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Co-Founder andExecutiveDirector Naomi K.Eisenberger B’Shalom, with others. journey expanding the impact of down seeminglyintractablechallenges.Pleasejoinusonthis more todo,asourneighbors,communitiesandworldface Together, we’veaccomplishedmuch, butthereissomuch I hope you’re as inspired as I am by this 2019 Annual Report. Puerto Rico. post-hurricane humanitarianaidtopeoplerebuildinglivesin continue tonimblyrespondemergencies,suchasproviding addressable, andpositivelyaffectinglivesasaresult.And,we has madethisissue,hiddenforfartoolong,visibleand into avibrantjointinitiative,Ta’amod, “StandUp,”which and eradicategenderharassmentinJewishspaceshasgrown with theJewishWomen’s FoundationofNewYork toaddress nal conversations.Forexample,thisyear, ourpartnership Jewish community, andwe’reproudofourvoiceincommu- Now inourseconddecade,we’vedefinedanichewithinthe welcoming stranger. two worlds,handednewclothingbyacompassionateand the gratitudeofarefugeeatoursouthernborder, lostbetween self-respect andplanstobecomeateacher. Andit’s therein grantee Yotsrot, leavingTel Aviv’s sextradewithnewfound the optimismofayoungwomaninIsrael,embracedbyour escaping aforcedandabusivemarriageinPakistan.It’s in at Last,askingifwecanfundtheairfareofayoungwoman It’s inthatcallfromthefounderofourgranteeUnchained support, isacatalystforitall. symbols ofwhatisrightinthisworld,andhowGPF, withyour voices ofthosegivingandreceivinghelpareunmistakable advancing thiscontinuumofpositiveimpact.Thefacesand Yet everyday, Iseeandhearvivid representations ofmitzvot the emotionsandmultiplyingeffectofourworktogether. that’s impersonalanddoesn’tcapturetheinterconnectedness, your support.It’s easytodefaultnumbersasameasure,but struggled tobestdefinethewavesofimpactgeneratedby From thebeginningsofGPFnowalmost12yearsago,I’ve you willbemovedassimpleactsofkindnessgrow. vor — easing burdens of others in her remote village. I know to therecipientofgenerosityinUkraine—aHolocaustsurvi- mitzvot, andshare our work

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SHIRA Though raised to believe otherwise, I’d forsaken the possibility to believe Though raised most of the tuition in I received a fellowship to pay heating for winter to raise funds for time volunteer I used my The angels of Shalom Aleichem come when we sing at our that DEAR FRIEND, I’m For anguished and painful background. a survivor of an most of my childhood I had no supportive or livable home. or supportive no I had most of my childhood degradations, their Israel and the worst of The streets of deprivations and manipulators were my daily fare. of angelic intervention. Yet one social worker found me and led me to the smallest hope that a better future was within reach. I left the streets, tried to compensate a fine Israeli university, for no formal at education, took the entrance exams and beyond my most fervent hope, accepted. was exchange for human rights volunteer work. It was facilitated and its particularly by The Good People Fund an NGO knowing of generous neshamah and sensitivity to my plight. seeks that to work with an organization Shoah survivors and street “family.” my once were out those who Shabbat table are those of truth and loving-kindness, peace and ’ll ask week. I the past justice. They come to see how we’ve lived her/his name. know you only though him to add one more, even - - And so if we can, we will, paying a utility bill for a bill for a utility will, paying can, we And so if we an after woman young that helped recently We

Helping Quietly and with Compassion, Helping Quietly Turn to Nowhere When There’s The requests come privately from our trusted friends our trusted from come privately The requests care and health social workers, grantees, — donors, is in need among them. An individual or family workers help and possibly Could we turn. to no place but has a difference? make buying school ends meet, make to senior struggling cover a child going without in the inner city, for supplies look a single mother medical bill for ing an unexpected a young for or helping with college tuition work, ing for out of despair lift herself to with the drive woman Israeli the world. to back and give and her grit, determination described grantee Israeli her expressing a letter … and need. She wrote promise us. … all of benefactor her anonymous to deep gratitude Uplifting Lives, Uplifting Lives, a Time One at

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USA Today, GPM is so much more than hot meals. Medical and dental care is provided, young adults from around Family-to-Family the world volunteer, and most noteworthy, women in the Relieving Hunger and Poverty, and Building community have begun food-related micro-enterprises Compassionate Communities that have helped them and their families. The most famous — the Masala Mamas — have even created an award-winning kosher Indian vegetarian cookbook. GPF Impact: Our funds help cover the cost of increased Pam Koner was reading the Sunday New York Times in staffing needs. the comfort of her home and was struck by an article and photo essay about families living in extreme poverty in rural Pembroke, IL. “I didn’t know what, but I needed to do USA something,” she says. Her organization, Family-to-Family, was Pam’s response. This personal mission has grown into Hope and Comfort a grassroots project, housed in a storefront in Hastings- Dignity Through Personal Care on-Hudson, NY, that connects families and individuals with “more,” to those with “less,” creating channels of support based on compassion and care.

