News from Kol Ami

on Sunday, 23 August 2015.

by Marleine Kay

Kol Ami…..

Helping to repair the world

…..one Mitzvah at a time

For every time that we have tugged at our waistbands after a hearty meal and joyfully proclaimed that we are “totally stuffed”, a Canadian child has cried with hunger, a mother’s heart has sunk knowing she cannot feed her children and somewhere on the planet a person has died of malnutrition.

This is 2015 and we live in a world of plenty yet,

• approximately 805 million people worldwide, most of them in developing countries, do not have enough to eat
• 1 in 4 children in the world are physically and/or cognitively underdeveloped due to malnutrition
• nearly half (45%) of deaths of children under 5 are caused by poor nutrition
• in Canada alone each month, close to 850,000 Canadians are assisted by food banks, and 36.4% of those helped are children and youth

WHAT CAN WE DO?
As a congregation we cannot solve world hunger issues or feed every hungry person in Canada, but we can make a difference on Yom Kippur by helping to fill the food bins from Vaughan Food Bank to capacity and then some more. The bins will be placed in the foyer as usual. Please be as kind and generous as possible. A few extra non-perishable items added to your weekly grocery shopping, from now until Yom Kippur, will help to feed a struggling hungry family here on our very own doorstep.

SUGGESTED ITEMS

• tinned salmon and tuna
• various types of tinned beans; peas; tinned protein etc.
• pasta and pasta sauces; Mac Cheese
• rice, quinoa, barley, oats, dried legumes etc.
• tinned fruit; tinned milk
• baby food
• cat and dog food

Because we are Kol Ami, together we CAN make a difference