Kung Pao Kosher Comedy
2007 Beneficiaries
In keeping with the Jewish tradition of tzedakah (charity, in Hebrew - tied in with a sense of duty and social responsibility), each year Kung Pao donates partial proceeds to organizations and causes we believe in. This year's recipients are...
The Jewish Community Free Clinic (JCFC) is a non-profit, free, volunteer medical clinic in Marin and Sonoma counties drawing on traditional Jewish concepts of tzedakah (charity) and tikkun olam (repairing the world) to offer free medical care for anyone in need, without regard to ethnicity, race or religion. The Clinic’s founders are clinicians working throughout the County’s healthcare system. With nearly 100,000 uninsured in Marin and Sonoma counties, they felt they must take action regarding access to health care for the uninsured. The JCFC tapped volunteers’ deeply rooted desire to carry on traditions of caring for the sick (bikkur cholim) to found the clinic. www.jewishfreeclinic.org
Chicken Soupers, a Jewish Family & Children’s Services project in partnership with Congregations Beth Sholom and Sherith Israel, prepares and delivers hearty home-cooked Jewish meals and healthy snacks to people with AIDS, chronic illnesses, and disabilities. In 1988 Chicken Soupers began by serving clients with HIV and AIDS and has expanded to also serve people with disabilities and chronic illnesses. The meals are delivered 2 times a month (once a month by each of the two synagogues). Volunteers include families and teens. Chicken Soupers, a Jewish version of Meals on Wheels, has also recently begun on the Peninsula thru the Peninsula Jewish Family & Children’s Services. www.jfcs.org

Past beneficiaries have included…
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1995 - Los Angeles show
- L.
A. Jewish AIDS Services
- Aunt Bee's Laundry Service - offering
free laundry and house-cleaning services
to people with HIV/AIDS.
1994
1993
- The late Tamar Kaufman – A
Northern California Jewish Bulletin
writer battling cancer
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