes of our Jewish clients who could not otherwise have a traditional Passover meal. Last year, during the JFCS Matza & More project, volunteers delivered nearly 185 Passover Baskets to the 144 families in need throughout our community.

As the economy slowly recovers this year, many families continue to face financial crisis. JFCS will again try to reach as many families in need with our Passover Baskets and we need volunteers to assemble and deliver Passover baskets.

There are opportunities for individuals, families, children, young adults, seniors, schools and clubs to become involved with Matza & More by donating food, funds or time. We will need help picking up food from collection points, assembling baskets and making friendly visits while delivering baskets. All this activity will happen on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday March 24th, 25th and 26th and if necessary on Sunday the 28th.

You can be an important part of this Mitzvah. Bring your children to help with either the packing or delivering of the JFCS baskets of Matza & More to a family in need to be able to celebrate Passover with all the essentials for Seder. To sign up to be a part of the JFCS Matza & More project, please call or email Jennifer Power, Volunteer and Community Projects Manager at Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Southern Arizona, Inc. My direct line is 795-0300 x2212. My Email is jenniferp@jfcstucson.org.

This year, with the help of Asher Amar of the 5th Street Deli, we will be expanding the contents of the Passover Basket to include a ‘Chicken in Every Pot’. Other items included for the Seder will be; matza meal, Gold sauce (or gravy), matza, grape juice, macaroons, gefilte fish, horseradish and walnuts. Through the continued generosity of Shamrock Foods, we are again able to provide the produce necessary such as: potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, parsley and apples. There will be candles, a Haggadah and a handmade ‘Happy Pesach’ card (from the children of our community)

Another new addition to the baskets this year will be a Pesach Cookbook. We ask that each congregation submit 5 recipe’s for the item being collected by their congregants. We will need these recipes submitted by March 19th.

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We will be gathering food items at the following locations:

• Matza Congregation Anshei Israel
• Grape Juice Congregation Chaverim
• Gefelte Fish Congregation Or Chadash, M’kor Hayim, Chofetz Chayim
• Horseradish Congregation Bet Shalom
• Matza Meal Temple Emanu-El
• Macaroons Tucson Hebrew Academy
• Candles The Chabad on River
• Walnuts Congregation Young Israel
• Gravy or Gold Sauce Ner Tamid, Eshel Avraham
   

You can make a donation to help us with the Matza & More by clicking here or calling 520-795-0300 x2238.