The work of Good People Fund grantee Collective Lavo B’Tov is often so under the radar that it was especially exciting to see this beautiful feature by co-founder Rachel Kolette Wheeler about the organization’s remarkable work with co-founder Shoshi Margolin, published in The Jewish Press of Omaha, where Rachel lives.

Shoshi lives in Israel, and Rachel travels there regularly. Together they do extraordinary work empowering people with disabilities of all kinds to pursue their goals, often mentoring them to achieve dreams they, or their family members, once believed were unattainable.

We are proud to see their quiet but powerful impact receiving this well-deserved spotlight. Link to the article is below. 

https://www.omahajewishpress.com/eedition/april-24-2026/page_86880065-2785-5ce1-82e2-8bc38a1eb96f.html

Last week Good People Fund grantee Daniella Seltzer, co-founder of JLM Food Rescuers, was honored by Elluminate in New York as one of their ten visionary women selected for this year’s cohort, an exciting and well-deserved recognition of her leadership and impact.

Through JLM Food Rescuers, Daniella and her team recover surplus food that would otherwise go to waste and redirect it to individuals and families who need it most, while also mobilizing volunteers and strengthening communities in Jerusalem. Their work addresses hunger and waste through a lens of dignity and community.

While in the United States, Daniella added on a few gatherings, including one in Baltimore and one in the Washington, DC, area, which became a wonderful excuse for a Good People Fund reunion.

Pictured: Julie Fisher, Joye Newman, Daniella Seltzer, and Larry Paul

When Good People Fund worlds unknowingly converge:

During a recent meeting with Sharnese Harris, Founder of The Konnection in Detroit, she told us about a huge donation of clothing and sports equipment she had received. Sharnese runs a program that includes Konnection Klosets, which provide supplies students need, which in turn, help promote attendance and greater success. We were delighted to learn that the large gift came from Leveling the Playing Field, founded by Max Levitt, a The Good People Fund grantee from their earliest days.

Starting with a small warehouse in Silver Spring, Maryland, Leveling the Playing Field has become a major force in the ecosystem of meeting the needs of youth across many states in the USA. We love when the lives, and life work, of our good people meet, whether by design or, in this case, a happy coincidence!