JEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL

Rachel's table - the mission of rachel's table is to distribute donated and purchased food and milk to social service agencies helping the hungry in worcester, massachusetts and to reduce the waste of nourishing food. Since its inception in 1989, rachel's table has distributed over 14 million pounds of food and milk, at no cost, to 30 local shelters, soup kitchens, group homes, day programs. And food pantries. The children's milk fund provides milk for approximately 20,000 individual children at 21 of these agencies throughout the year. Rachel's table also purchases fruits and vegetables for the summer meal program for worcester's children run by friendly house neighborhood center to help children when school is closed and school meals unavailable.

Clark hillel - clark hillel, the student group that celebrates jewish culture, identity, pluralism, and community, is a program of the jfcm and is recognized as hillel program center by hillel international. We primarily serve undergraduate and graduate students attending any of the colleges of worcester consortium schools, although others are welcome most of our program participants are undergrads attending clark university.

Life and legacy is a program of the harold grinspoon foundation, and encourages local jewish organizations to work together to build endowments that will sustain them in the future. The grinspoon foundation contributes 33 percent of the budget for each year that a community's life & legacy program reaches its target goal of legacy gifts, providing up to $120,000 over four years.

Other programs