Charity Center
Charity Center of the St Petersburg Jewish Community
 It is no secret that among elderly Russians there are quite a few people living under extremely limited material conditions. In order to provide material and moral assistance to elderly Jews of St Petersburg who are lonely and in need, a Charitable Center was established under aegis of the Synagogue. The Charitable Center offers the following types of assistance to its recipients:
- Daily free meals in the charity dining room
- Monthly distribution of food packages
- Food gifts for holidays. Distribution of matzoh before Pesach.
- Free holiday and Sabbath dinners
- Periodic material assistance to needy congregants (when financing is received from sponsors)
- Twice a year – distribution of goods provided by humanitarian assistance of German charitable organizations
- Consultations with volunteer doctors
- Individual chats with congregants in need of moral and psychological support.
Moreover, within the Charity Center there is a Leisure Center which has the task of ensuring that elderly lonely people are given a chance to communicate with others and also have some pleasant and useful leisure time. The Center arranges lectures and concerts, guided outings and walking tours, visits to theaters and games of chess.
 On days of commemoration associated with the Second World War – Victory Day, the Day of the Lifting of the Siege of Leningrad – there are special holiday programs for the elderly.
The sponsors of the Charity Center are: the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, the GIARN International Jewish Organization and individual contributors.
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