It’s really all about dignity. What began nearly ten years ago ( Family-to-Family’s network is now active in about 40 973 communities in 18 states, providing over 2,400 individu- with a selfless act of sharing their toddler’s birthday gifts ) als — including refugees, veterans, seniors and Holocaust with kids-in-need, has evolved into Boston-based Hope and 761-0580 survivors — with groceries and other staples, and also re- Comfort, started by Jeff and Loren Feingold. sponding to needs caused by natural disasters and crises Party guests were asked to bring an item to be donated wherever they occur. “Empathy exists in all of us, we just to a social service agency in lieu of gifts for their child. Upon have to access it,” Pam says. delivery, Jeff learned of the critical need for personal hygiene Naomi Brounstein GPF Impact: Our funds cover administrative costs as well products. Thus began his project based on his recognition as food for Holocaust survivors. that no one should ever lose dignity for want of such items. 761-0580 ) Initially, the soap, toothpaste, shampoo and other hygiene

973 products Jeff collected were stored in his garage. Today, ( & Vivi Mann USA Hope and Comfort operates out of a warehouse where volunteers pack kits that are donated to many nearby Gabriel Project Mumbai pantries as well as to large partner organizations. TEN GAV actually put to use the skills that were learned in an Hunger Education and Medical Care in the agency-funded career retraining program, or a gel Next steps? Jeff is now using his strong business back- manicure kit for an at-risk young woman who, after Mumbai Slums and Beyond ground to change how society views this issue. Why should The Stuff of Mitzvah WWW.GOODPEOPLEFUND.ORG taking a nail technician’s course, now wants to earn these products not be available with SNAP benefits (food stamps)? Why don’t schools routinely place personal income to help out at home — that is empowering! Goreret Mitzvah hygiene products in girls’ bathrooms? Why, indeed, are such When a family receives a fridge or a washing A routine business trip to Mumbai exposed tech execu- items even taxed when purchased? tive Jacob Sztokman to the overwhelming poverty of that THE WEB we weave, one of grateful Israelis in machine and can stay afloat and out of debt, because GPF Impact: Our funds are used to further develop the city’s slums. Believing that change was possible, Jacob was need, of all stripes and colors, helped by committed someone “has their back”— that is empowering! organization’s volunteer program. inspired to do something. professionals, empowered by thoughtful, conscien- When a donor can choose whom to help and is tious and discerning donors, is the stuff of mitzvah assured that s/he is making a real difference in the He started Gabriel Project Mumbai to draw children to school with the promise of a hot meal, and an education goreret mitzvah. life of a real person, meeting a real challenge — that could ultimately break the cycle of poverty for many. When a social worker can give something that is empowering! tangible to a client — a computer so that s/he can WWW.GOODPEOPLEFUND.ORG 06

WWW.GOODPEOPLEFUND.ORG (973) 761-0580 PROVIDING FOR ESSENTIAL NEEDS of control. In 2007 sheestablished OneCanHelpfor Bethany ment offunds couldkeep afamily’s situation from spiraling out cases like Bethany’s regularly —cases where amodest invest- Help purchased acomputer for her. of graduation onceagain seemedunattainable, until OneCan internet access possible onlyonherphone, Bethany’s dream online, anditseemedasolutionhad beenfound. But,with school agreed to allow Bethany to complete hercourses months to graduation, itdidn’t make senseto give up. The school, thetaunts andbullyingdidn’t stop —but withonlysix As Bethany* reached themiddle ofhersenioryear ofhigh Massachusetts Court-InvolvedSupporting Families in One CanHelp USA organization’s part-time staff. GPF Impact: We underwrite salaries for someofthe kindness andgoodness init.” Because asituation isdifficultdoesn’t mean there can’t be “And ifyou can’t doeverything, find others whocanhelp. founded Mitzvah Circle in2009 after helpingjust onefamily. needs your andhelplove,” support said Fran, who world’ means helpingtheperson standing before you, who people ineastern Pennsylvania andbeyond. “To ‘repair the worsening situations. to anyone at any time—leading to unexpected andoften that illness, jobloss andother seriousevents canhappen led by Founder andExecutive Director Fran Held,realize of abetter waythink to spend my time.” Volunteers and staff, ing andother essentials for afamily incrisis,“and Ican’t need it,” said one as she prepared a package with cloth- people whovolunteer there each month. atmosphere ofcompassion anddedication created by 935 personal hygiene products andchildren’s books—plusan items —everything from winter coats andbaby diapers, to you’ll notice thefloor-to-ceiling stock ofnew anddonated Walk through Mitzvah Circle Foundation’s warehouse and Life’s Edge Providing for People Walking Along Mitzvah Circle Foundation USA As anattorney in AnneBader-Martinfamily court, saw In 2018, theorganization touched thelives ofabout47,000 “We’re here for thesame reason, helping peoplewho

