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...experiencing hunger during today’s Yom Kippur fast can know that they are doing their part to fight hunger across the globe. Hillel and Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) have agreed to donate the money that would have funded Jewish students’ meals to MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, a nonprofit that grants money to hunger-relief organizations worldwide. Harvard will donate $2.46 per participant, according to Hillel’s vice president for community relations, Erica L. Farber ’07. This is the third year Harvard Hillel has coordinated the Yom Kippur program...
Technology on the Harvard campus helped to get Hillel's fledgling MAZON program off the ground. Last Wednesday night, students working at Hillel contacted its entire undergraduate mailing list by e-mail, said David J. Andorsky '97, a Crimson editor who is Hillel's publicity czar...
With nearly 550 people skipping two meals today, at a food cost of $1.60 per meal, approximately $1760 will be sent to MAZON as a result of the project, Berry said...
Sophie Pegrum, operations manager for MAZON's national office in Los Angeles, said Harvard's contribution is welcome...
...public education, as well as money, is wonderful," Pegrum said. "MAZON is extremely glad and proud of Hillel's participation in the high holy day's appeal...