{"id":27462,"date":"2018-01-19T03:50:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T11:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=27462"},"modified":"2018-01-22T20:59:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T04:59:51","slug":"be-an-angel-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2018\/01\/19\/be-an-angel-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Be an angel in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Rose\u2019s Angels provides hygiene care packages, nonperishable food items and warmth bundles to 1,000 Richmond individuals in need. <em>(photo by Lianne Cohen Photography)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The month of February is special because it\u2019s both Heart Month and the birthday month of Rose Lewin, after whom Rose\u2019s Angels is named.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kehila Society\u2019s Rose\u2019s Angels program is celebrating its fifth year this coming February,\u201d said organizer and co-founder Courtney Cohen. \u201cAs the need for care packages has increased every year since our inception, and after receiving feedback and input from service agency\u2019s and their recipients, we\u2019ve been able to extend our outreach efforts this year. This program continues to honour Rose Lewin and Babs Cohen in the truest form of tzedakah and love for our Richmond community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rose\u2019s Angels provides hygiene care packages, nonperishable food items and warmth bundles to 1,000 Richmond individuals in programs such as Richmond Family Place, Salvation Army, Jewish Food Bank, Richmond Food Bank, Kehila Meals on Wheels and other similar Richmond outreach initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>For the care packages, Rose\u2019s Angels are looking for the following items: packaged dried fruit or nuts (raisins, trail mix, etc.); canned foods, such as soup and tuna; boxed foods, like macaroni and cheese, rice and pasta; individually packaged baked goods (granola bars, energy bars, cookies, oatmeal, pudding, Jell-O, etc.) that are still sealed; peanut butter; juice boxes, hot chocolate and tea; individually wrapped chocolates; toiletry items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, floss, soap, mini shampoo\/conditioner and tissues; feminine hygiene products; beauty care products (hair accessories, lotion, makeup); gloves or mittens, both children- and adult-size; toques; and thermal socks.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to come out on Feb. 11 to assist in packaging the bundles or would like to donate items and\/or funds or help with package deliveries, call the Kehila Society office at 604-241-9270 or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rosesangelsevent@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rosesangelsevent@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rose\u2019s Angels provides hygiene care packages, nonperishable food items and warmth bundles to 1,000 Richmond individuals in need. (photo by Lianne Cohen Photography) The month of February is special because it\u2019s both Heart Month and the birthday month of Rose Lewin, after whom Rose\u2019s Angels is named. \u201cThe Kehila Society\u2019s Rose\u2019s Angels program is celebrating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3233,3231,1959],"class_list":["post-27462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-courtney-cohen","tag-kehila-society","tag-tikkun-olam"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}