can read stories aboutIsraelis withmodest needs(carefully your back,” isanonlineplatform where prospective donors for “doing good.” work on the use of the internet, with its infinite possibilities standing dedication to helping others. They focused their bine their management and legal careers with theirlong- In 2014, ViviMannandNaomi Brounstein decided to com- Internet for Good TenGav ISR appliances and buildingmaterials. GPF Impact: Our funds are usedto underwrite the cost of forgotten despite the passage oftime. perhaps, most importantly, are assured they have not been repaired, rusted anduseless appliances replaced and later. People inthecentral part oftheislandhave had roofs those 50families andstill continues itswork two years traveled to areas where helphad not yet arrived. cated corps whogathered food andother essentials and had even gonefor days withoutfood. who had lost everything andwere sittingindarkness. Some she learned from aFacebook post there were peoplenearby While sheandherfriendsfamily recovered fairly quickly, Maria that nearly destroyed theislandinSeptember of2017. imagined thetype ofdevastation wrought by Hurricane Growing upontheislandofPuerto Rico, Erika Velez never Lighting theWay After HurricaneMaria Puerto RicoLit USA One CanHelp’s smallstaffing costs. GPF Impact: Impact: Our matching funds help underwrite *a pseudonym in every state! between $9-$11million.Imagine ifaprogram like thisexisted One CanHelp’s interventions actually saved Massachusetts 2018 study conducted by Boston University, in the prior year, children andfamilies have beenhelped,andaccording to a and others insimilarsituations. Infact, more than5,000 Ten Gav, aHebrew idiomthat loosely translates as “having Erika’s organization, Puerto RicoLit,started by serving She quickly messaged her friends and soon had a dedi- NEW port forport students. computers, monthly stipends andother educational sup- GPF Impact: Ourgrant underwrites emergency needs, said, “helpingmebeasuccess inclass and hopefully inlife.” dence onwelfare. “Ithas made abigdifference,” the student tion to helpherexcel inschoolandbreak herfamily’s depen- with astudent whoreceived acomputer from theorganiza from awoman distressed over how to pay it,orcatching up groceries to amother onmoney, short ortakingtheutility bill On any given day, they may be handing out a gift card for and all-volunteer effort) founders AnneandDavid Silverman needs andhelpthose facing economicchallenges. their deepconnectionsinthecommunity let themuncover city’s sizable andimpoverished Ethiopianpopulation, and ing. They are part of a team of ambassadors of care to the social workers from theU.S.now based inNetanya, isinspir Spending aday withWendy Helping EthiopianStudents andFamilies The Forgotten People Fund ISR GPF Impact: Ourfunds elderlyEthiopian-Israelis. support proves thepower ofcomingtogether to help. that willallow someoneto be self-sufficient, each met need family livingwithoutsuchanecessity, orthecost ofaclass enormous difference. Be it a refrigerator or a stove for a provide relatively smallamounts ofmoney that make an able —elderlyEthiopians,singlemothers andkidsat risk. on helpingthree specificgroups that are vulner particularly help of others. In addition to general needs, Ten Gav focuses vetted by municipal socialservices) that canbemet withthe Wendy andJeff now assist The Forgotten People Fund(an The donors, joiningwithother like-minded people, can Aida andYosef (z’’l) Millerinthiscompassionate work. and Jeff Starrfield, retired - - - www.goodpeoplefund.org (973) 761-0580 [email protected] CONTACT US ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES on programsandservices) (Percentage ofGPF’s totalexpensesspent PROGRAM EXPENSES (source: CharityNavigator) TION BRINGGPFOVERHEAD TO SPECIFICALLY FOR ADMINISTRA- DONATIONS DESIGNATED FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

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SWIPE OUT HUNGER SWIPE Effect The Ripple I REMEMBER being asked if my work was driven by mywith Swipe Out Hunger 19, and wasn’t awareJewish values. I was traditions and valueshow much our Jewish beliefs, but also myguided not only my actions. Swipe Out Hungerbeen a central theme. of friends at UCLAstarted with a couple were ending the semes- frustrated that they ter with leftover meals on their campus meal plan, while also knowing that there were many in their community without access to food. UCLA allowed us to donate those meal swipes to peers, and I had an inviolable inkling that what we had started was meant to grow. our movement to more than 80 campuses, reaching two million meals served by Spring 2020. That inkling led me to find my life’s work. The ripple effect of mitzvah goreret mitzvah, is what inspires me to come in each and every day.

