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volunteers working at the "Lev Chash" project
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Nine Boston community leaders visited Israel in a community leadership solidarity mission. Jeffrey Swartz the CEO of Timberland headed the group. The group started their visit in Israel by visiting Haifa, Boston's partner city in Israel. They met at the science museum with representatives of some projects connected with the Haifa Boston connection:
students from the Haifa Boston Connection "open apartment" project that includes Jewish and Arab students,
new immigrants from Ethiopia and FSU
old timers doing volunteer community work in the neighborhood of east Haifa
the leadership of the national science museum headed by the chairman of the board Mr. Leon Reccanati.
"Lev Chash" a non profit organization volunteering to supply food, second hand clothing's and furniture to the needy in Haifa.
The Boston group worked a full day of community service in Lev Chash painting the building arranging the supplies etc. Twenty five Navy soldiers from the officers academy joined the Boston group as did mayor of Haifa Mr. Yona Yahav, members of city council and many other volunteers.
The Sakal group, which represents Timberland in Israel, donated thousands of clothing items and shoes from their stocks and promised to keep supplying products for the needy in the future as well.
Adar 5764 - March 2004