March 2004
Shalom Dear Contributors and friends of
the Olim Fund,
We continue to rejoice in your generosity
and the great blessing of your outreach to our Olim families who
are hurting here in the Land. The donations this month again topped
$10,000, most of which have already been distributed as reported
in detail below. For the first time we are able to carry over
some funds to be used for emergency requirements that may occur
before our next formal meeting.
By way of a monthly update:
1. Our application to make the Fund, operating
under the new name of "the Olim fund of Israel" continues
to await formal governmental approval which we are again assured
is only a formality and will soon be forthcoming. This in no way
is impeding our operations which will continue on a cash basis
until we finally wade through the governmental paper mill.
2. The first edition of my DVD college
level teaching developed for Faith Seminary and the general Christian
Church entitled "The Jewish Origins of Christianity"
to be mass marketed by Sid Roth of Messianic Vision has just been
shipped to Sid Roth and to our distributor in Mt. Vernon, WA (see
our web site: www.olimpublicatons.com where it can be ordered
for $49.95. For those wishing to get fully accredited and transferable
college credit for the course, Faith Seminary has agreed to provide
this service for less than half the cost of their regular tuition.
3. I am very pleased to announce that Nirit
Zagofsky has now joined us as our volunteer office manager. PTL!
Nirit brings to the Fund a wealth of experience and capability
in this area and she has already been a great blessing in helping
us rise to an ever growing administrative requirement.
Following is the report of distributions for March 2004.
With love and blessings,
Bob Fischer
OLIM FUND OF THE GALILEE
March
2004, DISTRIBUTION
Family Size
|
Location
|
Monthly Income
|
Overview of Situation Funded
|
Gift
|
1
|
Afula
|
$317
|
An administrative error has resulted in
this elderly woman’s monthly allowance being cut off for
two months. As a result, she is about to be removed from
her apartment because of non payment of rent.
|
$724
|
2
|
Nazareth Illit
|
$339
|
As above, this same administrative error
has led to this single mother of a seven year old to loose
her government support for two months. She is desperately
looking for work and struggling to meet the barest of survival
needs. She has been threatened with eviction from her apartment
and all utilities are about to be shut off.
|
$905
|
4
|
Nazareth Illit
|
$847
|
This family is struggling to survive on
a marginal income and is unable to take care of even the
most urgent of dental treatment needs of their two pre-teen
age children.
|
$226
|
2
|
Karmiel
|
$421
|
This recently widowed pensioner is struggling
to provide urgently needed medical care for her seriously
ill, unemployed, adult daughter.
|
$566
|
2
|
Haifa
|
$344
|
Divorced mother of a teenager is physically
disabled and thus unable to work. Her governmental support
is insufficient to meet more than the barest of survival
needs. This gift
is to provide them with a long needed refrigerator.
|
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