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intellectual and physical excellence, as well MAINTAINING FOR DIGNITY OUR ELDERS as emotional and spiritual resilience, positive changes occur. Who doesn’t have unused sports equipment Dr. Chesner, an American clinical psychol- lying around the house, whether or not there ogist who made aliyah many years ago, has are still kids at home? Outgrown soccer cleats, spent a lifetime working with kids with a wide tennis rackets, baseball gloves and bats … the range of learning disabilities and other neuro- list is endless and the goal of keeping it out of psychological disorders. His groundbreaking landfills daunting.Max Levitt, at the time a work has had significant impact on how Israeli sports manager at Syracuse University, had schools treat students who learn differently. this problem when he was asked to clear out GPF Impact: Our funds underwrote travel the football team’s used equipment to make way costs for several Ethiopian students. for new gear. Max thought there must be youth teams around the country that could use this perfectly good equipment. He began Leveling USA

GIVING HOPE TO DISADVANTAGED YOUTH DISADVANTAGED GIVING HOPE TO the Playing Field in 2011 after graduating from Make Music NOLA college, and today there are three locations

in the Maryland/DC area where people can Inspiring, Engaging and Empow- drop off their used equipment to be donated to ering Students Through Music nearby teams that struggle to fund their small sports programs. LPF keeps this usable equipment out of landfills while helping thousands of kids reap the With each note played in the strings programs many benefits of participating in team sports. of Make Music NOLA, kids age 7-17 are real- Seems like a win-win to us.

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973 run at more than nine sites, focusing on music ( Helping At-Risk Teens development and character development. their own life force. Every day brings new opportunities. “If you can’t help someone monetarily, Executive Director Laura Patterson points Acts of Kindness and out that interacting with kids from other put a kind hand on a shoulder, say a kind word,” schools and other parts of town “creates Compassion Multiply said 86-year-old survivor Fira in Ukraine. Fira was The trips that Ethiopian students now living a network for [the kids] and gives them an destitute and alone, but her first thought wasn’t for WWW.GOODPEOPLEFUND.ORG in Israel take to the homeland many left as opportunity to be themselves outside the herself. She asked if she could share the funds we KINDNESS and compassion are the most import- infants have been life-changing, as confirmed regular school day.” A teacher who welcomes gave her (donated through acts of kindness) with a by one participant in Dr. Stu Chesner’s new the chance to “give back” through MMN adds, ant things in life. Hundreds of Holocaust survivors woman down the road in “worse shape.” We told Fira program, Magen. “Only if I feel grounded in “A lot of these kids don’t have successes every have told me so. From their unique perspective, to keep the money, and take us to this woman, so we my past, will I have the strength to deal with day at school, or they don’t have the best lives, having endured the darkest days of human history, could help her as well. the present and the future … Seeing where my and we give them … a new way to be success- they implore us to “do good deeds, because the family lived and where some of them still live ful. We teach them that there are many paths world rests on them.” This imperative is rooted in Because kindness and compassion beget more feels like an important missing piece in under- for them. We open doors for them.” the values of our ancestors and has lasted through kindness, through Fira’s noble deed, a new survivor standing what my own role is here in Israel.” was brought into our program to begin the journey GPF Impact: Our matching grant helps generations, and will endure far into the future. Magen works with about 150 children in underwrite the cost of expansion. of healing and compassion. Maale Adumim, half of whom are Ethiopian, WWW.GOODPEOPLEFUND.ORG MAINTAINING DIGNITY FOR OUR ELDERS (973) 761-0580 WWW.GOODPEOPLEFUND.ORG 19

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My hope is that something I deem goal to create and maintain Shai Asher. When we send goal to create and maintain Shai Asher. out positive energy into the world, we cannot predict who it affects or if and when it will come back to us. righteous — a project to meet the needs of a specific population — will spur others into positive action. And it has. Over time, fellow kibbutz members, groups, neighboring commu- children’s nities and businesses have volunteered to help us and have even developed new services and projects for people with disabilities in Israel.

