Project Isaiah, the Jewish community’s annual High Holidays food and fund drive benefiting the Community Food Bank, begins on Monday, Sept. 8, and will continue through Friday, Oct. 17.
The project is named for the Prophet Isaiah, who, when asked why we fast on Yom Kippur, responded, “Is it not to share your bread with the hungry?” (Isaiah 58:7).
In Southern Arizona, one in 7 people and one in 5 children are food insecure – that’s over 1 million people who face hunger.
With resource centers in Amado, Green Valley, Nogales, and Tucson, the Community Food Bank provides food assistance in five Southern Arizona counties, working with 400 community partners, including 250 food distribution partners. It provides food through 34 school pantries, serving more than 80,000 children.
A donation of $1 can provide 3 meals.
How You Can Help:
- Donate online: https://jfsa.givingfuel.com/project-isaiah-2025
- Send a check: 3718 E. River Rd., Suite 100, Tucson, AZ 85718. Make payable to Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona (please note “Project Isaiah” in memo)
- Drop off non-perishable food items at these locations:
- Congregation Anshei Israel
- Congregation Beit Simcha
- Congregation Bet Shalom
- Chabad of Vail
- Congregation Chaverim
- Handmaker
- Tucson Jewish Community Center
- Jewish Family and Children’s Services
- Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona
- Kol Ami Synagogue
- Tucson Hebrew Academy
- Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center
Jewish Philanthropies organizes the annual drive, which goes back more than 30 years.
The drive is an opportunity for the Jewish community to have a powerful impact for good on the well-being of the greater Tucson community, notes Randi Levin, JPSA impact and engagement coordinator.
Donations to Project Isaiah will help Southern Arizonans in need, like Alisa, who says, “I want a better future for my kids. I want them to have all the opportunities that I didn’t have. I don’t ever want my kids to know that money is an issue, or that sometimes we don’t have food. They shouldn’t have to worry about that — I just want them to be kids. Things get hard, but I know there are good people out there. The Food Bank has shown me that.”
Read more inspiring stories of courage and compassion at communityfoodbank.org/VOICES.
