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| Golf and Israel - a Hole in One! |
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Do you love golf? Do you love Israel? Caesarea Golf Club features a world championship Pete Dye course in the country you love. Combine your passions. Join players from all over the world at Ezer Mizion's fourth annual Golf Classic in Caesarea on...
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| A Need. An Address. A Solution. (05/13) |
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Mental illness. It shatters families. They need help desperately yet they cower in a corner, too ashamed to ask. Helpless, they try to cope. And when they cannot? Distraught, they search for an address. Someone they can trust. Someone who...
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| Day of Prayer for Ezer Mizion Volunteers (05/13) |
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In the chill, still hour of early morning, there was an atmosphere of anticipation and solemnity, as bus after bus filled with women charged with a mission: to pray at the holy gravesites of tzaddikim in the North on behalf of...
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| Oranit Master Sushi Chef (05/13) |
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Most kids love to prepare and eat foods like pizza or French fries. But the children at Oranit - Ezer Mizion's cancer patient guest home - are real gourmets... That is why we decided to treat them this week to a special workshop: a course for...
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| Kornwasser Hydrotherapy Pool Activity Report |
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Ezer Mizion’s Yaakov Kornwasser Hydrotherapy Pool aims at providing professional, compassionate hydrotherapy and water exercise services that address the physical needs and emotional wellness of our clients. Our goal is ...
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| 78% Transplants from IDF Recruits (05/13) |
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In April 2013, Ezer Mizion's International Bone Marrow Donor Registry facilitated twenty-eight lifesaving transplants. In twenty two of these transplants (78%), the donor was an IDF recruit. For the past seven years, the IDF has been...
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| Environmentally Wise Saves Lives (05/13) |
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A new, innovative fund-raising project bears promise of support for Ezer Mizion's International Bone Marrow Registry. Yuval Kadosh, father of Amit, a cancer survivor, launched a campaign collecting out-of-use cell phones from the...
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| Walking Down the Aisle - by Ambulance (05/13) |
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The flowers were ordered-they decided on pink and blue. The gown was stunning-it fit perfectly. The caterer had agreed to the molded dessert that she loved. But the bride was not happy. "Flowers and desserts are nice but what about my father! It's...
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| Donating Stem Cells: Where Giving is Getting (04/13) |
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Sharon Vazna has known many challenges, but none of them got him to give up his dream of becoming a Border Patrol fighter. Just when things looked like they would fall apart, Sharon donated stem cells. The knowledge that he saved a...
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| Lag Ba'omer in Meron with Ezer Mizion (04/13) |
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This year once again, Ezer Mizion's trusty ambulance fleet was there to transport the handicapped and mobility impaired population who came to pray at the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron on Lag Ba'omer. The vehicles shuttled their...
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| Celebrate by Sharing the Joy (04/13) |
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Yehuda Wifflich chose to celebrate his fiftieth birthday in a most original way - by organizing a jeep trip in the North for dozens of children with cancer and their families. Every year at the end of winter for more than ten years...
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| Actress Agam Rodberg Donates Bone Marrow (04/13) |
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The actress Agam Rodberg joined Ezer Mizion's International Bone Marrow Donor Registry eight years ago, upon her induction to the IDF. Recently, she got a phone call informing her that her bone marrow was found to be a perfect match for...
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| Supportive Community and Ezer Mizion (04/13) |
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Ezer Mizion's Senior Citizen Support division hosted a unique seminar for 40 "Supportive Community" project mothers and fathers.The aim of the seminar, arranged at the request of the Supportive Community project that is run by...
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| Pesach Food Packages for Patient's Families (04/13) |
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In Ezer Mizion, the annual food distribution project picked up speed as Pesach drew near. Meirav Lavi-Akriv, Volunteers Coordinator at the Jerusalem branch, relates: "We are dealing with families of patients, mainly people with chronic...
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| Recovered from Cancer and Had a Baby (03/13) |
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AGAINST ALL ODDS "They Told Me: ‘You'll Never Have More Children'"
When Efrat was diagnosed with cancer, the doctors told her she would never have more children * Soon, she will be celebrating her son's first...
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| Afikolego - the Lego Event for Pesach (03/13) |
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The Lego club at Oranit, under the dedicated direction of Maor Cohen, or, as the children call him, "the Lego man," has become a well-known entity. In honor of Pesach, the club held a special session: Maor rallied friends and donors to sponsor a Lego...
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| Step on the Gas! (03/13) |
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JEEP TRIP IN DISHON FOR WOMEN WITH CANCER More than 20 women with cancer recently enjoyed a jeep trail in the North. Sunny spring weather greeted the group, as they spent time in the bosom of blossoming, budding nature. The sights, scenery, and perfect...
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| 2012 Registry Summary (03/13) |
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In 2012, 215 cancer patients were recipients of stem cell transplants, donated by members of Ezer Mizion's Bone Marrow Donor Registry. For these patients, a transplant was the only hope of survival. The Registry's records show...
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| HAPPY PURIM from Ezer Mizion! (02/13) |
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Numerous Purim parties are being held across the country for the elderly, sick, special needs children, disabled and many others! These activities gave much needed respite and wonderful moments of happiness. Just see their tears of...
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| Stem Cell Transplant will Save Rinat Mordo (02/13) |
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Residents of Ramleh and nearby areas are invited to take part in a special bone marrow donation drive to save the life of Rinat Mordo, a ninth grader at Idanim High School in Ramleh who has leukemia. Ezer Mizion's Bone Marrow Donor Registry is...
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| British Café Club Purim Activity for Seniors (02/13) |
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British Café Club seniors were treated to a special aerobic activity that was both enjoyable and provided a positive release. The unique activity, "Laughing Drums," combined laughing yoga with "Drums Alive." Under the direction of...
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| Giving from the Heart (02/13) |
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In spite of all the innovations and new norms that have flooded the field of mishlochei manot, Purim food gifts, some people still view mishlochei manot with the original intent of the mitzvah - to spread joy and brotherhood...
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| They Gave a Hand – You Threw Me an Anchor (02/13) |
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Over the last two years, Pini Doron had plenty of time to think about the anonymous donor whose bone marrow donation saved his life. Last week, the two were finally able to meet, and Pini and his family had the chance to...
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| Personality is Primary (02/13) |
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A special lecture introducing the subject of "Personality Disorders" was hosted as part of a series on mental health issues coordinated by Ezer Mizion's Mental Health Family Counseling Center that serves families with...
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| A Day of Pure Pampering (02/13) |
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More than 150 women with cancer, women whose husbands have cancer, and mothers of children with cancer got a brief hiatus from their grueling life routine, as they enjoyed a luxurious fun day at the Sheraton City Tower Hotel in Tel Aviv. For the first...
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| A Taste of Life (01/13) |
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Two culinary workshops took place recently for women with cancer and mothers of children with cancer. The workshops were given by Tzachi Oren, chief chef of the Café Café chain, and he was joined by another two chefs from...
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| Tu Bi'Shevat Blossoms in the Hospital, Too! (01/13) |
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In honor of Tu Bi'Shevat, Ezer Mizion held a number of special parties in different hospital wards across the country. True, the patients could not go outside to plant saplings. But instead, we brought the delights of nature right into...
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