Keeping Summer Safe

As the school year comes to a close many parents ask themselves the same dreaded question: “What on earth do I do with my kid during the summer?”   For fortunate parents, the promise of the long, warm summer months presents an endless array of possibilities: vacations, spending quality time with the family, and of […]

Dirty Hands and Creative Minds

Our Neviim center in Sderot is rocking and rolling with under the direction of our newest program director, Ariel Kasdan. This week, Sderot teens got their hands dirty and their minds creating, during the ceramics workshop.

Pizza Night in Sderot

THERE IS NO MOMENT IN LIFE THAT CAN’T BE IMPROVED WITH PIZZA. Our Sderot youth love theme nights! This week, the youth prepared and ate homemade pizza!

Volunteers Prepare Shavuot Gift Boxes in Tsfat

Thousands of Shavuot food boxes for impoverished Israelis were packed and distributed in Tsfat. We appreciate the enthusiasm and commitment of volunteers from Livnot U’Lhibanot organization. Thanks to our donors for supporting our efforts to feed so many families this Shavuot.

Eagle’s Wings Ministry Volunteers Package Shavuot Food Boxes

Our Jerusalem branch proudly hosted a group of 20 young adults from the Eagles Wing’s Ministry. They came to learn about our work and to get their hands dirty. Thanks to their efforts, we packed up thousands of boxes filled with food for impoverished families to enjoy over the holiday of Shavuot. Special thanks to the […]

Pre- Shavuot Lunch and Learn in Jerusalem

How much does it cost to bake a cheesecake? This is the question, director of global development for Meir Panim, Mimi Rozmaryn posed to our group of motivated student volunteers, during the “learn” portion of today’s Shavuot Lunch and Learn. Our volunteers expertly prepared for the lunch crowds helped served lunch, socialized with our lunch patrons and squeezed […]

[Watch] Shavuot Lunch and Learn

Our volunteers expertly prepared for the lunch crowds helped served lunch, socialized with our lunch patrons and squeezed in time for a little Shavuot learning. We are so appreciative of our motivated and responsible student volunteers. Thank you so much! We hope you will come back soon!  

Dimona Welcomes Student Volunteers

This week, our Dimona branch welcomed two groups of volunteers. Students from the Yerucham local high school, Dracha were joined by soldiers from the local IDF training base- Ir Habadim. The volunteers spent time together preparing and chopping produce (humongous squash alert!), cleaning and organizing, as well as spending some quality time with our Holocaust […]

Volunteer Profile: Anat Avigad

In preparing for her eldest son’s Bar Mitzvah, Anat Avigad was looking for something to make the experience more meaningful and hands-on for her rising 13-year-old Lotan. As a resident in the Arava region in the south of Israel, volunteer opportunities were limited and with the help of some internet research, she found Meir Panim […]