Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) was established in 1981 by a group of Holocaust survivors, under the leadership of John Klein z’l, to provide for education and wellbeing of the men and women who serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as well as the families of fallen soldiers. Headquartered in New York City, FIDF is a 501c3 not-for-profit corporation that operates 20 regional offices in the United States and Panama.
Furniture Sharehouse collects gently-used furniture from the public in a warehouse at the Westchester County Airport, and redistributes it free of charge to Westchester families in need through partner agencies.
Game Changers New York is a non-profit organization whose mission is to collect and distribute sports equipment for kids in need globally. Founded in 2016, Game Changers has upcycled thousands of pieces of sports equipment and has worked with over 35 partner organizations in 9 countries. With the help from their advisory and teen boards, generous sponsors, and dedicated volunteers, Game Changers is able to work towards their goal of ensuring that all kids can play sports.
The mission of God’s Love We Deliver is to improve the health and well-being of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses by alleviating hunger and malnutrition. They prepare and deliver nutritious, high-quality meals to people who, because of their illness, are unable to provide or prepare meals for themselves. They also provide illness-specific nutrition education and counseling to clients, families, care providers and other service organizations.
All of their services are provided free to clients without regard to income.
God’s Love We Deliver is a non-sectarian organization.
Grassroot Soccer is an adolescent health organization that leverages the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilize at-risk youth in developing countries to overcome their greatest health challenges, live healthier, more productive lives, and be agents for change in their communities. Adolescents are being left behind in the fight against disease and other critical health challenges. Unlike childhood mortality which has improved 80% in the past 50 years, adolescent mortality hasn’t budged. Preventable diseases like HIV, and complications from pregnancies continue to be the leading causes of death among adolescents. There is a tremendous opportunity to improve the world’s health by promoting healthy practices during adolescence, and taking steps to better protect young people from health risks. To date, we have graduated over 2,000,000 at-risk youth through our programs in over 50 countries. Every $25 raised gives one at-risk youth access to Grassroot Soccer’s award-winning adolescent health programming and our Caring Coaches who change lives every day!
The Halachic Organ Donor Society is a organ donation advocacy group in the Jewish Community. They work to educate Jews about the mitzvah of saving lives through organ donation.
HODS’ accomplishments are:
– Helped save hundreds of lives.
– Performed a Kiddush Hashem by changing perceptions about Jews regarding organ donation.
– Educated more than 37,500 people in more than 600 lectures.
– Recruited more than 200 rabbis to register and carry organ donor cards.
– Created dozens of rabbinic video testimonials, available at www.hods.org.
– Raised awareness of halachic support for organ donation by publishing more than 100 articles, editorials, and letters to the editor.
At the heart of Heifer’s work is a notion similar to tzedakah: that it is our duty to help those in genuine need.
Our founder, Dan West, felt the call to do what he could for others. As a farmer from Indiana, he spent time as a relief worker during the Spanish Civil War. He soon discovered that a meager cup of milk rationed once a day to weary refugees was not enough. AND THEN HE HAD A THOUGHT: What if they were given cows?
Heifer International grew from that thought, not a cup but a cow. For more than 70 years we have remained true to this idea – though we now give many different types of livestock. Our work, which also provides environmentally friendly agricultural training, is the spark families need to lift themselves out of poverty. Since 1944, we have helped more than 30 million families in 125 countries, including the United States.
HomeFront is a social service agency whose mission is to end homelessness in Central New Jersey by harnessing the caring, resources and expertise of the community. They lessen the immediate pain of homelessness and help families become self-sufficient. HomeFront works to give their clients the skills and opportunities to ensure adequate incomes, and they work to increase the availability of adequate, affordable housing. HomeFront also helps homeless families advocate for themselves individually and collectively.
Innovation: Africa is a New York based 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to bring Israeli solar, water and agricultural technologies to rural African villages. Since its founding in 2008, Innovation: Africa (iA) has completed over 150 solar installations bringing light, access to clean water, improved education, refrigeration for vaccines and medicines, and proper nutrition and food security to over 1 million people in the most remote villages in Africa. iA currently operates in eight countries: Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Cameroon.
Our mission is to do all of this, while promoting a positive image of Israel around the world.
Israel Guide Dogs provides Guide Dogs for people in Israel who are blind or visually impaired. They also provide Service Companions to children with Autism and soldiers with PTSD.
