Jared Blank’s story about the relationship of dealing with dyslexia and successfully running the World Marathon Challenge is due out on audiobook soon, which will help raise more funds for the International Dyslexia Association. ALSO: Bookfest in Your Living Room; Mother-daughter book…
Before the pandemic, Urban Gleaners collected prepared food from about 150 donors including restaurants, caterers, corporations and grocery stores. “That basically, in a week, disappeared,” says founder Tracy Oseran.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and Challahman teamed up to bring the taste and texture of the High Holidays to seniors living in area retirement communities.
Volunteers at two drop-off sites unloaded 745 meal kits and hundreds of hotel-sized toiletries collected by more than 200 participants to aid the hungry and houseless.
About 5,000 people around the country tuned in to watch Chef Michael Solomonov cook up a Rosh Hashanah feast during a virtual program organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland.
