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Miriam Whitehill's Fundraising Page
Page Creator: Miriam Whitehill
Page Closes: Jul 12th 2009
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Visiting the center in Beit Oved.
About my nonprofit:
ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND
has been raising, training and providing guide dogs for blind and visually-impaired Israelis since 1991. Whether they were born blind or lost their sight in military operations or terrorist incidents, to...
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Fundraising target: $25,000
Total raised so far: $2,126.00
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My personal message:

As you may know, I have recently moved to Israel with my dog, Leroy, and declared citizenship.

In honor of my aliyah, I am raising money for the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind, located about 20 minutes south of Tel Aviv  in Beit Oved. This very awesome organization breeds and trains seeing eye dogs to assist blind Israelis. The dogs are trained with Hebrew commands for Israel's physical environment. The applicants are taught to work with a guide dog on the organization's campus, and they offer home training courses as well. The entire process- from the puppy's birth until it goes home with an applicant- costs about $25,000, none of which is charged to the person who leaves with the dog.

Good Cause? Hell yeah.

My goal is $25,000, enough to breed, train, and set up a guide dog with a blind person.

Offline Donations:
Rabbi and Mrs. Tessler: $100


Online Donors to date:
Display Name Date Amount  Comment
Anonymous 6/10/2009 $100.00 In memory of Albert Rosenfeld 
Carrie 5/1/2009 $25.00  
abba and ema and Shana 4/3/2009 $208.00 this gets you over the 2 K hump 
Ken and Karen Falk 11/9/2008 $25.00  
Beth Lingard 8/12/2008 $25.00 Good luck with your fundraising efforts! 
Tante Mimi 6/7/2008 $18.00 I hope you are loving it in Israel - this is a good mitzvah! 
Susan & Robert (Abba & Ema) 5/2/2008 $50.00 In memory of Megan, the sister of our cousins Heather and Jon 
Chavie 5/2/2008 $400.00 go mirmels! woof woof, leroy! 
hidden 3/30/2008 $18.00  
abba and ema 3/20/2008 $100.00 purim sameach 
David & Eve Savitzky 2/26/2008 $18.00  
Janice Rubin 2/26/2008 $18.00 Kol HaKavod on your aliyah and your good works 
Yehuda Shvager 2/11/2008 $100.00 Miri - great idea. We all love you. The Shvagers 
Dinesh Verma 1/22/2008 $20.00 Good Luck 
Ema & Abba 1/18/2008 $18.00 We wanted to be the ones to push you over $1000! (Your FIRST 1000!) 
Linda & Ed Lilly 1/18/2008 $25.00 great project. lots of luck. 
Hatte, Ariella & Mike Blejer 1/18/2008 $100.00 Love to Miry and Leroy 
Amitai Shlomo 1/15/2008 $100.00 Do not place a stumbling block before the blind 
Unky Joel and Aunt Christa 1/15/2008 $36.00 Mazel Tov Miri and Woof to Leroy 
The Steinbergs 1/14/2008 $100.00 Mazal Tov Miry! 
Jordi, Dave, & Avery 1/14/2008 $36.00 What a great idea. Mazal tov! 
Danny Horwitz/Tobi Cooper 1/14/2008 $20.00 Mazel tov, Miri! 
Karen & Paul 1/13/2008 $25.00 Mazal Tov to you and LR upon making Aliyah!  
Dani and David 1/12/2008 $50.00 Mazal Tov 
Josh & Katie 1/12/2008 $25.00 dogs spelled backwards is sgod 
Bubby & Grandpa 1/12/2008 $25.00 Love and nishikot! 
George Seff 1/11/2008 $50.00  
John and Olga 1/11/2008 $25.00 Congratulations 
jasper's brain 1/11/2008 $18.00  
Ema & Abba 1/11/2008 $18.00 We're so proud of our Israeli daughter and granddog! 
Shana Tova 1/11/2008 $180.00 Mazel tov (woof!) on your aliyah, Miry & Leroy! 
Marissa 1/10/2008 $25.00  
Leroy Brown Jr. 1/7/2008 $25.00  
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* Total raised online: $2,026.00
Amount raised offline: $100.00
Grand Total: $2,126.00
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