Blavatnik Family Food Bank - Salei Mazon

once it took weeks for a boat to transport us overseas passenger jet gets us there in a matter of hours once it took days for a letter to reach its destination gets there instantly once breaking news had become history by the time we read about it in the newspaper now we can watch History happening in real time and once it was an achievement to feed a handful of poor people now we can help thousands avoid poverty and hunger thanks to colel haban we are now in one of the largest and most sophisticated food distribution operations in all of Israel this Warehouse belongs to Kole Chabad we've been dedicated to alleviating hunger among Israel's poorest for over 200 years without regard for gender family status age background or degree of religious observance located in the town of kiriat Malachi this Warehouse is the nerve center of the single biggest ongoing food lift in Israel it's called Saleh Mazon operation food crates using the most sophisticated technology for ordering packaging quality control tracking and distribution operation Saleh Mazon fills the pantries of 5 000 impoverished families every single month and provides these families with the necessary ingredients to prepare Three Square meals a day each family receives three crates crammed with shelf-stable Foods canned goods hostas cooking oil flour sugar root vegetables condiments paper goods cleansers and more enough to enable the family to survive for an entire month but that's not all every delivery is made with a smile foreign foreign major Jewish holidays like Passover and Rosh Hashanah an additional 25 000 families received Saleh Mazon holiday shipments include fresh fish and poultry as well as special holiday treats for children all the families are identified and selected by the professional Municipal social workers of 70 municipalities social worker has a caseload of 200 to 250 families and they single out the neediest of the needy this way we reach the poor anywhere and everywhere additionally we have expanded to new levels we now have a chain of low-cost supermarkets where families can come and buy food products at a third of the retail price the provides families that might not normally come to a food pantry with the opportunity to come get the help they need food is the basic need of every person when there is no food at home a mother can't care for her children a father can't work a job the children can't focus at school with no food they don't have anything what began as Israel's largest network of soup kitchens feeding the Aged and indigent has grown into a model of sophistication that can identify and feed anyone anywhere in Israel yet the sad truth is that we have a long way to go thousands more families need and deserve salima's own yes we can easily Source the necessary food and supplies and indeed our staff and volunteers are ready to roll up their sleeves and fill thousands more crates and deliver them wherever and whenever it doesn't take a miracle to feed these families it takes love it takes generosity it takes the profound belief that no person should ever go hungry Soleil mozon eliminating hunger in Israel five thousand families at a time thank you