{"id":28001,"date":"2018-03-02T03:39:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T11:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=28001"},"modified":"2018-03-01T22:27:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T06:27:46","slug":"angels-share-warmth-and-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2018\/03\/02\/angels-share-warmth-and-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels share warmth and love"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 70 volunteers came out Feb. 11 to help Rose\u2019s Angels pack care bundles. (photo by Lianne Cohen)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The fifth annual Rose\u2019s Angels was a success by every measure. This year, project co-founders Courtney Cohen and Lynne Fader facilitated multiple donors of goods in-kind and financial, led six months of collecting items and gathered more than 70 volunteers to pack more than 1,100 care bundles, plus additional bulk packages for Richmond-based outreach agencies.<\/p>\n

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Some of the care packages were specifically for children in need. (photo by Lianne Cohen)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seventeen Richmond agencies \u2013 as well as Jewish Family Services\u2019 Jewish Food Bank and Salvation Army\u2019s\u00a0Deborah\u2019s Gate, both Vancouver-based programs \u2013 received these bundles. Each bag contained warm clothing items, hygiene products and food, among other things, to make a recipient\u2019s day a little easier, and each was created to be specifically for men, women or children. The bags included a special note from the Rose\u2019s Angels family, expressing hope that the items bring some enjoyment and a smile.<\/p>\n

Agency recipients also included Touchstone Family Association, Chimo Community Services, Richmond High\u2019s Colt Young Parent Program, Tikva Housing Society\u2019s Storeys residence, Heart of Richmond AIDS Society, Richmond Mental Health, SUCCESS, Richmond Food Bank, Turning Point Recovery Society, Richmond Family Place, Pathways Clubhouse, Chabad Richmond\u2019s Light of Shabbat Meals program and Gilmore Park Community Meal.<\/p>\n

Cohen, who sits on the Kehila Society\u2019s board of directors in the outreach position, and Fader, Kehila\u2019s co-executive director, created Rose\u2019s Angels to honour the memories and spirits of Cohen\u2019s grandmothers, Rose Lewin and Babs Cohen. The note included with the bundles, said, \u201cWe share with you the long-lasting love and warmth these ladies conveyed.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those wishing to make a donation to Rose\u2019s Angels or to get involved with the Kehila Society, contact the society office at 604-241-9270.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 70 volunteers came out Feb. 11 to help Rose\u2019s Angels pack care bundles. (photo by Lianne Cohen) The fifth annual Rose\u2019s Angels was a success by every measure. This year, project co-founders Courtney Cohen and Lynne Fader facilitated multiple donors of goods in-kind and financial, led six months of collecting items and gathered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3169,3230,1959,5807],"class_list":["post-28001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-charity","tag-roses-angels","tag-tikkun-olam","tag-volunteering"],"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\/28001","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=28001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}