Kita Aleph Students Raise Money For Sick Israeli Children
Rachel and Olivia are students at Ulpan Gordon in Kita Aleph. As a Hanukkah mitzva, they started a fund-raising project within Ulpan Gordon to buy gifts for the sick children at the Dana Children’s Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel. Here is their story and their letter to all who contributed to make it a big success:
It all started with a simple idea; why not organize a collection amongst the students of Ulpan Gordon in order to make a few sick children a little bit happier for Hanuka?
Our first task was to find the hospital. With the information we gathered among our relatives, friends, and teacher, we decided to visit the Dana Hospital in Tel Aviv. There reside about 80 children from just a few days up to 16 years old. After discussing the project with one of the managers of the hospital, we agreed to visit the children on Tuesday December 15th at 11 am, in order to give them some Hanouka presents….
Over the next couple of weeks, we organized a collection among the students of our Ulpan. This turned out to be quite easy as people contributed very willingly to this project.
Thanks to your generosity, we raised 1,206 NIS to buy Hanuka presents for the children!
The next step was to decide how to wisely spend this money, your money. With such a generous amount, the idea was to buy some presents for each of the children, as well as books and group games for the hospital play rooms. Direction: Dizengof center!
We must admit that we were very productive! In a short period of time, we managed to buy over a 100 presents. We went to “Everything for $1”, a book store and finally Toys R Us. We bought little games, construction games, dolls, cars, and any present that would fit for every age…. We really felt like Hanuka / Santa Clause! Thankfully, one friend was here to help us carry all this! People in the stores were also 
generous when they learned about the project and we got some discount or free presents!
Tuesday arrived. Two of Rachel’s friends – artists by profession – decided to help us with the task ahead! We arrived at the hospital with all the presents, and the two friends dressed as Kangaroos for a little while. The kids just loved it! Some of them were so excited when we arrived and we started to distribute the presents as a few of the children followed us. Following the instructions of the hospital’s manager, we went to each rooms on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th floors of the hospital and distributed a little something to each one.
This was very moving. It is never easy to see sick children. Some of them were so sad, others were just tired. Most of them were smiling after receiving a present, a smile, a little attention… What was moving too was the smile in the parents’ eyes. They too need support and they were really touched that some people were just there to make their kids a bit happier….
We spent a little over 2 hours in the hospital and we left the place a bit tired (we must admit) with a mix of emotions. We were happy with what we accomplished but sad to see what some children are experiencing every day. It helped us realize how health is the one thing each of us should be grateful for!
Thank you very much again. Without you, none of this would have been possible!
Hag sameah, Rachel and Olivia
See more pictures here of Rachel and Olivia’s visit to the Dana Children’s Hospital!
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You guys are amazing!! So inspiring! Thank you.
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