MAKOM

MAKOM Stands with Israel: Israel Resilience Campaign Activity

·       Volunteers immediately stepped up to provide essential services to those displaced all across Israel

·       Operates in 30 cities hosting and caring for evacuees, and 17 cities close to the border that have not been evacuated

·       Provides activities for over 100,000 evacuees including education, sports, therapy, and emotional support

·       Providing food, clothing, laundry, haircuts, toiletries, books, games and more

·       Offering art, music and theater programs

·       Caring for seniors and adults with special needs through wellness visits, activity rooms at evacuee hotels

·       Set up shivas for those that were murdered on 10/7, including arranging food and transportation for families

·       Bringing joy back into the lives of those displaced from the borders by throwing bar mitzvahs, brit milahs, and other celebrations of life

·       Taking care of those who remain in border communities still within rocket range with trauma therapy programs, activities, food, visits to the elderly and disabled through food packages, visits to those confined to bomb shelters, babysitting, clean up of destroyed areas

·       Providing cards, care packages, food, meals, warm clothing and moral support to IDF soldiers

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MAKOM: Everyday Work

By motivating scores of Israelis in overcrowded cities to move to these regions, Jewish National Fund-USA is dramatically changing Israel’s landscape. Crucial to moving hundreds of thousands of people to the North and South is working with affiliate MAKOM, a network of communities focused on empowering and revitalizing towns and villages in the Negev and Galilee. MAKOM members are volunteers who help to connect people and improve the quality of life through innovative programs in the fields of employment, culture, education, and welfare.

Funding Opportunities

FOOD PACKAGES FOR NEEDY FAMILIES: $1,800

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ETHIOPIAN COLLEGE STUDENTS: $1,800

SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR CHILDREN: $1,800

SENIOR CITIZENS PROGRAMMING:  $2,500

AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS:  $3,600

HEBREW TUTORING FOR IMMIGRANTS:  $3,600

COMMUNITY SHABBAT MEALS:  $5,000

AT-RISK YOUTH PROGRAMMING:  $10,000

SPONSOR A COMMUNITY FOR 1 YEAR:  $30,000

For other giving levels and donation opportunities for MAKOM, please contact Beth Gluck at bgluck@jnf.org