Interfaith group helps feed the hungry
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About 60 youths and 10 adults gathered May 31 for a Capital Area Interfaith Friends youth service day at the Washington Hebrew Congregation in Potomac to prepare meals for the countys hungry.
Assisted by red apron volunteers from the synagogues Hunger Project, they packed 15,120 meals, exceeding their goal of 10,000, organizers said. The food went to Manna Food Center in Gaithersburg for distribution.
Jewish, Muslim, Zoroastrian, Sikh, Hindu, Bahai, Christian, agnostic and atheist youths participated.
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Capital Area Interfaith Friends
Feeding the hungry About 60 youths and 10 adults gathered May 31 for a Capital Area Interfaith Friends youth service day at the Washington Hebrew Congregation in Potomac to prepare meals for the countys hungry. Assisted by red apron volunteers from the synagogues Hunger Project, they packed 15,120 meals, exceeding their goal of 10,000, organizers said. The food went to Manna Food Center in Gaithersburg for distribution. Among the participants were (from left) Olivia Smith Elnaggar, Barbara Sonies (in red apron), Hamzah Khan, Zafi Khan and Olivias brother Hamza Elnaggar. Jewish, Muslim, Zoroastrian, Sikh, Hindu, Bahai, Christian, agnostic and atheist youths participated.