community

One Sunday morning each month between September and May, religious school classes and committee members prepare cold meals from foods donated by Temple Beth-El members, including religious school families and committee members. We deliver the food to a local agency, Crossroads Rhode Island, that distributes the sandwiches, packages of carrots and celery sticks, and trail mix to the homeless who might otherwise go hungry on a day when soup kitchens are closed. 

During the High Holy Days, we distribute empty grocery bags on Rosh Hashanah and Temple Beth-El members return them with specific foods and other essential items on Yom Kippur. Everything is sorted and distributed to food pantries and soup kitchens in Providence and Pawtucket.