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on meandshowed mesomekindness. world because someonetookachance dom tohelpothers. have, inturn,usedtheirnewfound free- the nextgeneration.Andmany ofthem of forcedmarriagefromcontinuing to marriage, butalsostoppedthe cycle Each ofthemnotonlyescapedforced so theycouldescapeforcedmarriages. more than555women,girlsandothers crucial, oftenlife-savingservicesto organization that,todate,hasprovided All thisgoodness rippledoutintothe Unchained hasgrownintoanational FraidyReiss 28

WWW.GOODPEOPLEFUND.ORG (973) 761-0580 EMPOWERING WOMEN & GIRLS community banks to fund women’s microloans. GPF Impact: Ourfunds are used to set uptwo village has supported over 210women to date. — enhancing economic stability and gender equality. Moyo women inTanzania. Itisaholistic way to upliftthese women midwiferysupport, training andbusiness skillsto vulnerable profits, thisuniquemodelprovides financialliteracy, legal poverty by focusing onempowering women. (Swahili for the word “heart”) International to help reduce background in financeandnonprofit work,shebegan Moyo with herlongafter returning to the US.Usingherstrong the low status and daily struggles of the local women stayed in rural Tanzania. The culture, thepoverty, and most of all, Vivian Unterweger never forgot thetimeshespent living Microloans for Tanzanian Women Moyo International USA GPF Impact: Ourfunds cover thecost ofequipment. economic security. to nature, asenseofinitiative, andafoundation for future new skillsas well as asenseofresponsibility, aconnection The girlsrunallaspects ofthefarm andinsodoingdevelop number ofthemhave experienced sexual trauma, as well. in more traditional educational settings. An overwhelming focused onlyonhelpingyoung girlswhohave not succeeded evolution. ing made thefounding ofthislatest Kaimafarm anatural tal studies, biodynamicagriculture andcommunity build- establishment oftheState. Herbackground inenvironmen- has worked thelandinIsrael’s sincelongbefore north the Merav Carmi isasixth-generation farmer whose family Through Agriculture Offering GirlsAlternative Learning Kaima Nahalal ISR Working in cooperation with carefully-vetted local non- Kaima Nahalalistheonlyfarm intheKaimamodel NEW NEW GPF Impact: Ourfunds helpwith administrative expenses. states considering implementation. enacted legislation to endthepractice, with several other and arranged marriages. DelawareNew and Jersey have more peopleare becomingaware ofthedangers offorced been forced into arranged marriages overseas. the means for women to return to America after they have services, emotional and,insomecases, support provided her smallstaff have helpednearly 600 women withlegal end thiswidespread practice. abusive, arranged marriage, Fraidy beganhercrusade to different, affect thousands ofpeople. Onceshe escapedher years ago. Arranged and forced marriages, thoughdistinctly this eitherwhenshewas subjected to anarranged marriage 2000 and2010. Most ofusare unaware ofthese numbers. young as 12, were legally married in this country between The statistics are astounding: nearly 250,000 children, as Arranged orForced Marriages WomenSupporting andGirlsLeaving Unchained at Last USA GPF Impact: Ourfunds underwrite leadership training. others are involved invarious politicalinitiatives. courses have even runinmunicipal elections whilestill women are findingtheir voices. Two “graduates” oftheir nist thought, publicspeaking workshops, andmore, these the status quo. Through exposure to more modernfemi- ing opportunities for haredi tion invarious Knesset committees. Knesset Caucus for Haredi Women, andregular participa ness, lobbying andadvocacy efforts led to thecreation ofthe for parties that exclude women. THeryears ofraising aware- started aFacebook campaign asking thepublicnot to vote voices that needto beheard. Before the2012 elections,she Estee Shushanisoneofthousandsharedi of women with Ultra-Orthodox Women Giving Voice, Equality andRepresentation to Lo Bocharot -NoVoice, NoVote) Nivcharot (Lo Nivcharot, ISR As Unchained’s advocacy work advances, more and Imbued withboundless passion andenergy, Fraidy and Fraidy Reiss, founder ofUnchainedat Last, didnot know Nivcharot provides training, leadership, andskillbuild- women nolongerhappy with

