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SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011	Corey Bearak
	(718) 343-6779

JEWISH COMMUNITY ORGANIZES FOOD DRIVE

Jewish community organizations and agencies join with local elected officials to kick off the Eighth Annual "Harmony initiative (Hi) Pre-Passover Food Drive," Sunday, March 13, 2011, 12:30 p.m. at the Samuel Y, 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, announced Chairman Corey Bearak and President Jack Friedman of the Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council (NEQJCC), which organized the program, which runs through April 15. "We encourage donations of unopened non-perishable foods such as baby food, beans, pasta, rice, canned food at collection points through out northeast Queens," stated Gail Eisenberg, the NEQJCC's Executive Director who coordinates participation

Borough President Helen Marshall, Members of Congress Gary Ackerman, Gregory Meeks and Anthony Weiner, State Senators Toby Stavisky and Tony Avella, Assembly Members Barbara Clark, Rory Lancman, David Weprin and Ed Braunstein, and Council Members Leroy Comrie, James Gennaro, Dan Halloran, Peter Koo and Mark Weprin join NEQJCC, the largest regional Jewish community council in the Greater New York area, to sponsor this program with UJA-Federation of New York, Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, Samuel Field Y, and many local synagogues and schools. "We want to fight hidden hunger in the community," stated Mr. Bearak. Additional dropoff sites includes Marathon Jewish Community Center, Hollis Hills Jewish Center, and Council Member James Gennaro's community office. For Information call NEQJCC Executive Director Gail Eisenberg at (718) 225-6750 x247.

Photos by NEQJCC Photographer Joseph Levine follow.

Photo Caption: NEQJCC Executive Director Gail Eisenberg and Chairman Corey Bearak, Member of Assembly Ed Braunstein, Y Executive Director Steve Goodman and Associate Executive Jeri Mendelsohn with teen volunteers from the Y kick the Hi food drive.

Photo Caption: NEQJCC Chair Executive Director Gail Eisenberg, Vice President Ethel Levine, Chairman Corey Bearak, Vice President Corinne Steel, Member of Assembly David Weprin, Council Member Mark Weprin, State Senators Toby Stavisky and Tony Avella, Y Executive Director Steve Goodman and Associate Executive Jeri Mendelsohn with teen volunteers from the Y kick the Hi food drive.