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| 2006-07-21 |
| I know some of you are interested in how you can help Israel as she fights the current battle in her war of survival. Here is an exerpt from an e-mail that arrived in my in-box this morning with some ideas from the Jewish National Fund. (The Jewish National Fund has been planting trees in Israel since the early part of the 1900s, and in latter years has branched out into other projects.) The web page has more information. Your donations are making a difference! Since our appeal on Friday afternoon, JNF has raised $514,534 for Operation Security Blanket. With an estimated 100,000 Israeli children currently living in bomb shelters, JNF is working to restore a sense of normalcy and calm for as many as possible by sending them to our summer camps in central Israel, out of range of rocket fire. Unlike the much touted Hamas and PLO/Fatah summer camps (presumably closed this summer) the children will do normal summer camp things, not be trained as soldiers and suicide bombers. Nes Harim, a JNF camp in JerusalemÂ’s American Independence Park, is working at full capacity to accommodate hundreds of children at a time for three-day stays. Israel's top youth movement, Chugei Sayarut, a division of JNF-KKL, is also retrofitting forest sites for summer camps throughout central Israel and the northern Negev for five- to seven-day stays. JNF is providing roundtrip transportation, food and activities, and security. Donations are going to help build security bypass roads by the Gaza border. Emergency response equipment, including bulletproof vests, helmets and personal safety kits for firefighters, is getting into the hands of rapid response workers. A $100,000 emergency response vehicle/fire truck has already been purchased through this campaign. In addition to donating online, you can also call your local office at 888-JNF-0099. On Friday, July 14th, Gideon Meir, Deputy Director General, Media and Public Affairs, Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry, spoke to top leadership of JNF on the current situation in Israel. Click to hear a recording of the conference. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Can I sponsor a JDAM on Bakris' house? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2006-07-21 09:08 |