"Grandma Fish" is Boca Raton resident Judith Levy. She's collecting tuna cans in Delray Beach. Tuna is the most expensive item in the Forster Family Kosher Food Pantry, a program of the Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service in Boca Raton.

In 2007 Judith Levy and her husband Herb were rewarded as Grandparents of the Year in Florida, now Judith is known as “Grandma Fish,” a moniker given to her by peers after the grandmother of five began the endeavor of collecting full tuna fish cans, the most expensive item in a basket given to the needy by the Forster Family Kosher Food Pantry, a program of the Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service in Boca Raton.

But, what does that have to do with Delray Beach?

“I attend the current events forum every Tuesday morning at the Delray Beach Public Library. I recently got up in front of the huge crowd that turns out weekly and told them that Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service desperately needs tuna for food baskets for the needy,” Levy said.

The outpouring of giving was tremendous. Just one week later, Levy received 70 cans of tuna from her current events peers.

“Tuna is the most expensive item in this basket. I volunteered to collect the tuna. You don’t have to be Jewish to get the food basket,” Levy said.

Levy also said that 25 percent more families are coming to the food pantry than last year.

“Yet the budget for that service has been cut a bit,” Levy said.

“Grandma Fish” saw the need and said the task means a lot because she knows she’s helping people in need.

To donate, bring cans of tuna to the Current Events group at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays downstairs in the large meeting room at the Delray Beach Public Library or contact Cara Zimmerman at the Forster Family Kosher Food Pantry, a program of the Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service in Boca Raton, at 561-852-3171.