UPDATE:  Thanks for all your support!  Help me reach my new goal of $1000!

UPDATE:  Thanks to those who have donated!  Thanks to those who will donate!    -Meir

Dear Friends,

I will be running (jogging?  walking?) in the Jerusalem Marathon on March 16th as part of Team Darkaynu.  As you know, I have the honor of spending my days with an inspirational group of young men and women with special needs.  Our students come to Israel from their homes overseas.  They spend a year in our Holy Land learning about our people, our heritage, and most important: themselves.

I am running to spread awareness of our programs, to bring honor to our students who will be running beside me, and to raise much-needed funds for our scholarship fund.  Our students and their families are thrilled at the opportunity to spend such an incredible year in Eretz Yisrael.  We are equally thrilled to offer this opportunity and do whatever we can to ease the financial burden to these families.

My personal goal is to raise $360 for our cause.  Each of our runners will be asked to run campaigns of their own so that our team\'s goal is to collectively raise $27000; one tuition.  This would be used to offer scholarships to students who might otherwise not be able to come to Darkaynu.

Please consider sponsoring me and my run - or browse through the branch campaigns in the left column of this page to sponsor one of my students.

The idea is for this to be a grassroots campaign, where people give what they can and spread the word to their friends, family and co-workers (take a look at the tools in the Tell Your Friends section). Even better, you can easily set up your own branch campaign customized for your own network of contacts by hitting the Create a Branch Campaign button above.

Any help that you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks again!

- Meir