GETTING INVOLVED
Frequently asked questions: Humanitarian
Missions
How
can you help B'nai B'rith and the Cuban Jewish
Relief Project?
You can
help in small ways, or you can help in big ways.
An immediate
and personal way to get involved is to participate in
the Tzedakah Project, assisting elderly Jewish
Cubans in coping with their daily lives. Government retirement
benefits in Cuba equal approximately ten (10) United
States dollars a month.
A new pair
of glasses for Alexandra; cloth for a a new dress for
Sarah; these are some of the small ways in which you
can become involved. But these small items have a great
impact in the lives of individuals. Alexandra can now
read without struggling to see the words; Sarah has a
new sense of pride and dignity. You can help children
like Alexandra and Sarah as they struggle to cope in
the poverty of Cuba, where the salary of a doctor is
only $35 a month.
If you
wish to help, we will arrange to have your gift delivered
to the community. If you wish to help on more specifically,
we will make certain that a congregation of your choice
receives your donation. (See the list
of synagogues on our sponsoring site.)
Over
the past several years B'nai B'rith has provided
glasses for Alexandra, who has a rare visual
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The
synagogues need religious supplies and books. The books
should be in Spanish and Hebrew.
We also
need educational materials in Spanish.
Individual families need
the basics that many of us take for granted:
toiletries, cooking utensils, writing paper,
pens, envelopes, cloth, sewing supplies, good
shoes. Look around at at the things you use every
day, and that is what is needed. We ask that
you not send your "yard sale" items
but donate new materials or almost-new materials.
You
can help a child, a family, a religious community. You
can help in both small and large ways.
Please
contact me through B'nai B'rith's telephone number
at 877.222.9590. Or e-mail me at bbrelief@earthlink.net.
We will appreciate your involvement.
Stanley
Cohen
International Chairman
Left: Volunteer
pharmacist Jerry Weisman has taken responsibility
for separating all prescription medicine and providing
brief descriptions of what the medicines do.
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