In the spring of 2021, COVID still kept many seniors shut in. JEEP was not yet allowed into many senior facilities.
We planned for 80 Passover meals. By Shabbos, we had delivered 127.
At one facility, five of the Jewish residents were over 100 years old. One woman cried.
One volunteer read the Haggadah with a frail resident. “You could see his soul sparked up,” the volunteer said.
“I felt like I was part of the ‘army’ sent out to help fellow Jews wherever they are.”
A volunteer who delivered Seder meals
A long-time volunteer said: “I was taken aback by the fact that there are so many Jews in need, scattered throughout the city, in way out places that JEEP somehow finds.”
Headlights called that issue “Breaking the Chains of Isolation.” That fall, JEEP also brought Rosh Hashanah dinners to isolated seniors.
To help at the next holiday, drive a meal or sponsor a holiday dinner.
Adapted from Headlights, Spring–Summer 2021.