When a community with minority and undeserved children falls on hard times, UJCF helps by organizing “Food Drives”, sending trailers of food to help.

In addition

UJCF helps poor families cope with the financial burdens of bringing up children with chronic dissabilities, we provide financial assistance during the Passover festival for purchases such as Wine, Matzah, and Meat, for their Passover Seder.

UJCF also helps needy children in Israel, and provides food for children attending summer programs, in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Canada.

UJCF provides free clothing for youth from poor families in honor of Passover & the High Holidays.

For more information please call 212-862 1111

UJCF organizes for volunteers young & old, to visit Hospitals and Homes for the Aged, bringing them the festival spirit, making sure they are not forgotten.

UJCF provides outreach programs throughout the Jewish calendar year.

These programs are held at different location, they meet people from different cultures and backgrounds including homes, work locations, shopping malls and other busy locations. These worshops provide opportunities for youth to learn correct communication with others, appropriate interactions and how to catch appropriate social cues.

Sukkos program

The Sukkos program is a 4 day workshop where youth reach out to people in Jewish communities and speak to them about the festival and show them how to observe the Mitzvah of shaking Lulav an Esrog and encourage them to eat in a Sukkah.

4 day Workshop fee $500.00

Chanukah program

The Chanukah program is a 8 day workshop where children reach out to people in Jewish communities and speak to them about the festival and show them how to observe the Mitzvah of lighting the Menorah, they give out free menorah kits including a Menorah, candles and a brochures.

8 day Workshop fee $1000.00

Purim program

The Purim program is a 1 day workshop where children reach out to people in Jewish communities and speak to them about the festival and show them how to observe the Mitzvah of hearing the Megilah, eating a festive meal, giving food packages to friends.

1 day Workshop fee $150.00

Pesach program

The Pesach program is a 8 day workshop where children reach out to people in Jewish communities and speak to them about the festival and they give them some hand baked Shmura Matzah, show them how to observe the Mitzvah of cleaning their house of Chometz, eating Matzah throughout the 8 days.

8 day Workshop fee $1000.00

Tefilin program

The tefillin program is a year round Friday workshop, reaching out to people and put on Tefilin with Jewish youth and adults over the age of 13.

Weekly fees $100.00

For more information or to reserve a workshop, please call 212-862 1111

In some inner city areas, summer overnight camp for a child, is not a luxury but a necessity.

What takes the school 10 months to build in a child, can be undone in just two short months of hanging around the street corners, surrounded by negative influences.

UJCF provides scholarships for many children from underprivileged families, to attend overnight camps.

Overnight camp has the most intense influence on a child, being that he is under a positive influence for a full 24 hours and sometimes for 8 weeks straight. Unlike during the year, where children in many cases are exposed to unhealthy influences during their after school free time.

Have you ever wondered why it is that a child can be born to a perfectly normal family, attend a good school, have parents who are good role models, and yet when they grow up they stray from the fold, or get involved in other troubles?

The answer lies in many cases in what that child is doing when he is outside the warmth and safety of his home & school. That’s where UJCF comes in.

We identify community environments where children after school are left with no alternatives such as safe parks to play in, or community centers to be a member of, and that’s where we focus our attention.

This need becomes even more evident with children from underprivileged backgrounds & youth at risk. UJCF’s after school programs focus on helping this need and filling the voids where possible.

As part of our effort to help children with their school studies, as well as occupying their free time with positive experiences & support groups, UJCF began an incentive program that also compliments their school work.

The way it works is, the more effort they put in to their school work, the more chance they have to be chosen to attend a wonderful weekend retreat organized by UJCF which is either held at a community center, or at our facility in PA.