On Wednesday, our Middle School students and Parent Volunteers came together to make this year’s Mishloach Manot packing day successful and fun. Thank you to our many parents who volunteered to help pack and deliver, particularly Maryn Robinson (Lylah, 8); (Oren 5) who led the packing day details and logistics, Parent Committee Chairs, Shaina Herring (Noam, 3); Liba (1) and Yael Ross (Asher, 4; Sidra, 2, Nadiv, JK), as well as Amy Elfenbaum (Eli, 8; Ava, 4), Sara Kujawa (Nathan, 4), Danit Steinbach (Ruthie, 8), Mandy Gittler (Bijou, 6); Camille Karro (Lisa, 4), Jennifer Seidner (Jonah 7; Elijah, 3), Naomi Blumberg (Charlie, KG), Margalit Segal (Avital 7, Gideon, 2), Dana Presperin (Noah, 4), Anna Shifrina (Matthew 7, Emile 1), 

Special thanks to Ilana and John Flemming & B&B Countertops and Cabinets (Pepper, 2) for their generous sponsorship.

Extra special thank you to Eric Groth (Gavi, 8) and (Jeffrey, KG) for managing all the technical details of our HappyPurim.com online ordering website. Thank you to Lisa Lieberman for shopping all of the Chicagoland area to purchase the Israel-themed items inside this year’s Mishloach Manot.

Last but not least, thank you to the delivery team who delivered Mishloach Manot to many community members who are friends of CJDS. Thank you to Moriah Grumberg, Jenna Miller, Cortney Stark Cope, David Minkus, Michelle Karagodin, Michele Weiss, Shaina Herring, Yael Ross, Tamar Shapira, Lisa Lieberman, Dana Preperin, Tamima Wyszkowski, Carly Humes, Shaina Herring, Camille Karro, Izzy Gutstein, Lily Ginsberg, Carli Gribov, and Jenna Miller.