Direct Service

Please join us for one of these food insecurity programs: 

• Chapman Partnership Miami Food service on the 3^rd Monday of every month at 5:00pm. Contact Carolyn West west@gmail.com

• Food Rescue every Sunday at 10:00am, in Miami Midtown. Need SUV or truck. Contact Rabbi Jacobs rabbijacobs@tbsmb.org to join the WhatsApp group and learn more.

• Blessings in a Backpack for our school communities. A direct service program that provides “backpacks” of snacks for food-insecure schoolchildren right here in our Miami Beach neighborhood. Great opportunity for kids. At TBS. Co-Chairs: Tiffany Hurwitz, Kelsey Levey, Sari Levine, and Marina Ganopoolsky. Dates: October 17, January 23, April 10.
• Bags of Happiness for our schools. Please join us in assembling hundreds of bags of food to benefit the students and families at local schools in Overtown. We meet at Muss Park to assemble healthy food bags for these students. Co-Chairs:  Andrea Wagner  , Rachel Unger, Carrie Wiesenfeld, and Ellie Feldman. 
• Host a PB&J party  to address school food insecurity amongst unhoused communities in downtown Miami. Contact Rachel Umlas.

• Project Isaiah benefiting the Kosher Food Bank (over the High Holy Days).  Contact Jeff Agron jagron@tbsmb.org

• Village Freedge Food Pantry. The Village (FREE)DGE is committed to empowering and uplifting the underserved communities of South Florida. They serve as a vital community hub providing food security, essential supplies, and a safe-haven for families experiencing hardship and our unhoused population. Co-Chairs: Karen Rivo and Natalie Broidy. Dates: Thursday, December 10 at 9:00 am, and a date tbs in the Spring. You can also go any day of the week except Sunday

• Nourish Miami Food Pantry and Kitchen. Nourish Miami turns Miami’s extraordinary culinary abundance into something even better — a hot meal, served with dignity, to a neighbor who needed one. Volunteer Community Chefs work under the supervision of the on-duty Kitchen Manager and are responsible for general kitchen duties such as receiving and sorting deliveries, prepping ingredients, cooking, serving food, and cleaning up. Captain: Adam Snitzer. Register here.

Other Direct Service Projects:

• Beach Clean-Ups. Join a dedicated group of eco-minded volunteers for beach, dune and park clean-ups in and around Miami Beach. Help to keep our city beautiful and protect the ocean and waterways for all of us and future generations.   Co-Chairs: Doris Galindo, Stacy Savett and Michelle Blaze Kane. Dates: September 6, Mitzvah Day, and April 4.  
• The Lotus House. The Lotus House seeks to improve the lives of homeless women, youth, and children. Please join us for a day filled with cooking, decorating baked goods, assembling craft projects, gardening, serving meals, and a lot more. We will host a day of fun, music, food and other activities. Captain: Jill Peeling. Date: December 6.  
• Chapman Partnership Holiday Party. Join us for a special holiday party at Chapman in Miami where we will give our gifts, serve food and engage in fun and games for the holiday. Captain: Suzie Sponder. Date: December 24.