Update on Nir Am
One night last week our Nir Am center opened up to the families of the teens who regularly attend. There, we showed them a special place and also give them an opportunity to enjoy the facility and have fun together. Yarden, our program director shares that these family nights give the participants a chance to […]
Bridging the Gap
As tensions between Arabs and Israelis rise, Meir Panim chooses to take action and do something about it. We gathered local teens in Or Akiva and invited their Arab neighbors to participate in a dialogue between the two groups. The outcome was incredible! It was inspiring to see how the teenagers got along so well […]
Updates From Our Teen Centers In Sderot
In our Neviim center, the teens enjoy preparing home-cooked meals together. They recently cooked their own schnitzel including vegetables and rice. Learning nutrition is an important aspect of their enrichment activities. In addition, an important component to our program is homework and exam assistance through group support and supervision. The 7th graders of Nir Am […]
Tu B’Shvat Festivities All Around Meir Panim
Many exciting Tu B’Shvat celebrations were happening in our Or Akiva and Tzfat Branches last week. Delicious dried fruit packages were distributed to all of our clients and beautiful trees were planted outside of the branch. Similarly, the Holocaust Survivors at our Dimona Day Center participated in Tu B’Shvat festivities with local youth volunteers. They […]
Updates From Sderot
It was a busy week at our Nir Am Neighborhood Youth Center. The center had a talented magician perform a live magic show and the teens were amazed with his tricks. He also taught them how to perform some magic on their own! In partnership with the Sderot Municipality, the center hosted a special young […]
Or Akiva Purim Updates
We offered a “Mothers with Meaning” program recently, where the participants had such an amazing experience, that another mother and her daughter chose to be involved with us in celebrating the young girl’s Bat Mitzvah. They partnered with Ilanit, the Director of the Or Akiva branch, in creating a Chesed program to benefit our clients.They […]
Nir Am Purim Upates
In our Nir Am Center, a program was initiated to help the teens’ families. Yarden, the Program Director, understands the importance of including the teens’ parents in some of the community activities. These activities are particularly meaningful and helpful for the Sderot residents, as participating in these types of events helps to offset the ongoing […]
Daily Giving
Dear Friends, This email is to tell you about Daily Giving, an incredible organization that began operations just last year. Meir Panim is proud to be a featured partner of this new endeavor, and we are an ongoing recipient of this movement’s largesse. At DailyGiving.org, you can sign up for as little as $1 a […]
Post Holiday Updates from Meir Panim
Meir Panim has been very busy these past few weeks. Here is a quick update from our branches. DIMONA Nissim, our Dimona branch manager, delivered boxes of treats to a nearby army base. Because of COVID-19, the soldiers had not been home in over a month, and had to celebrate Passover alone. Meir Panim is […]
Student at Hebrew U Gets Innovative With 3D Printed Masks
To ensure proper protection, Meir Panim has been trying to secure masks for their staff and volunteers to use in our facilities. But supplies are scarce and the search for new masks came up empty. The shortage had only intensified after Prime Minister’s Netanyahu’s new regulations that instructed everyone to wear a mask while outside […]
