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“Hero” Leah Raich helps keep Stamford emergency personnel well fed

On April 16, Leah Raich had expected to be in Israel celebrating her bat mitzvah with family. Instead, she was at home, quarantined, attending school virtually, cut off from friends, hoping to stay safe from the pandemic sweeping across the world. 

Not that Leah, a 7th-grader at Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy, felt sorry for herself. To the contrary, she felt a need to help those struggling at this time. 

She came up with an idea to help support Beldotti Bakery, Stamford’s kosher bakery, while also helping our emergency workers.  

“I’m raising money to send a variety of individually wrapped baked goods – smile cookies, muffins, bagels, donuts, etc. – to Stamford emergency and critical care workers over the next few weeks,” she wrote in a letter to the community. “This way emergency workers feel supported by the community in these hard times and Beldotti Bakery gets more business,” helping it to stay afloat.

Leah’s heroic efforts brought in $5,500 to Beldotti’s, which was used to deliver eight weeks worth of individually-wrapped treats and bagel breakfasts to workers at Stamford Hospital and Stamford Police Department. 

Leah’s favorite Beldotti’s treat: the smiley face cookie. Because, she explains, “I wanted to support Beldotti Bakery, while also helping Stamford’s emergency workers by bringing smiles to their faces.”

Main Photo: Leah Raich delivers a box of treat from Beldotti Bakery to the Stamford Police Dept. as part of her bat mitzvah project.

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