Challah for Hunger

Challah for Hunger o ers inspiring proof that big change starts small: In 2004, Eli Winkelman, then a student at Scripps College, decided to bake challah with friends and sell the loaves to raise money for hunger-relief causes. Word spread and 13 years later, CfH operates 83 chapters on campuses across the U.S., Canada, and the world. Each CfH chapter receives ongoing support via CfH alumni turned mentors, an online resource center, and an annual Leadership Summit for student leaders. Each chapter determines its own identity and expresses Judaism in its unique way. One campus blesses each challah while another engages in Jewish service learning discussions. All give half of their proceeds to local hunger organizations and half to Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger.

In 2015, CfH, in partnership with Mazon, launched two new initiatives: The Campus Hunger Project and the Social Change Bakery Network. The Campus Hunger Project seeks to alleviate food insecurity among college students by working hyperlocally with undergrads to help them understand and address the issue on their own campuses. The Social Change Bakery Network brings the CfH model to people of all ages and backgrounds in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Leaders and participants alike have fun, become part of an on-campus community of shared values, and are motivated to give back after graduation. Eighty- four percent of participants say they are now more likely to stay involved in leadership, philanthropy, and advocacy after college. CfH is not just helping to feed the hungry today but also spawning the entrepreneurs, advocates, and community builders of tomorrow.