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Hundreds of Educators at Ezer Mitzion Conferences on Attention Deficiency

by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Ezer Mitzion held another successful gathering at its Bnei Brak center as part of a series of meetings on attention deficit aimed at principals, parents and educators.

Each of the two meetings was attended by more than 400 principals, ramim, melamdim and parents who listened attentively to lectures delivered by leading professionals. The feedback forms submitted by over 500 participants spoke of the importance of raising awareness on this topic as well as the answers provided by professionals. They also noted the importance of the remarks made by Ezer Mitzion Chairman Rabbi Chananya Cholek, who spoke at both events.

At the end of the meetings the principals and educators expressed an interest in continuing with these important meetings, which contribute greatly to educators in the holy work they do on a daily basis.

An event was also held to mark eight years of activity, over 500 volunteers and innumerable acts of chessed — both large and small — done discreetly out of a small apartment at Rechov Sdeh Chemed 14 in Kiryat Sefer.

Held at Eshkol Hapayis in Kiryat Sefer and sponsored by Maccabi Healthcare's Kiryat Sefer branch, the event was attended by over 600 women who came to hear about and show recognition for Ezer Mitzion's efforts in Modi'in Illit.

The evening opened with the Something Special Exhibition, which included jewelry items, quality gifts and works of art made by girls from the after-school program. The tastefully designed exhibition was led by girls with Down syndrome who took part in making them.

They talked about how the after-school program provides them a home, a social environment, support, a place to smile and sometimes to cry, too. They spoke of the joy of creating and the great feeling of gratification.

Speakers at the event included Rabbi Cholek, who spoke in a pained voice about the hundreds of requests sent every day to dozens of Ezer Mitzion branches around the country, about the personal response to every problem and about the tremendous chessed operation that is both a privilege and an obligation to take part in. He concluded with a personal request to take part in the volunteer activities taking place at the branch.

Rabbi Shimon Ragovi, Ezer Mitzion's medical advisor, talked about the professionalism and the structure of the department, and surveyed its various sections. He laid out before the participants the procedure followed for every request and explained how to submit a request.

Mrs. Channah Lubin described the branch's great acts of chessed and the importance — particularly during this period when we are obligated to strive toward ahavas chinom — of mutual assistance and accumulating merit. Afterwards many of the listeners were driven to tears by the personal account of Mrs. P., a mother of a two-year- old girls with Down syndrome, who is compelled to make use of many of the services provided by Maccabi and Ezer Mitzion. She spoke about the difficulty of going from giving help to the receiving end, about coping with various problems and most of all about the understanding that one cannot just take, but must also give sometimes.

At the end of the moving evening Ezer Mitzion's renowned tzedokoh boxes — "which save from every incident," said HaRav Chaim Kanievsky — were handed out, and a drawing for valuable prizes was held.

The staff of Ezer Mitzion of Modi'in Illit expressed their thanks to the 300 women who filled out feedback and volunteer sign-up forms.

 

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