{"id":43880,"date":"2024-03-22T01:29:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T08:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=43880"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:51:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T22:51:05","slug":"a-successful-year-for-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2024\/03\/22\/a-successful-year-for-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"A successful year for Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtney Cohen with Richmond Jewish Day School students, who generously collected personal hygiene items for this year\u2019s Rose\u2019s Angels. (photo from Rose\u2019s Angels)<\/i><\/p>\n

The 11th annual Rose\u2019s Angels event just wrapped up. This year, the initiative was able to give donations to 15 not-for-profits in Richmond that service some of the most vulnerable people in the city, including Richmond Family Place, Mamas for Mamas, Turning Point Recovery Society, JFS Grocery Program (formerly the Jewish Food Bank), Richmond Food Bank, Tikva Housing and Pathways Clubhouse.<\/p>\n

Rose\u2019s Angels was created in 2012 by Courtney Cohen and Lynne Fader, in memory of Cohen\u2019s grandmothers, Rose Lewin and Babs Cohen, both of whom modeled philanthropy and instilled in Cohen the importance of giving back within her community.\u00a0 <\/span>Rose\u2019s Angels is run under the umbrella of the Kehila Society of Richmond.<\/p>\n

Among the goods donated were essential personal care items, non-perishable food, pet food, children\u2019s arts and crafts, books and baby formula. For many of the receiving agencies, baby formula was one of the top priority items this year \u2013 Rose\u2019s Angels was able to donate many\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

baby formula cans and ready-to-feed bottles to Mamas for Mamas and the food bank, for instance.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a new mom myself, I can\u2019t imagine the feeling of not having the accessibility or means to get my baby formula,\u201d said Cohen. \u201cWith the ever-rising cost of inflation and the toll it\u2019s having on families and single parents, formula is becoming more of a challenge to obtain. We received this email post-event from one of our partner agencies regarding our donation of formula:\u00a0 <\/span>\u2018I can\u2019t tell you what it means to us and so many families!\u00a0 <\/span>We had another mom come in from the hospital yesterday.\u00a0 <\/span>They use one of the types of formula you donated, and she felt like her prayers had been answered!\u2019 Stories like these make me so proud to carry on the Rose\u2019s Angels legacy year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For many of Rose\u2019s Angels\u2019 receiving agencies, baby formula was one of the top priority items this year. (photo from Rose\u2019s Angels)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The success of Rose\u2019s Angels would not be possible without the support and dedication of donors, volunteers and community members. This year, donation letters were sent out to partner agencies, family friends and community members in January. In February, monetary and physical donations were collected, Richmond Jewish Day School hosted a hygiene items collection drive and grocery store gift cards were purchased. Earlier this month, donations were packaged and delivered with the help of volunteers to the 15 not-for-profits.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy parents and grandparents taught me to recognize and respond to the needs of others with kindness and generosity,\u201d said Cohen. \u201cI hope to instil in my daughter the importance of tikkun olam<\/i> (repairing the world), by focusing on one mitzvah at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you would like to learn more about or donate to Rose\u2019s Angels, email rosesangelsevent@gmail.com<\/a> or call the Kehila Society of Richmond at 604-241-9270.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Courtesy Rose\u2019s Angels<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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