Dubbing her project “Operation Soap Dish,” this 15-year-old partners with supermarkets, toiletry manufacturers, synagogues, churches and fraternities at nearby Syracuse University to collect and distribute more than 28,000 items.
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs is appealing to Jewish Americans to join a challenge to live on $29.40 for a week to bring attention to the 45 million Americans who live on food stamps.
Jewish groups praised the renewal of a law funding school meals, but expressed concern that it was financed in part by money designated for food stamps.
