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Family Volunteer Day Event: Food Pantry Drive 2026
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Family Volunteer Day Event: Food Pantry Drive 2026

Miriam Arond2026-01-20T14:26:47-05:00January 20th, 2026|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, General|Tags: charity drives, food drive, family volunteer day, mary j. blige center, food pantry, MLK|

More than 95 volunteers gathered at Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) Headquarters in White Plains on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for a Family Volunteer Event. Children and their parents assembled 50 Winter Hug Care Packages filled with soup cans, hot cocoa packets, tea bags, milk cartons, mittens, Teddy Bears, and hats that will be distributed families in need through our Food Pantry at the WJCS Mary J. Blige Center in Yonkers, NY. Participants also donated 20 cases of pasta, rice, beans, crackers, cereal, shelf stable milk, and more. "These community donations of essential goods are so important to ...

Family Volunteer Event: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Miriam Arond2026-01-13T14:25:17-05:00January 13th, 2026|Categories: Volunteer|Tags: family volunteer day, food pantry|

On Monday, January 19, 2026, in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., WJCS is hosting a Family Volunteer Event. We are inviting families with children of all ages to participate in collecting nonperishable food items and packing “Winter Hug” care packages with soup, cocoa, hats, and mittens for the Westchester community. This is a great opportunity for families to bond and teach children the values of volunteerism and helping others. Our Westchester families need our help now more than ever. With the rising cost of EVERYTHING and the reduction in support and benefits, families are struggling to buy food. Our school-based clinicians ...

Family Volunteer Day Event: Personal Care Kit Drive 2025
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Family Volunteer Day Event: Personal Care Kit Drive 2025

Miriam Arond2025-11-19T13:19:57-05:00November 18th, 2025|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: personal care kit, charity drive, hygiene kit, family volunteer day|

Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) was proud to host its first Family Volunteer Day Event on Veteran's Day, November 11, 2025, at Headquarters in White Plains, NY. Approximately 60 children, parents, families, and local community groups, including Girl Scouts Troops #2190 and #2775, and members of the Young Men’s Service League of Westchester gathered at WJCS to volunteer their time. Donors contributed nearly $3,000 in much-needed supplies for hygiene kits that will be distributed to WJCS Satellite School-based Clinics in 11 different schools located in Peekskill, Elmsford, Rye, Eastchester, and Yonkers. Volunteers packed 206 Personal Care Kits filled with ...