- GPF Impact: Ourfunds asocial worker. support including ourselves,” said Lia.“And that’s everything.” become, and that we can create, and not just break things, their own definitionofsuccess. “Here, we findthat wecan with anetwork ofcounselors ensuringthat everyone meets in digitalmarketing, anecessary skill,isalsooffered, along and pattern-making in studios in Tel Aviv andHaifa. Training could nolongerstand. Central BusStation anddetermined that suchexploitation eight years ago, after sheobserved thesex trade at Tel Aviv’s founded by former fashion editor Lilach Tzur BenMoshe just who have becomepart oftheYotsrot community sinceitwas Yotsrot as sheexits life inthesex trade. “Ihave choices now.” early 30’s whoisfindingconfidence, anda support future at myself onmy own,” said Lia,atransgender woman inher “I’m learning that I’m aperson, not anobject,andIcandefine Cycle ofProstitution Empowering Women to ExittheDestructive Yotsrot —Turning theTables ISR its capacity building. GPF Impact: Ourmatching grant allows WMIto increase something,” Eviesaid. “IhopeI’m doingthat.” talk aboutdon’t mean anything unless we make themmean so noonefeels isolated. drivingJewish values “The that we her growing network ofsupporters create acircle ofcare eat anddress with dignity. Perhaps most important, Evieand in contact withthecommunity, andgiftcards allow themto look for ajob, acellphonewithpre-paid minutes keeps them essentials to start a new life: a laptop computer helps them system move more smoothly back into society. prison reform, andto helpthose just released from thepenal lish Witness to Mass Incarceration to advocate for stigma ofhaving beeninprison. others facing systemic and cultural disadvantages and the defeating, especially for women, LGBTQ+ individualsand ing alife after incarceration ischallengingandfrequently after time in federal prison. She knows well that establish- Evie Litwok arrived inNYC penniless, homeless andjobless After Prison,Lending aHandto Others Witness to Mass Incarceration USA Yotsrot provides vocational training in design, sewing Lia canlikely speak for any ofthemore than300women WMI’s Suitcase Project equips returnees with valuable She usedherexperience as asocialactivist to estab - NEW

$15,377,700 raised 2008-2019: Total Dollars VOLUNTEERS FOR GOOD REFUGEES NATURAL DISASTERS SELF-SUFFICIENCY SHOAH SURVIVORS LITERACY &EDUCATION KIDS ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPIES over 16distinct program areas. dynamic programs ranging $13.2 millionto 197 support Over 11years, we’ve given the Numbers Good Deedsby WORKPLACE TRAINING SAFE &RESPECTFUL WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT INCLUSION &DISABILITIES ELDER CARE VETERANS &MILITARY HEALTH &WELL-BEING FUNDAMENTAL NEEDS HUNGER &FOOD RESCUE $ $ $ $ $ $ 1,099,534 $ 1,012,052 2,798,612 1,236,618 1,329,180 3,421,160 $ 685,000 $ $ 350,031 $ 313,044 $ $

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USA FEAST (Food, Education, Access, Support, Together) is the creation of Sam Polk who struggled with his own weight for Envision Kindness years. He and his wife, a physician, realized that for people Inspiring Kindness in Pursuit of a with limited incomes, healthy food choices can be expensive Happier World and hard to find. Many live in “food deserts” or urban areas where such food is scarce (and where fast food options are not). Today, FEAST programs can be found in several New York and California communities, and in Nebraska, Vermont and beyond. Research suggests that helping others has a direct positive GPF Impact: Our funding continues to underwrite benefit on one’s health. The 25% of people in the US who program expansion in New York. volunteer experience this “helper’s high” — and scientist/ physician Dr. David Fryburg and his son Jesse founded

Envision Kindness to help spread these positive feelings through photography. ISR “We are wired to respond to kindness,” says David, “including images of it. Images of compassion and connection INTRA — Israeli National Thera- increase optimism, love, trust, gratitude, and sympathy.” peutic Riding Association EK’s photo competitions do much to counteract negative news. “Enspire,” a video streaming program, seeks to help Healing through Horseback Riding healthcare providers who have high rates of burnout and depression; “The Science of Kindness 101” is a monthly blog illustrating “it is better to give than to receive.”

In today’s world with its extraordinary challenges and When Dan* returned home from serving in the IDF during ( where kindness seems to have fallen by the wayside, David the Second Intifada, friends and family noticed significant 973

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reminds us, “We are all born kind. It’s in our biology.” 761-0580 mentative, experienced intense flashbacks of his time on the GPF Impact: Our matching grant is directed to photo battlefield and was unable to sleep. The PTSD (post-trau- 761-0580 ) contests and general administration. matic stress disorder) that afflicted him drove him to isolate

973 While motivated to render a humanitarian ( ROAD TO RECOVERY himself from those around him. He remained that way until service, we see one good deed leading to another. his psychologist recommended equine therapy. Our activity creates common ground and a We See One Good Deed USA It was for soldiers like Dan, as well as children and adults safe space for interaction between Israelis and with disabilities, that Dr. Anita Shkedi and her husband Giora Leading to Another Palestinians, and this facilitates dialogue and builds FEAST began their equine therapy program in central Israel. Riding trust and empathy. and caring for horses builds trust and promotes kindness and

