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How do you provide free Kosher for Pesach food to 180,000 people? It’s not as easy as it sounds. Just about every single Pesach food distribution in New York gets their food for free from Met Council – the largest Jewish communal social safety net in America.

Everyone from the UJO of Williamsburg to Bais Yaakov of Boro Park to COJO of Flatbush gets their free Pesach food from Met Council. That’s 120 organization in all.

In this exclusive YWN video, watch as David G. Greenfield, Met Council’s CEO, gives a two-minute behind the scenes tour of one of two Met Council warehouses that receive and distribute all the food to 120 Pesach food distributions this month.

“This year was historic. We gave out 1000 tons of food through 997 volunteers and 120 community based organizations – all free. We even doubled the amount of protein this year to over 200,000 pounds of chicken, fish and eggs through our new Pesach food campaign. That made our Met Council Pesach food distribution the largest ever in North America,” explained Greenfield.

This year, to better serve the 180,000 clients and their nutritional needs, Met Council’s CEO, David G. Greenfield, raised an additional $350,000 specifically for extra Glatt Kosher Pesach protein that is being distributed including over 100,000 extra pounds of chicken, fish and eggs.

Met Council is on track this year to supplying needy households with 2 million pounds of fresh food for Pesach. Met Council is also providing almost $500,000 to 2,593 households in specially coded American Express Food Cards that can only be used in kosher supermarkets.

“We are fortunate to have a community that really understands the mitzvah of Kimcha D’Pischa. Literally, every mosod, shul and organization in New York participates in this mitzvah. It’s our zchus at the Met Council to be serving almost all of them by providing the food needed to enjoy Pesach,” Greenfield concluded.

Watch YWN’s exclusive video below:

Nearly 2000 families received Pesach food at today’s distribution by @UnitedJewish @BklynNavyYard. We @MetCouncil are proud to provide the food for the largest of our 120 distributions – including fish! Thx @StephenLevin33 @bradlander @KalmanYeger @Pinnyringel for your support! pic.twitter.com/XtaiKWMfSA

— David G. Greenfield (@NYCGreenfield) March 25, 2018

Hundreds of Jewish families moved to Willowbrook this past year. That’s why we @MetCouncil doubled our Pesach food distribution with @COJO_SI. Thanks @NYPDstatenIslnd for your help and @JoeBorelliNYC for your support! pic.twitter.com/p2R4jEqzQi

— David G. Greenfield (@NYCGreenfield) March 27, 2018

3 of our top 10 @MetCouncil Pesach food distributions happening today! Spent AM in Queens with friends #TomcheShabbos #KehillatSephardim. Thanks @MelindaKatz @BarryGrodenchik @RepGraceMeng & @danrosenthalnyc for amazing support! pic.twitter.com/stXrd0vFfz

— David G. Greenfield (@NYCGreenfield) March 25, 2018

Beautiful day @JCCofRP giving out @MetCouncil Pesach food to seniors (families are getting on Monday)! Thanks @NYCCouncil Member @DRichards13 @NYSA_Majority @Stacey23AD and @SenJoeAddabbo for your unwavering support! pic.twitter.com/ipYzk0TL6V

— David G. Greenfield (@NYCGreenfield) March 23, 2018

We @MetCouncil supplied Pesach food for 750 families today in Boro Park. Thanks @BPJCC for arranging this amazing community event. Thanks @BPShomrim for logistical support! P.S. The parked BMW belongs to a volunteer! pic.twitter.com/0BTCOlLiac

— David G. Greenfield (@NYCGreenfield) March 23, 2018

Calm before the storm. @bpjcc gets ready to give out Pesach food to 750 families today in conjunction with @MetCouncil. #LookingGood! pic.twitter.com/NPNVyvtwrv

— David G. Greenfield (@NYCGreenfield) March 22, 2018

The snow couldn’t stop us from distributing Kosher for Pesach food to 350 families in Canarsie TODAY out of our @MetCouncil building. Thanks to our awesome volunteers! @UJAfedNY pic.twitter.com/qvae9L8WMi

— David G. Greenfield (@NYCGreenfield) March 21, 2018

Thank you to the over 100 volunteers who came out Sunday to package and deliver food to over 200 families for Pesach. A special thank you to @MetCouncil @NYCGreenfield @UJAfedNY @GreatKosherDeal pic.twitter.com/0RhTCWilkw

— JCC of Marine Park (@JCCMarinePark) March 20, 2018

.@MetCouncil is proud to distribute Pesach food at 120 locations throughout New York. We went to one of those locations @JCCMarinePark today. Kids of all ages joined us including @boyscouts! pic.twitter.com/FSEJon6aAD

— David G. Greenfield (@NYCGreenfield) March 18, 2018

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