Met Council is dedicated to making sure those survivors know they're not alone – especially during the holidays.
Throughout the holiday season, volunteers gathered at a warehouse in Brooklyn and packed thousands of boxes of food. The food, meant to help low-income seniors celebrate the holidays, is hand-delivered to thousands of homes – the homes of Holocaust survivors., New York's largest Kosher food network. Met Council CEO David Greenfield told CBS News there are an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Holocaust survivors living in New York City.
"For people who unfortunately have to be alone for the holiday, just having some sense of holiday and knowing people are thinking about you I think is especially meaningful," Greenfield said. The Met Council doesn't just work during the holidays. Volunteers are constantly packing up food for people in need. They provide 20 million pounds of kosher food to pantries in New York each year.
But during the holidays, survivors get an added gift inside their food box."We have the volunteers write notes. So they'll write a note like,"Happy Thanksgiving" or"Happy Hanukkah," Greenfield said.
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