A Word from our Fans

The Blackman family are awesome JRA volunteers. They were among the first families to take advantage of our Early/Late Route Pick-up Program which allowed them to fit in Hebrew school and JRA on distribution days. Here's Sara Blackman's take on the JRA experience:

"JRA is a great community service to do. You go in long lines and pack boxes with food. You can volunteer to hand out the food, collect food and put it in the boxes, give out boxes, or sometimes even fold the boxes. After all of the packing is done, you get your route and hit the road. Then you deliver the boxes to the people on your route.
I just love seeing the happy faces of the people my family delivers to. It’s just so fun."

Sara Blackman- 11 yrs old

Cake For All!

Today we said goodbye to our two interns from Barrack Hebrew Academy.  They have done such a great job and we were so pleased to have them.  Yesterday, for their final task, we asked them to go out to a residency by the distribution warehouse so that they can correctly map out the building.  It took them a while, but it will definitely make life easier for all of the volunteers.  To show our appreciation for them we celebrated by eating cake!  It was the same cake that we have at the distributions, however it was much smaller.  My mouth (Amy's) was blue for a good hour, oh how I love that stuff.  It reminds me of that blue sunscreen that when you rub it in it disappears, but when I would rub i on my children, my hands would turn blue and I would look like a smurf.   ANYWAY, that's all for now.  I'll check in more with you all later this week.

A Rainy Adventure

Although we were unable to make it to JRA's May distribution event on Sunday, we were able to do our part today. Despite yesterday's awful weather, all but seven recipients received their boxes, so today we journeyed to Southampton township to deliver seven boxes. It was both pouring rain and chilly, a perfect day to curl up on the couch, but as soon as we delivered our first box and received a smile and a chocolate bar from a very grateful elderly lady, our trip was well worth it. Hopefully we can attend the next distribution on its actual date but it was good to know that when it comes to helping others in our community, it's better late than never.