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Los Angeles Jewish AIDS ServicesPO Box 480241, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Phone: 323 933 5402,
http://www.projectchickensoup.org |
PCS started in 1989 when concerned volunteers got together and formed a group called Nechama (comfort) to deliver food baskets to people with HIV/AIDS. By the early 90s, the organization, now called Project Chicken Soup, was cooking meals in a synagogue kitchen for delivery.
From 15 volunteers in a Hollywood synagogue kitchen, PCS has grown into 50-70 amateur cooks - from students fulfilling community service requirements to bubbies in their 80s - who gather twice a month to prepare and deliver kosher meals to approximately 110 clients. Some of our volunteers have been with PCS for nearly 20 years.
Each delivery includes a grocery bag containing three complete entrees, two quarts of soup (one is always chicken soup), two vegetable side dishes, fresh fruit salad, desserts, a breakfast package, and nutritional supplements. We frequently deliver additional “supply bags” that include nonperishable packaged goods and toiletries. Many of our clients tell us that their meals can be eaten throughout the week. We also provide special holiday packages for Passover, Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year), Thanksgiving and Chanukah. We remain unique in that we are the only organization in the area providing kosher meals to people living with HIV/AIDS.
Our only eligibility requirement for services is proof of living with HIV/AIDS. We deliver throughout Los Angeles County to neighborhoods in the Los Angeles Basin including Hollywood, West Hollywood, Silverlake, mid-city and south central areas, downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach, the San Fernando Valley and Santa Monica. Anyone living outside our delivery area may come to our kitchen to pick up meals.
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For more information call
Los Angeles Jewish AIDS Services
323 933 5402
or click here to email. |
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