Empowering Through Nutrition Education WWW.GOODPEOPLEFUND.ORG positive thoughts in people with PTSD. For those with physical Large scale, positive, and sustainable person- AN ISRAELI army officer lost his way during the and Food Scholarships disabilities, riding a horse stimulates muscles untouched by days of the intifada and found himself in the center to-person relationships are formed. Social and more traditional physical therapy. of Jenin. An angry mob gathered around him in economic interactions are created around common For Dan, “… Horseback riding gave him a strong sense of an atmosphere of a lynching. A Palestinian police interests, increasing positive engagement, building crosscutting networks across the divide, and achievement and empowerment … reconnecting his mind to officer took charge and rescued him. The following “We are on the right path now,” says a mother of three, a his body and soul…enabling him to reestablish his life.” day the officer called me. “I did it for your sake. decreasing hostility and violence. resident of East Harlem, NY; she and eleven others were You helped my brother when he needed to reach a part of the first East Coast graduating class of FEAST. This *a pseudonym hospital in Israel.” is a 12-week program that gives participants the knowledge, GPF Impact: Our grant supports therapeutic equine motivation and support to make better food choices with riding for soldiers with PTSD limited resources, and gives them greater insights by sharing personal food stories. WWW.GOODPEOPLEFUND.ORG Yuval Roth 32

WWW.GOODPEOPLEFUND.ORG (973) 761-0580 IMPROVING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING of donated locations. More than2,000families struggling overwhelmingly positive andRefanah was born. time? Theresponse to herinitialoutreach to owners was holidays” so patients and theirfamilies can enjoy restorative Israel going unused at times, why not use themfor “healing on holiday. Withmany hotel rooms andguest houses in effort inCanada sent a relative suffering from breast cancer for granted.” about my recovery and peace of mind. This is not to be taken found that Iwas not aloneandthat there are those whocare families: abreak. Asonebreast cancersurvivor putit,“I provides something essential for cancerpatients andtheir For all,Refanah (meaning “please heal her”)Healing Holidays off duringtreatment … still others are celebrating recovery. For some, itisthelast vacation they take …for others, itistime Taking aVacation from Cancer Refanah Healing Holidays ISR administrative costs. GPF Impact: Ourfunds helppay for theorganization’s mom …that isnot what makes themunique,” says Pam. kids that even ifthey are theonlyone intheirclass withouta strates that disease does not define. “We need to show these zation so that other families can benefit. Their goal demon- parent, Pamela, Jeremy andhissisters created theorgani- oldest child’s wishto play withkidswhomight alsohave asick raising children insuchcircumstances. Inspired by their over ten years ago, andsheknows well thechallenges of community offriendswhoshare similarexperiences. events, offering relief from the stresses at home, as well as a member to thedisease. Jeremy’s Circle organizes the these outingsare not onlyfun butalsoaneededescape. teens in general, but for those who are part of Jeremy’s Circle a bike ride through Tel Aviv — typical activities for kids and An outingto anamusement park, atripto theJerusalem Zoo, KidsLivingwithCancer Supporting Jeremy’s Circle ISR Patients pay anominalfee andcanchoose from avariety Robyn Shames had theidea for Refanah whenasimilar Pamela Becker’s husband, Jeremy, succumbedto cancer Each lives with cancer in the family or has lost a family NEW Ruach Dromit (“SouthernWind” inHebrew). Now, thousands means.” Shebegan to fulfill hermission whenshe founded meaningful to expand the circle ofgivingfor those oflimited Keren Tova-Gemel searched for away “to dosomething Fighting CancerinIsrael’s Periphery Cancer inIsrael for Negev Citizens Fighting for Alternative Treatment Ruach Dromit -TheCenter ISR GPF Impact: Ourfunds helpunderwrite fuel costs. extraordinary difficulty reaching medicalservices. life-saving assistance to peoplewhowould otherwise have antidotes to hatred. HebeganRoad to Recovery to offer learned that compassion andgenerosity are powerful terrorist attack in1993. Yuval Roth who isthevisionary and deeploss hefelt whenhisbrother was murdered ina costs to those volunteers whorequest it. of theexpenses incurred are small reimbursements for fuel ling is that the leadership is entirely volunteer and the bulk trips were completed. What makes thiseven more compel- points to Israeli hospitals andback. Last year alone, 10,000 volunteered to provide these roundtrip rides from check treatment. Sinceitsfounding, almost 2,000Israelis have adults from the West BankandGaza to Israeli hospitals for humanitarian effort that brings Palestinian children and to Recovery (Ba’derech L’Hachlama) isanall-volunteer works quietly andefficiently to “changethenarrative.” Road in the Middle East is a little-known Israeli organization that Buried inthestream ofdepressing headlines aboutunrest Compassion as an Antidote to Hatred (Ba’derech L’Hachlama) Road to Recovery ISR GPF Impact: Ourfunds provide general support. began five years ago. with acancerdiagnosis have enjoyed abreak sincethework All of this stems from one man’s response to the horror

