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Crown Heights Schools to Offer Breakfast, Lunch for Pickup

Crown Heights schools Lubavitch Yeshiva, Oholei Torah and Bais Rivkah will be offering breakfast and lunch for pickup for students while schools remain closed. Full Story

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mendel
March 15, 2020 3:31 pm

This is a beautiful thing. Some families cannot afford food each day, my self included. ( Yes this probably has to do with government funding lets not fool ourselves)

However this also highlights the need in this community for something to be done about school tuition. I’m totally using my credit card (in other words, going into debt) for tuition. In Williamsburg, they have a cap of $2000 per family (from what I hear)Something like this needs to be done in this community. Geverim, the One Above has given you so that you can help. Your community is first.

also a mendel
March 15, 2020 5:45 pm

Imagine if this was an ongoing offering. If one or some folks blessed with lotsa money funded a free soup kitchen offering two meals a day – breakfast and supper, for anyone who wanted food. Yes, a few people would take advantage, but most people who would use the service would truly need it. can be pickup vs eat in, to save on space and embarrassment. (And the truly “entrepreneuring” could probably figure out a way to get some government funding by partnering with schools who would be providing “school” lunch, and senior programs, ETC.). BUT, yes, I’m guilty here… Read more »

Masbia
Reply to  also a mendel
March 16, 2020 8:50 am

You can see what they are doing

Erev Pesach
March 15, 2020 11:46 pm

Quite simply,this could be a help to mothers preparing for Pesach and having kids home.

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