Last month, as snow blanketed Jerusalem with a foot of snow and shut it down for two days, the staff and volunteers of the Ezer Mizion organization worked round the clock to help the sick, the handicapped and the elderly - and to make weddings happen. The organizations ambulances worked nonstop, shuttling people to and from hospitals, delivering food and other necessities to the homebound, and providing a host of services to people in need.
"The phones did not stop ringing the past few days," says Meirav, coordinator of Ezer Mizion's volunteer drivers, "There were people who needed injections urgently, but could not get to medical clinics. We arranged for nurses in their neighborhoods to walk to their houses to give the injections.... Some people were stuck without heat; others needed groceries. There were those who called to ask us to clear the snow in front of their houses. So our volunteers delivered heaters, shopped for groceries, and shoveled snow."
Ezer Mizion ambulances provided yet another important - if unusual - service. They brought brides, grooms and their families to wedding halls, allowing them to celebrate their special day properly. An ambulance also brought an elderly man in a wheelchair to his grandson's bris. The man had come from the United States to act as sandek at the bris, and had no way of getting there.
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"The phones did not stop ringing the past few days," says Meirav, coordinator of Ezer Mizion's volunteer drivers, "There were people who needed injections urgently, but could not get to medical clinics. We arranged for nurses in their neighborhoods to walk to their houses to give the injections.... Some people were stuck without heat; others needed groceries. There were those who called to ask us to clear the snow in front of their houses. So our volunteers delivered heaters, shopped for groceries, and shoveled snow."
Ezer Mizion ambulances provided yet another important - if unusual - service. They brought brides, grooms and their families to wedding halls, allowing them to celebrate their special day properly. An ambulance also brought an elderly man in a wheelchair to his grandson's bris. The man had come from the United States to act as sandek at the bris, and had no way of getting there.
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Spend Passover with Arutz Sheva at a resort in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv or Kfar Pines (near Hadera). Click here for info.