Central Queens Jewish Community Circle – Looking Out for Our Vulnerable Neighbors With Love

Reaching out to our community with LOVE

CQJCC brings neighbors together to help neighbors. Volunteers bring hope and cheer to those who feel forgotten.

Doctors around the world are learning that some ailments are social, rather than physical, resulting from loneliness, or missing the activities that used to give the patients' lives meaning. In England, doctors are starting to write "social prescriptions" to combat these kinds of ailments. Some doctors in Massachusetts are leading the charge here in America.

At CQJCC, we understand that loneliness can be a very real problem for seniors and others who spend most of their time home alone. That's why we create gift packages for the lonely and forgotten five times a year and have our volunteers check in on them throughout the year.

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Our Accomplishments

CQJCC continues to reach out to our vulnerable neighbors with love, delivering holiday gift packages with the help of all of our donors and volunteers.

As CQJCC entered 2025, we have reflected on our many activities over the last few years. True to our mission, we looked out for our vulnerable neighbors with love.

In 2022 we distributed 100 gift packages for each of six holidays. With the help of people like you, we have continued to grow, delivering over 100 packages for each of the following occasions each year.

Tu Beshvat
Purim
Shavuot
Rosh Hashanah
Thanksgiving
Chanukah

Our Plans for 2025

We hope to be able to provide 5 gifts over the course of this year to 100 people each, with the help of 50 or more volunteers and 60 or more donors. We are also planning a robust offering of informative webinars.

The occasions on which we will provide gifts will be:

Tu Beshvat
Purim
Shavuot
Rosh Hashanah
Thanksgiving

Please partner with us in our important work touching vulnerable neighbors in meaningful ways!

Thanks,

Mushky Mendelson

Care to spread the love?

Become a partner and bring meaningful, accessible activities infused with Jewish pride to the community.

Are you looking for a connection to your community? As a volunteer with Central Queens Jewish Community Circle, your efforts can help children, seniors, the home-bound and holocaust survivors in our community to live richer, fuller Jewish lives. Wouldn't that be worth a few hours of your time? Contact us to learn more about how you can bring the valuable gift of community to those who feel forgotten.

“Putting smiles on the faces of our neighbors.”

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Our Outreach Programs Run Year-Round

Please help us to reach out to the lonely, forgotten and vulnerable in our community with your support.

If you would like to make a difference, please consider making a contribution. The links are on our Donate page.