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Magen David Adom’s youth division volunteers are working hard ahead of Pesach collecting food for the needy around Israel. Anyone who has been to a shuk or supermarket in any major city has likely seen the volunteers in uniform, asking customers to please buy an extra item or more to donate to the needy.

These items are placed in cartons at the cashiers and then brought to central collection sites, packaged and distributed for Pesach.

MDA reports volunteers in Ramat Gan alone have collected over 500 cartons of food in the past two weeks.

Mayor Yisrael Zinger met with MDA officials, praising the operation which is yet another life-saving aspect of the organization which operates largely on a volunteer basis.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)