SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2025: JCRS Hanukkah Wrap-A-Thon at Congregation Gates of Prayer from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS) will host its annual Oscar J. Tolmas Hanukkah Gift Program WRAP-A-THON Tailgate Party on Sunday, October 5 from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM at Congregation Gates of Prayer. Join in this fun, community-wide event to wrap holiday gift packages for hundreds of low-income children and families from across the Mid-South. There will be food and drinks available throughout the day. Come gametime, we’ll show the game on the big screen, so wear your Saints gear and come wrap presents while we cheer on our New Orleans Saints in their matchup against the New York Giants.
To learn more about the Hanukah program and what JCRS does for the Jewish community, email Ian at ian@jcrs.org.
Delivering Hanukkah Joy
Each year, 150-250 Jewish children and state hospital residents receive a package from JCRS that holds at least eight small gifts, one for each night of Hanukkah. The youths who receive these gifts are known to JCRS and, typically, are from lower-income families that are already enrolled in one or more of the JCRS scholarship programs. Some of the child recipients also have special needs, as do all of the Jewish adult state hospital residents who receive a package from JCRS.
Gift recipients live in all of the seven states served by JCRS.
Please contact Ian Nicolosi at 504-828-6334 for more information about the Hanukkah program, or email him at Ian@jcrs.org.
