{"id":36511,"date":"2021-03-19T01:43:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T08:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=36511"},"modified":"2021-03-18T13:22:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T20:22:06","slug":"angels-deliver-despite-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2021\/03\/19\/angels-deliver-despite-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels deliver despite COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outside Richmond Jewish Day School, Courtney Cohen accepts a donation to Rose\u2019s Angels, which was collected by RJDS students and staff. (photo from Rose\u2019s Angels)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This past February, the eighth annual Rose\u2019s Angels event took place, although it looked very different from that of previous years, due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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Courtney Cohen outside the Richmond Food Bank, delivering donations. (photo from Rose\u2019s Angels)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rose\u2019s Angels, which is under the umbrella of the Kehila Society of Richmond, was founded in memory of Courtney Cohen\u2019s grandmothers, Rose Lewin and Babs Cohen. It was established after Courtney Cohen and family friend Lynne Fader came together to discuss how to best honour the grandmothers, while giving back to the community \u2013 Rose Lewin and Babs Cohen were both very philanthropic and instilled this value in their families. Since its inception in 2013, Rose\u2019s Angels has donated more than 6,000 care packages to not-for-profit organizations within the City of Richmond.<\/p>\n

With the pandemic impacting not-for-profits around the city, Cohen and Fader knew it was essential to push forward and fundraise for donation items and monetary gifts for recipient agencies. Gift cards, slippers, non-perishables, toiletries and feminine hygiene products were among the donations received from the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe adapted and innovated this February\u2019s event to allow for volunteers to still play an integral role,\u201d said Cohen. \u201cVolunteers assisted with pickup and delivery of the bulk donation items to our recipient agencies. Volunteers are an essential part of Rose\u2019s Angels and we truly appreciate their support and dedication year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A donation of hygiene products. (photo from Rose\u2019s Angels)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rose\u2019s Angels donated to 12 Richmond not-for-profit agencies servicing those most vulnerable. Among these agencies were Turning Point Recovery Society, Light of Shabbat (Chabad of Richmond), Richmond Family Place, Tikva Housing, Richmond Food Bank, Pathways Clubhouse, and Nova Transition House (Chimo Community Services).<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough we were unable to host our large community care-package event in person this February, our community came together in another wonderful way,\u201d said Cohen. \u201cPeople donated generously and this allowed us to purchase specific items that were both needed and wanted by our recipient agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cWe look forward to 2022, when we can have our amazing volunteers together again to safely assemble the Rose\u2019s Angels care packages.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about Rose\u2019s Angels, or to make a donation, contact Cohen or Fader at the Kehila Society of Richmond, 604-241-9270, rosesangelsevent@gmail.com<\/a> or via kehilasociety.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Outside Richmond Jewish Day School, Courtney Cohen accepts a donation to Rose\u2019s Angels, which was collected by RJDS students and staff. (photo from Rose\u2019s Angels) This past February, the eighth annual Rose\u2019s Angels event took place, although it looked very different from that of previous years, due to COVID-19. Rose\u2019s Angels, which is under the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9717,3233,9784,3231,3232,2763,1049,1353,3230,1959,5877],"class_list":["post-36511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-coronavirus","tag-courtney-cohen","tag-covid-19","tag-kehila-society","tag-lynne-fader","tag-philanthropy","tag-richmond-jewish-day-school","tag-rjds","tag-roses-angels","tag-tikkun-olam","tag-volunteerism"],"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\/36511","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=36511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}