MAY 31st @ 8:00pm
An Evening with Major General Doron Almog
Kulanu Center 620 Centarl Ave. Cedarhurst NY
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The story of Aleh Negev is unique for itself but what makes Aleh Negev a magical place is the STAFF!!! (watch the video on the left to learn more)
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Here is a quote from from the TIMES OF ISRAEL about Ron's trip to Aleh this past summer.
: Sep.13.2014
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Ron Rabinovich, a 58-year-old Israeli who lives in Long Island, has a long history of volunteering with ALEH, and when the current conflict broke out, he couldn’t stay away. He flew to Israel and has joined Herring, the ALEH staff and the other volunteers making sure that every single resident is safe and accounted for in the event of a rocket from Gaza.
That means that the residents who have the physical and emotional ability to sleep on mattresses inside of the safe rooms, which exist in the center of every residential building at ALEH Negev, are already there when sirens go off. Others, who react adversely to crowded spaces, who either can’t cooperate or who are too loud during the night, sleep in their own beds. It’s up to the volunteers to make sure they are awake and alert when a siren sounds and bring those residents to join their peers in the safe rooms.
During the day, when the endless siren blares can be relentless, volunteers try to take residents out in small groups for short periods at a time, so they can enjoy fresh air and exercise and a semblance of normality.
Rabinovich’s goal, he says, is to bolster the staff of ALEH, whom he calls extraordinary.
“The residents, they have no choice,” he says. “They didn’t pick this place. Somebody else picked it for them and most of the time they don’t understand where they are. But the staff, they had a choice. They could have chosen other places to work, places that are much less stressful and demanding. But they didn’t, and that says a lot.”
Read more: A community, in wheelchairs, under fire | The Times of Israel http://www.timesofisrael.com/a-wheelchair-bound-community-under-fire/#ixzz3D71z28En
Please visit Aleh Negev on your next trip to Israel.....It will stay in your heart for the rest of your life!
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