The head of the program is Enina Inna |
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Volunteers are the soul of Hesed. And this is the truth. Many times
it was proved and tried by life and welfare activity of Jewish Communities.
"Jewish World" - a club for studying Jewish traditions, holidays
and culture works in Almaty now. Volunteers are in charge in this club. The
total number of volunteers is 115 people. The number of volunteers working for
medical programs is more than usual, 41 professional doctor and nurses.
To celebrate "Day of Volunteer" became a good tradition
in Hesed Polina.
On Sunday, 17 December 2000 Almaty volunteers went to Medeo (mountain skate
rink) on comfortable buses. Everybody admired scenery and enjoyed a fresh air.
The "bravest" people managed to climb dam and reached the coping,
and they could get a wonderful view to the mountains.
The day passed very quickly, nobody wanted to leave but there was a big holiday
program to come.
Medeo |
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Klezmer ensemble |
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Volunteers |
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A big beautiful hall for 70 people was rented for this holiday.
Volunteers had a hot tea with rolls.
Volunteers enjoyed the concert of Klezmer ensemble. This ensemble
was formed not long ago and Eduard Blend became its head.
The audience joined the singing and clapped for a long time. The
director of Hesed Natalya Dorman opened the ceremonial part of the concert she
celebrated volunteers with their holiday.
Galina Onichko, the head of the "Volunteer" and "Moked
La-Kashish" Programs, gave a report about the work done by the volunteers.
After that there was a ceremony of initiation into volunteers.
19 more people joined volunteers they got their badges and hard covers with
precepts. The best volunteers: Idea Panova, Tamara Bezborodova, Irena Krichevskaya,
Galina Korobkina, Lyubov Polumiskova, Victoriya Malinskaya, Ivetta Shakhnovskaya
got Meritorious Honor Awards.
In as much as the holiday was in the eve of Hanukkah Irina Kopylenko
conducted a lesson on "Jewish World" Program.
The ritual dishes were included in the menu. Sonya Kursevich and
Leonid Sverdlik accompanied singing people on the guitar and accordion.
The words of appreciation were told and poems were read to the
volunteers for their concern.
The holiday was finished with dances, songs and music. At 5 PM
all happy participants went home.
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