Hi, my name is Hilary Schiff and I am writing this on behalf of all my classmates at Midreshet Torat Chessed. I am 18 years old and graduated from the Frisch Yeshiva last year. This year I am spending my gap year at the Bet Elazraki Children's Home, along with 22 other girls: more commonly known around the children's home as “The Americans”. We spend our mornings and evenings learning Torah, and our afternoons are fully devoted to the groups we were each assigned to in the children's home. These children are living at Bet Elazraki because they are at risk, their homes are broken, confusing, and not a safe environment for a child to grow in.

We choose MTC because we wanted to make a change, we wanted to be actively making each and every day better and fun for these kids. While our days with our kids are meaningful and enriching, lately we have been feeling like something is lacking. Bet Elazraki is usually not a place that lacks, but because of Corona they are in a tough situation. The kids are split into very small capsules, and because of that they are no longer able to provide the extravagant fun, activities, concerts, and field trips that have taken place during previous years. To make matters worse, most of these children are not in school, and a new lockdown has just been put in place by the Israeli government. Now it is up to us, “The Americans”, to bring back the happiness, laughter and fun the children's home is usually glowing with. 

We know Corona has been hard for many people but these kids should not be ignored. Our kids are stuck inside now more than ever and it's up to us to keep them occupied. With your donations we would be able to create art projects, outdoor activities, scavenger hunts, parties, and so much more to get their brains thinking, bodies out of bed, and their eyes off their phones

We want to be able to priovide these things to our children but we really need your help. Just ten dollars converts to 32 shekel, which is enough for us to go to the shekel store and create activities to do with our children, and trust me we can be creative. If you can spare just a few dollars you can be the reason a kid goes to bed smiling.