As they do every year, members of the Jewish Children’s Service Organization (JCSO) purchased, wrapped and delivered Chanukah gifts to Jewish children in the Hartford area. For more than a century, the all-volunteer organization has provided funds for basic needs — as well as school and camp scholarships — to Jewish families in dire financial straits. For information contact JCSO at P.O. Box 370386, Bishop’s Corner Branch, West Hartford, CT 06137-0386.

Pictured here getting ready to deliver wrapped gifts are: (l to r) Hyla Sklar, Joanne Pasternack, co-chair, Miriam Chaiklin, Judith Kronick, Joyce Libbin, co-chair, Sheila Frankel, Anne Cohn, Linda Stein, Marsha Kamins, Debbie Kent, Bea Mitlak and Joel Kent. Not pictured: Mickey Libbin.