Youngsters give back to community

Last Updated on Tuesday, February 05, 2013 10:43 am Written by SHAUN SMITH Saturday, February 02, 2013 01:00 am

Lilly Murphy, 5, of Margate gets a lift up to the top shelf from Leigh Turner, community initiative coordinator for JFS.

The children of the Beth Judah Early Learning Center in Ventnor are taught that every day should be a day of giving, but a very special mitzvah was on the calendar for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. After donating food during the annual food drive at Beth Judah, students went to Jewish Family Service in Margate to stock its shelves. There, they were welcomed by Leigh Turner, community initiative coordinator for JFS, who helped them organize food in the JFS food pantry. 

Cooper Reganato, 3, of Northfield stacks cans in the Jewish Family Service food pantry as Leigh Turner of JFS looks on.