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Project Pushcart 2021
Project Pushcart 2021
During the High Holidays, VBS congregants lend support to those in need throughout our greater community.
What We Are Collecting
VBS Food Bank Collection
Help VBS and SOVA alleviate hunger together. The VBS Food Bank helped feed more than 1,000 hungry families last year. Item drop off available at VBS beginning on Erev Rosh Hashanah and throughout Yom Kippur. Urgently needed items include:
- Tuna
- Mac & Cheese
- Canned Soup
- Peanut Butter 16oz
- Canned Fruit
- Canned Tomato Sauce 16oz
Non-expired food items only. No glass containers. No Costco/bulk size items, please.
Adult Shoe Collection
VBS supports the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission, working to make homelessness history by offering immediate assistance and long-term solutions to those experiencing poverty and hunger. You can help by bringing gently used or new shoes in all adult styles for donation.
Women’s Center Collection
Help women in Los Angeles find a path to personal stability. The Downtown Women’s Center is on a mission to end homelessness for women through housing, wellness, employment and advocacy. We are collecting brand new women’s underwear in sizes 4-8 (XS-M) for donation.
Bring Donations to VBS
Collection Schedule
Kindly bring your Project Pushcart donations to VBS during Rosh Hashanah, Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur. Donation bins will be located in the Feit Family Garden at the corner of Densmore and Moorpark. Bins will be labeled with the corresponding items we are collecting in them. Please put donations in the proper bin with care. You may drop off donations any time before, during or after services, even if you are not attending services on site.
Project Pushcart donation bins will be out on the following schedule:
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Erev Rosh Hashanah (Monday, September 6):
5:30-7:00pm -
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 (Tuesday, September 7):
8:00am-2:00pm -
Rosh Hashanah Day 2 (Wednesday, September 8):
8:00-10:30am -
Kol Nidre (Wednesday, September 15):
5:30-8:30pm -
Yom Kippur (Thursday, September 16):
7:30am-2:00pm
Get In Touch
VBS Chesed Connection
Nitzan Barlev, Volunteer Engagement and Community Organizing Coordinator
818.530.4035 | nbarlev@vbs.org | vbs.org/act
Sat, October 12 2024
10 Tishrei 5785