The holiday season is a time to give thanks and gather for a traditional holiday meal. However, for many, the means to afford that holiday meal does not exist. To help those in need, in partnership with the UJA-Federation of NY, Malfitano Partners has decided to provide over 60 seniors with the means to obtain that holiday meal. The effort will be focused on seniors who attend Project Ore in New York City. Joe Malfitano, the founder of Malfitano Partners, will be at Project Ore on November 18, 2016 to hand out gift cards to the seniors personally after serving them lunch.

“Many people look forward to sharing a holiday meal with family and friends during the holiday season,” stated Malfitano. “For those who are hungry, Thanksgiving is just another day of struggling to feed themselves and their families.” We want to give these individuals and families the memory of a traditional holiday meal that they would not have otherwise.”

Since 1987, Project ORE has served emergency kosher meals and provided counseling, case management, and other support services to isolated, poor, homeless, and mentally ill Jews. It is the only program of its kind in New York City. Based on the mezzanine floor of 331 E. 12th Street, Project ORE provides kosher, family-style community meals including a buffet breakfast, hot lunch, and food packages for Shabbat.

Malfitano Partners was founded by Joseph Malfitano as a New York-based boutique that provides clients globally with a suite of services through two operating companies: Malfitano, PLLC (legal services) and Malfitano Advisors, LLC (advisory services). Malfitano Partners thrives on its ability to deliver a service that creates value in high-impact situations and a result that can be measured by its clients. Malfitano Partners are trusted partners to companies, corporate boards and management, business, asset or debt acquirers, investors, investment bankers and financial advisors, other law firms and others who value independent strategic thinking, critical insights, and hands on expertise.

For more than 90 years, UJA-Federation has been a central force for communal planning and philanthropy in the New York Jewish community. Through UJA-Federation, more than 55,000 donors pool their resources to help people in need, inspire a passion for Jewish life and learning, and strengthen Jewish communities around the world — to address the issues that matter to us most as Jews and as New Yorkers. Working with nearly 100 network beneficiary agencies, synagogues, and other Jewish organizations, our reach spans from New York to Israel to more than 70 other countries around the world, touching 4.5 million people each year.