OCTOBER 23, 2023 UPDATE:
Over the next 10 days, please choose these items that we are collecting funds to purchase additional critical gear for Israel's soldiers, including gloves, shirts, hydration bladders, and hydration pouches. To enable the immediate purchase of this much needed gear, please click the blue "Donate Now" button above. Thank you.
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Leket Soldier Fund:
During this ongoing crisis, in addition to focusing on food procurement and distribution, a donation to Leket Israel’s Soldier Fund will go towards the critical needs of our units and soldiers on the ground. We are purchasing, both in Israel and in the US, specific items such as thermal blankets, warm fleece jackets, winter under-clothing and many other needed items. Please click the blue “Donate Now” button on this page, so we can earmark the funds to the Leket Soldier Fund.
Israel at War: Providing Food to Those Under Siege in Israel:
In response to the alarming conflict unfolding in Israel, Leket Israel has launched an emergency home delivery meal project. This initiative supports the elderly and invalid in southern Israel, unable to leave their homes due to their need to be near a bomb shelter. The supply of excess food available to rescue from the IDF has dried up, hence meals will be purchased from local southern caterers.
The cost to purchase a protein-based meal is $6.25. A donation of $1,000 will provide 160 housebound individuals living in a state of extreme uncertainty and fear, with vital nutritional support.
About Leket Israel:
Leket Israel is a non-profit organization that provides food for malnourished populations across Israel. It feeds 234,000 people in need weekly, and is the largest food bank in Israel. Leket is unique because it rescues and redistributes surplus food that would otherwise be discarded. Leket salvages 66 million pounds of food annually in this way, and delivers it to people suffering from food insecurity, including: Holocaust survivors, families below the poverty line, struggling immigrants, at-risk youth, and other vulnerable populations. You can learn more about Leket here: leket.org/en/
Your support can make an immediate and profound impact.
American Friends of Leket Israel is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. P.O. Box 2090, Teaneck, NJ 07666 ● leket.org/en ● elena@leket.us ● (201) 331-0070 x2 ● Tax ID #: 20-8202424
