FOOD BANK AID

Our Partnership: Finchley Progressive Synagogue and Food Bank Aid

We have had a long relationship with Finchley Foodbank, supporting them since 2016. At the beginning of the pandemic in May 2020 Naomi Russell set up Food Bank Aid: North London – an organisation helping distribute the right foods to foodbanks when they run low on certain items. From September 2020-2022, Food Bank Aid: North London were one of our three High Holy Day charities. Naomi came to the synagogue to tell her story and explain the inner workings of FBA. We visited the new FBA hub in North Finchley on its opening weekend for Mitzvah Day, taking a delegation of children and adults and an enormous donation of food.

While we now support other charities for the HHD appeal, our relationship with both FBA and Finchley Foodbank continues – through Festival Shout-Outs and Mitzvah Day, and we always have a Foodbank Collection Box outside the door. We encourage you to drop a few items in every time you come!