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We are proud to announce our 2009 High Holiday Food and Fund Drive to support Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Our drive will assist Second Harvest to feed those struggling to eat during these tough economic times.

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Food and Fund Drive

We are proud to announce our 2009 High Holiday Food and Fund Drive to support Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Our drive will assist Second Harvest to feed those struggling to eat during these tough economic times.

Each month Second Harvest serves an average of 207,566 people, a 17% increase over last year. For many callers, this is the first time they are tapping into the Food Bank’s services. Let’s do our part to make sure no child, senior or family goes hungry this holiday season. I invite you to participate in supporting our community.

Where and How? ONLINE: Go to www.VirtualHarvest.net to make a monetary donation.  Every dollar donated can provide two meals. Choose Donor type: Congregations and choose our organization’s name Congregation Kol Emeth.  (Team is not applicable.) Then click on the NEXT button.  You will then be taken to the “virtual store” where you can select specific items to donate.  If you don’t want to donate specific items, scroll to the bottom of that page whenre you will see a box that allows you to enter a specific amount.

This message is off my normal topic but is very important.  With so many people having to choose between paying rent/mortgage and buy food for their families, the Second Harvest Food Bank is in need of our help.  The advantage of donating online, instead of bringing in bags of food is that Second Harvest can buy far more food per dollar then we can buy.  Any size of donation is helpful and greatly appreciated.