Donations of kosher grocery items and baby care products are sought for the 2017 March Madness Community Needs Drive to help families facing financial difficulties. Several Jewish organizations, schools, and synagogues are serving as drop-off locations for donations of tuna, peanut butter, cereal, and baby supplies such as diapers, pull-ups, wipes and baby shampoo. Donations will be distributed by the Anja Rosenberg Kosher Food Pantry of Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford, and Families in Crisis, a Hartford-based organization that serves families of those incarcerated. Drop-off locations include:

Congregation Beth Ahm, 362 Palisado Avenue, Windsor
Congregation Kol Haverim, 1079 Hebron Avenue, Glastonbury
Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek Shalom, 55 Bushy Hill Road, Simsbury
Hebrew High School of New England, 300 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford
Sigel Hebrew Academy, 53 Gabb Road, Bloomfield
Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford
Solomon Schechter Day School, 26 Buena Vista Road, West Hartford
Temple Beth Hillel, 20 Baker Lane, South Windsor
Temple Sinai, 41 West Hartford Road, Newington

A community drop-off day will also be held on Sunday, March 26, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the Community Services Building parking lot at 333 Bloomfield Avenue in West Hartford.

For more information: jschubert@jewishhartford.org or (860) 727-6139.