Kindness Collective expands operations

Kindness Collective, a local initiative delivering food to first responders, frontline workers and community organisations across Sydney, has recently partnered with Sydney-based charity Our Big Kitchen.

Founded by Sharon Gerber in the days following the Bondi Beach terror attack in December 2025, Kindness Collective first established a partnership with Baker Bleu bakery to deliver its surplus food to those in need. For Gerber, this was a simple way for the Jewish community to say thank you to those who help people every day.

“Essentially, we are about bringing happiness and kindness and making sure that those that are out there looking after us, we’re also looking after them, and for them to know that the Jewish community are really good people, even at our most challenging time,” Gerber told The AJN.

Kindness Collective first started as a group of volunteers recruited by Gerber from the Sydney Jewish Mums Facebook group and quickly expanded. In six months, it has amassed over 120 volunteers and has made deliveries to over 500 locations. Having completed over 100 delivery runs, Kindness Collective makes regular deliveries to hospitals, police stations, fire rescue stations, ambulance crews, surf lifesavers and Jewish and non-Jewish community organisations.

“I’m not a religious person, but it means a lot for me to be involved at this level and giving back and facilitating something that others, even within our community, really appreciate, but also outside of our community,” Gerber said.