David Gantz, chair of the annual fund, said this year's total Tzedakah collection came to $5,781.09 from the following sources: $4,329.09 from morning and evening minyanim as well as individual donations; $1,134 from Pesach Maot Chitim; and $318 from the Purim Canisters. The total allocation came to $5,609.25, according to Gantz's end-of-year report.

The fund will send allocations to these groups picked by the Tzedakah Fund committee: Montgomery County Hunger Relief, Mazon, Project Hope, Israel Free Loan Association, Manna Food Bank, Shepherd�s Table, Save a Child�s Heart, Alyn Hospital, Solar Cooking Fund - Jewish World Watch, The Good People Fund, Mitzvah Heroes Fund, Stepping Stones Shelter, Smile Train, Inwell Study Center and the Washington Area Fuel Fund.

�We are ready to begin again as 5770 approaches,� Gantz said. �The Tzedakah Chavurah has been able to make such allocations because of the hearts of the Tikvat Israel congregants.�

Besides Gantz, the committee consists of TI members Madeleine Oakley, Dan Jacobs, Hope Kott, Mike Nash, Robbi Cohen and Elyse Bernstein.

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