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Dear Friend,
When we at Bonei Olam started the V’zakeini campaign, we had no idea that the coronavirus was at our doorsteps.
The first few weeks started off strong. Almost a thousand women signed up the first week, and the signups were building rapidly.
Then the coronavirus hit. We didn’t know what would be and we weren’t sure what to do.
Should we continue as usual? Or should we pause the campaign?
But then I thought of my couples. Sitting at home–a quiet home–without the distractions of children, toddlers, school hotlines or zoom calls, and waiting.
Just waiting.
They already met with doctors. They already took the tests. They already were approved for treatment.
But they are quietly waiting for funds.
Even as the economy takes a hit like we haven’t seen in any of our lifetimes, even as past donors are now trying to recoup their losses, even as our largest fundraisers have been postponed, my couples are quietly waiting for a precious light in their life.
And so, together with my incredible team, I decided to go ahead with the campaign. In a world of chaos, 18 thousand Jewish women will not only think of themselves, but they will think of their sisters as well, and they will give with an open heart.
And what do you know? A little from me and a little from you; and now, we are five thousand strong. Five thousand women is a strong power. Five thousand dollars and five thousand tefillos each week and already we are hearing good news from our couples.
But we can do better and we will.
You, can still be one of these women.
One click (HERE), and you can say “I care” with $1 dollar every week at candle lighting time, and a short prayer while you light those candles– “May the treatments I help cover be effective.”
For $1 a week you can buy hope for a childless couple. With your prayers combined with 17,999 others, you can make miracles happen.
Let’s open our hearts to another’s pain and help a quiet household ring with the sweet sound of a newborn’s cry.
A little something from eighteen thousand women goes a long way.
Your friend on a mission,
Schlomo Bochner
Founder and Executive Director
Bonei Olam
At the risk of sounding crass, my income was cut in half and I need to support kids who don’t have a father
You are crass; easily.
meaning I have to keren yisomomim
you are crass; at lease daaven for them.
@ Mehu no need to be nasty, everyone Expresses pain in a different way.
Nothing against Bonei Olam which is a great organization that does wonderful work, but this should be labeled appeal not personal letter.
Again, this is a rip on matzav, not Bonei Olam
If I read the letter correctly, Bonei Olam is asking for a single dollar a week. Definitely not an outrageous request.
As a nation, Klal Yisrael lost so much over the past few weeks. Losses that can never be restored. But the best way to try and rebuild is through the exact line of work that Bonei Olam specializes in.
Building Klal Yisrael, a child at a time.
Sadly, we lost more than a few of our precious oiskim betzarchei tzibbur be’emunah, people who selflessly gave of themselves 24/7, whether Rabbanim, Maggidei shiur, doctors, businessmen…
PLEASE don’t be disrespectful to this tzadik, who has dedicated his life to his brothers and sisters, and to our future.