It is again the season for OZ’s Erev Thanksgiving and Erev Christmas Gleaning Project and Eli Zabar is again extending his generosity to donate food from some of his retail outlets. Thanksgiving falls on Nov. 28 so that our Gleaning Project will take place on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 27. The Gleaning Project on Erev Christmas will take place on Tuesday evening, Dec. 24.
As in past years, the Gleaning will take place at Eli’s Market on Third Avenue/80th Street and Eli’s Essentials outlets at 87th Street/Lexington Avenue, 91st Street/Madison Avenue and 73rd Street/Madison Avenue.
We will be sending out additional notices with more information about what activities will be at each location and with the start times of the events.
The Gleaning Project has always been a wonderful project for the children of the OZ community. For some, it is the first lesson towards understanding that there are many members of this and other communities within New York City who are not as fortunate as most of us are. But for what we gather and deliver many recepients would be without Holiday meals. For many it becomes the primary meal for more than one day.
Contact Jeff Haberman If you’d like to volunteer: jeff32449@verizon.net