Meir Panim Loves Our Volunteers: Spotlight on Shmuel Lensky
Prepare to be inspired! Watch! Shmuel Lensky, a 63-year-old businessman, takes time off from work regularly on Tuesday’s to serve as one of Or Akiva’s weekly volunteers. Every Tuesday, at our Meir Panim center in Sderot, Shmuel along with other dedicated volunteers, package and distribute, huge hauls of pallets, to the Or Akiva Community. Thank […]
We love our new shirts!
Check out our new shirts! Thanks, Oran Kradi, owner of the clothing brand, Tick Tack for your much-needed donation of men and women’s shirts to Or Akiva! We are thrilled to be able to distribute this resource to those in need!
Purim Sweets at Dimona
Student volunteers from the local Dimona yeshiva stopped by with Purim spirit. Filling the room with song and dance, the students helped Nissim and the Meir Panim staff distribute post- fast sweets to the needy.
Festive Purim Meal in Tzfat
Signs were posted last week, in Hebrew and Russian, inviting all to the Purim Seudah. On Purim, crowds arrived joyous and hungry! Volunteers were on hand, and helped to serve the beautiful festive meal, filled with singing, and dancing! Special thanks, to the students from the Rav Tachumi school, in Tzfat, who brought festive Purim […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Daniel Koweity
For 14 years, an exceptional volunteer has been working on behalf of Meir Panim. Daniel Koweity of Long Island, New York first got involved with the organization after receiving a letter describing widespread poverty in Israel and the work Meir Panim has been doing to combat this issue. Inspired to help, he met with local […]
Sweet Fun at Nir Am
To “sweeten” the kids week, Tair organized an evening of chocolate fun in the Nir Am After School Center. They had blind taste tests, tried many different flavors and picked their favorites- with and without blindfolds 🙂
Meir Panim’s Celebrates Good Deeds Day 2019
Good Deeds Day at Or Akiva City Officials, Chaim Gali, and Eyal Manzir, Tel David’s Commander and officers from the Police Force, along with representatives from Bank Mizrachi Tefachot from the Orot Mall, students from the Beit Ekshtein school, the Atidim school, and the Sahav Haofek school, along with many other volunteers from Or Akiva […]
Chocolate Truffle Workshop at Ofakei Or
Have you ever made chocolate truffles? Kids had a ball at the Ofakei Or chocolate truffle making workshop. They loved learning and preparing chocolate truffles.
Shelter in Sderot
5:20 am Monday morning, innocent civilians in central Israel woke up to the sounds of air-raid sirens. Homemade rockets fired by Hamas from Gaza destroyed a family’s home. The IDF is on high alert. Several troops were unexpectedly called up and other soldiers await instructions. Israel is in an emergency situation. Our teens in Sderot […]
Special Visitor at Dimona
Today, Colonel Avi Motola spent time in our Dimona Restaurant-Style Soup Kitchen learning about our work and spending time with our clients. What an honor! So happy he was able to make the time to be with us.
