'Lunch with care' poster
Vinnytsia / Ukraine

Lunch with care

As part of the Good Deeds Day campaign, volunteers launched the initiative "Share a Meal with Someone in Need".

The idea is simple but profound: to prepare a meal with love and leave it in an accessible place for those who are hungry, lonely, or simply going through a difficult life situation.

Each meal was accompanied by a short note: “Take this if you need it.” These words are about humanity. About support that comes unexpectedly. About care that doesn’t ask for a name or status but simply acts.

Volunteers from the center based in the Chernivtsi community of Conservative Judaism "Aviv" left packages in busy places — on benches, bus stops, near hospitals, and markets. Some meals were handed out personally — to neighbors, acquaintances, and those who hadn’t felt the warmth of someone else’s attention for a long time. These could be simple dishes — porridge, soup, a sandwich, or a pie — but each portion was filled with sincerity.

The main idea of the campaign is to show that kindness does not have to be grand. Even an ordinary meal can be a reason for joy, a sip of hope, a chance to feel that you are not alone. And also a reminder that we can all be a source of light and support for one another.

Because true kindness lies in the details. In gestures. In a bowl of hot soup, a warm word, in the humanity we choose not once a year, but every day.

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