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If our small but dedicated staff represents the skeleton of Yad Eliezer, then our 10,000 volunteers are its heart and soul.
It is our large international corps of volunteers that enables Yad Eliezer to minimize administrative costs while maximizing the scope of assistance we are able to provide to Israel's neediest families.
In the U.S., England, Australia, and elsewhere, these volunteers assist in collecting food and monetary donations, shipping second-hand shoes, and coordinating Feed-a-Baby, Adopt-a-Bar Mitzvah and Adopt-a-Wedding partnerships.
In Israel, a cross-section of society – men, women, high school students, seminary girls, IDF soldiers – as well as visitors from abroad, descend upon the warehouse daily to pack the tens of thousands of food boxes that are distributed to needy families.
Farmers throughout Israel donate truckloads of fresh produce to supplement the diets of poor children. Generous individuals donate their professional services – banking, laundry and auto repair – that provide an enormous financial savings to Yad Eliezer.
The utilization of volunteers means that every dollar donated to Yad Eliezer is multiplied numerous times, because it is applied not to salaries and overhead, but directly toward assisting needy people.
In fact, Yad Eliezer applies only 5% toward administrative and fundraising expenses – enabling 95% of our budget to directly assist those who need it most. This has earned Yad Eliezer the coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator.
Read some profiles of Yad Eliezer volunteers:
Every volunteer brings something new that enables us to better assist the poor of Israel.
Get involved! You can help Yad Eliezer in so many ways:
In Israel
In Israel, there are volunteers who:
- Pack food boxes at the warehouse
- Deliver Meals-on-Wheels Shabbos food packages
- Deliver monthly food boxes to cities around the country
- Distribute baby formula to deprived infants
- Help distribute chickens before each Yom Tov
- Donate their professional goods and services
To volunteer in Israel, contact:
Yossi (English speaking):
050-889-9497
Milka (Hebrew speaking):
050-412-2030
or email: volunteers@yadeliezer.org | In the U.S.
In the U.S., we need volunteers to:
- Organize second-hand shoe drives in schools around the country
- Sell "Yad Eliezer gift cards"
- Organize mailings and fundraising activities
- Assist in the organization, set-up and publicity for Yad Eliezer fundraising events
To volunteer in the U.S., contact:
Sori Tropper: 718-258-1580
or email: volunteers@yadeliezer.org |
Make your trip a more meaningful one.
Many families and groups visiting Israel want to contribute some time and energy toward helping Israeli society. How about packing some food boxes that will be delivered directly to hungry families? It is a wonderful way to incorporate a volunteer element into your trip, and to demonstrate the importance of helping others – even on vacation.
Take two hours out of your next visit to Israel, and be part of an experience that will change a needy family's life – and your own!
To arrange an opportunity to volunteer at the Yad Eliezer warehouse: email: volunteers@yadeliezer.org
Attention Seminary Students:
Are you studying in Israel for the year?
Numerous seminaries arrange for their students to do chesed by packing food boxes for poor families at the Yad Eliezer warehouse.
To find out how to enroll your school in the Yad Eliezer Seminary Volunteer Program,
Contact Tzippora Weinberger: +972-2-538-1290 or
Email: volunteers@yadeliezer.org
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