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In the Sustenance Center, Gural JCC Executive Director Amy Mosery and her predecessor, Joel Block, showed how clients can “shop” for food.

A two-ton donation of kosher Passover food will be delivered by Stop & Shop to the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC Sustenance Center in Cedarhurst on March 20. The delivery, part of the supermarket chain’s community outreach program, will help further the JCC’s mission to aid people in need. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/15/18

Stop & Shop is donating two tons of of kosher food earmarked for Passover to the Gural JCC Sustenance Center. Above, new JCC Executive Director Amy Mosery and predecessor Joel Block looked in the center last month.

Stop & Shop donates two tons of kosher food to Gural JCC

After a loss of food following a power outage on March 2, the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC Sustenance Center and its Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry will receive a donation of two tons of kosher Passover food from Stop & Shop on March 13. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/8/18

Celebrating the Five Towns giving spirit

It’s nearly time to pass the potatoes, cook the big bird and celebrate Thanksgiving. It's a holiday that suggests helping others and supporting charities, similar to how the Native Americans helped the Pilgrims through their first year of establishing a colony. more

By Diana Colapietro | 11/16/16

JCC Executive Director Joel and Director of Development Stacey Feldman packed a food basket.

JCC food pantry needs your help

Helping people who need a hand and ensuring that they can celebrate Thanksgiving similar to their neighbors is the goal of the Rina Shklonik Kosher Food Pantry on Central Avenue in Woodmere that is run by the Marion and Aaron Gural JCC. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/18/15

For volunteers, to give is to get

Since April is National Volunteer Month, let’s consider what volunteering really is: a vital part of every community . . . more

4/16/15

Food pantries offer hope across Nassau County

Imagine being a recent immigrant without access to much, a senior citizen on a fixed income forced to count every penny or anyone who has recently endured a major trauma. These are the people who rely on others for help at food pantries across Nassau County. Nassau is the 13th wealthiest... more

By Nathan Weiser | 1/2/15

The JCC of the Greater Five Towns helps operate the largest kosher food pantry on Long Island. JCC Executive Director Joel Block and Director of Development Stacey Feldman packed a food basket.

Food pantry feeds a community need

In May, needing help to supplement her earnings as a part-time school bus matron for a Nassau County transportation company, Joan R. of Rosedale, Queens, walked into the Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry on Central Avenue in Woodmere, which is sponsored by the JCC of the Greater Five Towns. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/12/14

Five Towns Community Chest and the JCC of the greater Five Towns work together to help their neighbors in need.

Providing the help its neighbors need

Five Towns Community Chest is proudly associated with 24 local agencies and affiliates which provide various services to Five Towns residents. Community Chest strives to financially assist organizations that work to improve the community in any way they can, such as the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Five Towns. more

By Diane Liguori | 8/20/14

This month, thank a volunteer — and become one

No community would be what it is without volunteers. April is National Volunteer Month . . . more

4/10/14

Hunger is all around us, yet it doesn't have to be

The recent vote by Congress to cut $40 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the food stamp program known as SNAP — over the next 10 years is alarming. more

10/10/13

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