* The Council of Gush Katif Settlers is the central umbrella organization representing and assisting the evictees. It is headed by Rabbi Yigal Kaminetzky (Chief Rabbi of Gush Katif) in conjunction with Lemaan Acheinu, For the Sake of our Brothers, which is responsible for coordinating volunteer activities and distributing concrete aid throughout the country. To volunteer or donate, call toll-free, within Israel, 1-599-557 778.
* Keren HaTzaddik (in memory of Rabbi Aryeh Levin) - Food distribution to tent cities and other groups of evictees around the country. (+9722 from outside Israel or 02 from inside) 651 3111 or toll free 1-800-203-320 from inside Israel. For more information, email: jewish [at] netvision.net.il
* Lemaan Achai Ramat Bet Shemesh - Employs full-time expellee repairmen to help all refugees fix what is broken, assemble furniture and furnish temporary homes. Provides store credit for major appliances. Helps former residents make the move from hotels to caravans and has primary responsibility for welfare of those living in Yad Binyamin. (+9722 from outside Israel or 02 from inside) 999-9933, email: creditcard [at] lemaanachai.org
* One of the main problems is unemployment. A list has been set up to try to find new employment for evacuees. To post a job vacancy, email jobkatif@hotmail.co.il or call (+9728 from outside Israel or 08 from inside) 672 7703.
* Rachel Saperstein (former N'vei Dekalim resident currently living in the Jerusalem Gold Hotel) has established a "Band-Aid" Fund to provide anonymous cash donations of 500-1,000 shekels to meet immediate expenses of evictee families. Assistance should be sent to: The Central Fund of Israel, Jay Marcus, Rehov Hagoel 13, Efrat, Israel 90435; earmarked for Rachel-Operation Band-Aid.
* Ruthi Brenner is seeking sponsors for evacuee university students who were unable to work this summer to put themselves through college and may have to forfeit their studies as a result. Brenner says that $5,000 paid directly to the university would cover a full year of college tuition and she would be happy to put sponsors in contact with their "adopted" students. Email: luveretz [at] netvision.net.il or telephone: (+9722 from outside Israel or 02 from inside) 561 1962.
* Bracha Jaffe is helping the mostly secular families who were housed in the Green Beach Hotel, near Netanya. (+97254 from outside Israel or 054 from inside) 761-7988, email: bracha [at] tdsoft.com
* Katherine (Gita) Weiner is helping those in for the Ir Emunah, City of Faith - a tent/trailer city set up by 35 families evicted from Atzmona, which needs help with construction and caravan repairs, microwaves and toasters to give some independence to families as far as food is concerned. Also being collected is equipment for preschool/kindergarten and donations. Email: izgnanie [at] yahoo.com
* Barbara Silverman and attorney Jan Sokolsky are raising funds for new winter coats for evictees in Jerusalem (so far they have purchased 275), plus more winter clothing, winter shoes and prayer books for the upcoming Jewish holidays. They also need volunteers to take groups of children away from confining hotel rooms and to parks. (+9722 from outside Israel or 02 from inside) 623-2548 (Barbara) and 566-6388 (Jan).
* Sarah Alpert is working together with former Netzer Hazani farmer Anita Tucker to provide financial help for the families of Netzer Hazani in the Golan and elsewhere, for the purchase of winter clothing, travel expenses and other practical needs. Email: salpert [at] jfsisrael.org
* Seeking used (but working) laptops, preferably with Word, Excel and wireless capability to assist community leaders in their administrative work and enable the physically scattered expellees to reconnect and coordinate with one another through virtual communities. Email: wisemon [at] actcom.net.il
* Residents of Elkanah, a relatively well-to-do community in central Samaria, have found a unique way to help their Gush Katif counterparts: installing Sabbath clocks. The Elkanites learned that not only did the caravilla builders in Nitzan "forget" to install Sabbath clocks - on which religiously-observant families rely to turn on and off lights and heaters on the Sabbath - but there is not even a place on the existing electric panel to install one. The people of Elkanah therefore took this mission upon themselves. Electricians from the town volunteered their time to install the new panels and clocks, while the children of Elkanah continue to collect money to buy the materials. So far, some 30 caravillas have been fitted with the clocks; 270 remain. Each clock and panel costs 600 shekels. For more information, see the "Salt of the Earth" Shomron aid association's website [in Hebrew]: www.melach.org.il or call (+9723 from outside Israel or 03 from inside) 906 8593 or email: info [at] melach.org.il
* The women of Gush Etzion recently held a bridal shower for all the brides-to-be of Gush Katif. They are planning similar events in the future. For more information, email Sharon: izzy [at] actcom.co.il
* Judy Rozenstark of the Gush Etzion town of Efrat is collecting Purim constumes for the children formerly of Gaza and northern Samaria. For more information email: rjr [at] 013.net
* The B'Ahavat Yisrael, For the Love of Israel, organization will be distributing mishloach manot packages to the expellees consisting of "real food that will fill them and bring smiles to their faces as they continue their struggle." US phone: 718-686-7061, email: admin [at] bahavatyisrael.org
* In the US, Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Director of the National Council of Young Israel has agreed to assist in this effort and made a recent trip to Israel in order to see the situation for himself. Donations can be made out to: Young Israel Charity Fund, Gush Katif Fund, NCYI, 3 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
* Keren Ori Veyishi is a fund that helps the people of all the communities of Gush Katif with funding and follow up based on specific needs. Keren Yochanan is a fund named in memory of a Navy soldier who was buried in Gush Katif and reinterred in Nitzan "whose heritage continues to be a light to the youth of Netzer Hazani." The fund directly helps families in need, youth activities and encourages the building anew of the agricultural businesses of Netzer Hazani community. For more information, email: Tucker.anita [at] gmail.com
* The One Israel Fund has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars for the expellees and continues to fund many of the important projects listed above. Click here to donate online.
* An active email list dedicated to helping the Jewish evictees can be signed up for at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Gush_Katif/
* The list is not complete and can be expanded upon using the comments section at the bottom of the [Arutz-7 website] page.