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and Fishel Teitelbaum from
Uzbekistan along with 40 or so
other immigrants, are saving Yad
Sarah an estimated $3 million
a year.
It is also estimated that Yad
Sarah saves the Israeli economy
$250 million in hospitalization
and medical treatment costs.
Keeping people out of medical in-
stitutions is one of the organiza-
tion's guiding principles. Helping
them survive on their own is an-
other.
At Yad Sarah's soup kitchen
— Bet Chava — up to 60 people
(in three shifts) are fed daily,
thereby providing some of the
city's most destitute residents
with their only meal of the day.
They are charged two shekels
(about 70 cents) per meal in or-
der to allow them to preserve
their dignity.
The ambiance is markedly dif-
ferent at the nearby, almost bo-
hemian-looking Golden Age Cafe,
one of the many located through-
out the country, where a bulletin
board lists upcoming events:
films, lectures, evenings of song
and dance. In a sun-drenched
room in a nearby building, a
group of people, many in wheel-
chairs, have just completed a ce-
ramics class and at another table
a yoga class is in progress.

May the coming
year be filled
with health and
happiness and prosperity for
all our
family and friends.

Happy and
Healthy
New Year

Claire and Mary Tamaroff

The only prerequisite
is need.

Yad Sarah's three-year-old
Day Care Center provides free
rehabilitation services, including
art, music and drama therapy,
as well as massage and reflexol-
ogy, to people referred by hospi-
tals as well as those labeled by
the medical community as "be-
yond rehabilitation."
One of the center's newest pro-
grams is horticulture therapy,
which was initiated less than two
years ago by Dr. Eliezar Shen-
hav, a retired surgeon, and teach-
es the disabled basic gardening
skills. "The benefits of working
with plants, of nurturing growth,"
says Dr. Shenhav, himself a Yad
Sarah volunteer, "are both phys-
ical and psychological."
For the homebound, Yad
Sarah offers laundry and trans-
portation services, home visits
by volunteers who help with the
shopping and provide a break
from the monotony of being
alone, and training the elderly to
use computers provided by Yad
Sarah. Some have even been en-
couraged to record their mem-
oirs.
Work has recently begun on a
multi-million dollar building pro-
ject which will house all of Yad
Sarah's Jerusalem offices and
services under one roof, includ-
ing ample underground parking
for the handicapped. [i]

WZPS

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The
Heatherwood
staff wish all our
residents, their
families, and all
our friends a

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