Jews enable Christian volunteers get the day off

December 24, 2009 at 7:35p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — Members of a local Jewish lodge are spreading holiday cheer with volunteer work at hospitals.

B’nai B’rith Mahoning Lodge #339 will send members of the service organization to various hospitals to give usual volunteers time off to spend with their families on Christmas. The service is known as Project Snowflake.

Members of B’nai B’rith will cover shifts at information desks and in gift shops Friday.

For more information, contact its coordinators at (330) 261-4868 or (330) 360-2165 and ask for Neil and Denise Altman.