thank_you_letters_2009

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n
, dem
dmire a
the war…
and crisis
thers to a
emergency
odel for o
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a time of
and se
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with the co
Nahariya
Hospital,
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tern
follow
man, Wes
er, Spokes
-Ziv Farb
“Thank you for he
lping to provide
supplies for
shelters in north
ern settlements.
We were
received by you
with good spirits
and a great
willingness to giv
e…”
-Shoshana and Gi
don Shapira,
Kibbutz Ein-Hash
ofet
“I wanted to thank
you for rallying to hel
p the IDF
soldiers during the
fighting in the nor
th
of the
country and in Leb
anon. Your contributi
on
to the
brigade reflects the Isr
aeli spirit that distin
gui
she
s us
as a nation.”
-Yakir Segev, Major
, Regiment G
“In the name of the fig
hters and officers of
Brigade
9024 who fought in
Lebanon, we thank you
for the
hundreds of warm,
plentiful meal portio
ns
which
you provided each
day of the war wit
h
tact,
modesty and good che
er …”
for the
t meals
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re
g
plyin
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for sup
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delic
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ts wh
hot me
studen
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8
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the
was th
m, this
progra
day.”
for
thanks
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after-s
nity In
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if
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n, Ha
for Co
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sorptio
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“I wanted to express my hea
rtfelt thanks for your con
tribution of
warm meals for the elde
rly. During the difficult day
s
that [we]
endured in which we wer
e under heavy fire and had
to spend
many days in shelters, noth
ing warmed our hearts
mor
e than
your generous contributio
n of warm meals…This
con
trib
ution
no doubt strengthened our
spirits and our ability to
stru
ggle
for
our moral right to live in
peace and serenity in Isra
el…
”
-Shimon Lankry, Mayor
of Acco
“Due to the logist
ical limitations of
the widespread rec
of the reserve un
ruitment
its, we were for
ce
d to make do wi
portions to provid
th battle
e our daily suste
nance. And really
lack of a warm
, we felt the
meal that we are
fortunate to have
Therefore, we tur
at home.
ned to Moti, the
director of the Ha
[of Meir Panim
tzo
r
branch
]…for help. Sw
iftly, with good
generosity he ra
cheer and
llied to help us
with a liberal nu
and delicious me
mber of warm
al portions…”
- Eldar Sivan, M
ajor, Commande
r of Company A,
7029, Brigade 67
Regiment
3
daily
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r
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v
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r,
Ben-Hu
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m
Depart
“Your wonderful
staff supplied us wi
th the food and
equipment needed
to respond to the spe
cial needs of
all the peopleadults, children
, elderly,
handicapped, etc
. Everything wa
s
do
ne with
humility and lov
e, but also wi
th
ad
mirable
efficiency.”
- Zev Friedman, Ma
nager of Dept. of
Social
Services and Head
of Emergency Aid,
Tel- Aviv Municipa
lity
“Your help, together
with the help of ma
ny other
good people, enable
d us to address the
many
problems that arose
during these hard
tim
es…
Thank you for the
220 food and sup
ply
packages…”
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d the to
ias an
r
e
ib
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of
lt than
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the ch
heartfe
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needs.
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ant
to the
ildren
ts, I w
nt due
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cially
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distrib
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tly und
ituatio
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or of T
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a
…
M
s
e
ty
fac
, Depu
Lalush
-Dror
“The “Meir
Panim” organiz
ation has
demonstrated sp
ecial strength in
me
eting the
existential need
s of the publi
c
in
northern
settlements, and
I am glad that ou
r
pa
rtn
ership
has produced a
result of which
we can all be
proud…”
- Moshe Sion, Ge
neral Manager of
Welfare
Department, State
of Israel
ing
someth
munity…
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bly
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t, Sta
Mana
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Israel
ger of
Welfa
re
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al Manager,
Company for Comm
unity Centers
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