Who we are Our team Partners Partners COA's Kosher meals service and activity center are both partially funded by the Department of Health COA has been a member of JCA for over 10 years, and in 2019 COA requested its first allocation of funds to support Sydney's only Kosher meals on wheels in 2019 COA entered into a partnership with Oz Harvest to provide fresh fruit and vegetables to our meal recipients, and for use in making lunches at the COA Krygier Center Kosher meals delivered to Holocaust Survivors are subsidised by annual funding from the Claims Conference This tick shows we are a registered charity with ACNC the governing body for all charities in Australia, and report to them annually COA has started working with Food bank to provide low cost or no cost items for the COA center and on behalf of clients Our local members have helped us to find funding for improvements to our building through Community Builders Partnership grants We have many members in common, and hold special events such as our annual ABC Community Art Show together. We have also been the recipient of funds from the B'nai B'rith Bargain Bazaar Good360 is a matchmaker, helping to re-purpose brand new products by directing them to the Australians and organisations who need them most. Harris Farm Markets generously provides fresh fruit and vegetables every day during the COVID crisis so COA can deliver weekly fresh produce boxes to over 500 people This small business are donating regular gifts of frozen fruit to add to food parcels for people who are housebound During the COVID crisis these suppliers provided regular gifts of toilet paper to those receiving weekly fresh produce boxes We have been regular recipients of small grants from Waverley Council and often use their resources for COA major events COA is the recipient of weekly donations of bread, bagels, kugel, and challah, which is delivered to kosher meal recipients and Nursing Homes involved in the Hannah Meyer Project For providing items towards our free weekly deliveries of fruit and vegetables We have been able to run annual programs, such as out Thursday outing with the help of small grants from Woollahra Council Reckitt Benckiser are the people behind Glen-20 and Dettol. They provided bottles of both to all our Kosher Meals on Wheels recipients When we need volunteers at major events to help serve, set up, clean up, or even dance with members we ask the amazing young volunteers of Kids Giving back who provide willing help and an intergenerational aspect to our events Every year we partner to provide festival parcels, and shofar blowing at high holidays for the Hannah Meyer Project, connecting with Jewish residents in non-denominational aged care facilities. The Board of Jewish Education were the first group to recruit volunteers to help with delivering COA food services during the COVID crisis Annually at Purim and Sukkot the children and madrichim of JEM's visit COA to provide festival celebration to our members We are proud to be part of the NSW MOW association who provide advise and support to COA when needed In 2019 WIZO and COA devised a new monthly gathering our center called the Schmooze Room with morning tea, a speaker of interest. The Bondi Lions Club has provided COA with small grants and helped purchase our mini buses, providing transport to frail aged clients Wolper Jewish Hospital have been supporters of COA from its very beginning, and continue to grant us occasional funding for special projects through the Wolper Foundation JNF and COA partner to provide an annual Channukah Luncheon Concert. Masons Lodge Mark Owen through MasoniCare provided funds to help purchase one of our mini buses, providing transport to frail aged clients COA is governed at a community level by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and works within their guidelines Hatzolah emergency services carries Shabbat bags made by COA for those going to hospital on Shabbat The Burger Centre has provided extra staff for COA during the COVID crisis and shares many clients with us All meals provided by COA fall under the auspices of and adhere to the rulings of the Kashrut Authority COA partners with Club 50 annually to provide a seniors dance, and with the disability services to provide a challah bake for the Shabbat Project