Virtual Food Drive
To benefit our Heldman Family Food Pantry
Please Join Our 2nd Annual Summer Virtual Drive
Make a difference in a child’s hunger this summer -- it’s easy to do!
You can help your neighbor, a single mother, or a child missing their school lunches over summer break.
Last summer we held our first-ever Summer Virtual Food Drive for the Heldman Family Food Pantry. It was successful beyond our hopes and goals—with over 400 items purchased—so we are doing it again.
And we are making it even simpler! At your request, we are expanding the online purchasing options this year to three: Amazon, Target, and Costco.
- Give through Amazon Load your virtual cart with suggested food, personal care, and household items. When choosing the shipping address, select “Heldman Family Food Pantry Gift Registry Address,” which should be visible just under your default address at the top of the list. Also, some Amazon settings keep your gift anonymous, so please adjust your preferences to let us know it's from you.
- Give through Target
- Give through Costco: Send your choice of deodorant, toothpaste, dental floss, diaper wipes, and/or tissues directly to: Heldman Family Food Pantry, 3113 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220
- Give online to our Heldman Family Food Pantry: On our Donate page, select “Heldman Family Food Pantry” as your giving priority.
- Give in-person: Every gift matters, and we are including an optional in-person drop-off location. Come see us at our Blue Ash location (Jewish Family Service, 9395 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242) between 9 am and 4 pm, Monday-Friday June 16-20.
Please give by July 16 to improve a single mom or a hungry child’s summer. Our goal is 600 items this year. Our neighbors need your help. Our team at the Barbash Family Vital Support Center reports food insecurity is worsening in our community this year.
Thank you for being a summer hero to a child and their family.
And thank you for helping our community thrive, one child at a time.
Why giving food and goods matters this summer:
- Nationally, about 1 in 5 children live in a food-insecure households 1
- During the summer, many low-income children don’t receive their regular free or reduced-price school meals.
- Three out of ten adults in Cincinnati live with food insecurity 2
Because hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation.
Questions? Contact Tracy Wilking, Heldman Family Food Pantry Manager at twilking@jfscinti.org.
Donations benefit JFS Heldman Family Food Pantry, Congregation Zichron Eliezer Satellite Pantry, and the Jewish Discovery Center Food Drop partnership.
1 Matthew P. Rabbitt, Laura J. Hales and Madeline Reed-Jones, 2024