NEW NEW - GPF Impact: Ourfunds underwrite volunteer training costs. media identifying messages ofdistress andoffer help. utilizing new technology, volunteers canactually scansocial with extensive articles and other materials.support Today, toonline support peopleinemotional distress, andawebsite ally trained, volunteer-driven organization that provides free andListening“Support ontheWeb”). SAHAR isaprofession- the possibilities, formed SAHAR (aHebrew acronym for sor, andwith thehelpofothers similarlyinterested in keeping theindividualsafe from harm. can allow for positive dialogueandemotional thus support, encouragement. More positively, though,online connections ior canactually encourage suicide, providing knowledge and suicide. Inoneway, clearly themost dangerous, onlinebehav two distinct connectionsbetween onlinebehavior and cle by Professor AziBarak ofHaifa University, whodescribed and appearing to besuicidal.That search ledherto- anarti resources that might helpafriendsuffering from anorexia Arnon searched theinternet desperate to findsome In 2000, as ayoung student at Hebrew University, Liora forOnline Support Emotional Distress SAHAR ISR funds helpunderwrite minimaladministrative expenses. GPF Impact: Sincemost therapists are volunteers, our me inovercoming my illness.” massages whichhelpedto calmandphysically strengthen a week andcompassionately gave mehealing, energetic feel andunderstanding asenseofsupport …You cametwice shops, andmore —for free, oranominalfee. ture, holistic psychotherapy, nutrition counseling,work Servicessupport. includemassage, reflexology, acupunc- including thehomebound,personalized treatment and conjunction withconventional hospitals, offers patients, with acancerdiagnosis. physical, emotional, andeven economicstress that come alternative therapies that, research shows, canreduce the of cancerpatients livingintheremote Negev have access to Intrigued by thisinformation, Liora contacted theprofes- A thankful client says itbest: “For thefirst timein my life, I The onlycenter ofitskindintheNegev, Ruach Dromit, in NEW - - SPECIAL PROJECTS shops ontheEast Coast. GPF Impact: Ourfunds have made possible new work strength to on. carry that often accompany infertility andgive clients thetools and All these resources helpto endthe silenceandloneliness also offers theuniqueopportunity to bookan “InfertiliTEA.” such as theirnationwide Infertility Awareness Shabbat. It store available through their website, inaddition to events infertility.” Tikva provided mewithacommunity ofpeers experiencing participant noted, “Myinfertility was painfully isolating; Yesh whenhopeisallbutlost.support As onegrateful Yesh Tikva tion. Itisacaringcommunity that provides resources and Block alone.” Having both faced their own infertility issues, for isHope” “There —issynonymous with“you are not For Jewish couples facing infertility, Yesh Tikva — Hebrew Community Resources for theJewish Infertility YeshTikva USA curriculum. programming, includinganinnovative, new interactive GPF Impact: Ourfunds continue to children’s support alive.” What better outcome could we wish for? over; the music gives me hope. Your playing makes me feel shelter guests to proclaim, “Whenyou play, Iknow itain’t health, economicreversals andmore. Itisnot unusual for ration to peoplewhohave lost both through addiction, poor also play inBoston Symphony Hall.Itbrings hope andinspi- immediate suburbs. shelters andrecovery centers throughout Boston andits that presents almost each 100concerts year inhomeless rary composers) lies at theheart ofJulie Leven’s program Mozart andother classical (andeven somemore contempo- homeless shelters thisisnot anunusual sight. Themusic of scenario, butthrough Shelter MusicBoston’s programs in Kids listening to Mozart? Thismight seemlike anunlikely Feeding theSoulsofBoston’s Homeless Shelter MusicBoston USA Yesh Tikva provides groups, support webinars, andabook The music isperformed by classical musicians whomight and Elie Salomoncreated more thananorganiza Gila - -

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- - 671 671 858 858 6,791 6,791 1,592 1,592 3,545 3,545 2,106 2,106 4,909 2,980 2,980 14,832 14,832 16,822 16,822 20,070 20,070 60,849 60,849 136,025 136,025 Services Program 2,002,513 2,002,513 1,866,488 1,866,488

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