{"id":2742,"date":"2014-10-27T10:52:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2014-10-27T10:52:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T14:52:11","slug":"for-those-who-like-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/for-those-who-like-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"For Those Who Like Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Merkaz Ha\u2019inyanim<\/em><\/p>\n

Oct. 6, 2014<\/p>\n

By: Shaul Weiss<\/p>\n

\u201cRedeem Us for the Sake of Your Chessed<\/em>!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Statistics inspire both amazement and pain as Ezer Mizion sums up another year of activity: 15,500 volunteers, 650,000 meals for the ill, 78,900 transports by ambulance and volunteer drivers.\"pr<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

At this time, a new year of activity has opened at Ezer Mizion. With the conclusion of the past year, the organization sums up its work in the many different divisions operating all year with unflagging dedication. The statistics, only a small part of which are publicized, reveal the scope of Ezer Mizion\u2019sbroad, unprecedented chessed <\/em>activity.<\/p>\n

Ezer Mizion\u2019s devoted volunteers report to Oncology Units across the country, day and night, to be there for the patients and their families. The large organization, with its roster of unique services, envelops patients and their families with unstinting help to ease their difficult battle for life as much as possible.<\/p>\n

As of the beginning of 5775, Ezer Mizion\u2019s volunteer network numbers more than 15,500 members in dozens of population centers across the country. 650,000 meals were distributed over the past year to the ill, elderly, and needy. More than 724,000 potential donors are registered at present in Ezer Mizion\u2019s International Bone Marrow Donor Registry. Thanks to this registry, third largest in the world, 1,600 life-saving transplants have already taken place.<\/p>\n

More statistics: Over 80,000 medical and rehabilitative devices and equipment were loaned at no cost this past year and more than 78,900 patients and handicapped individuals were transported by ambulances and volunteer drivers. Thousands of children with special needs were cared for by the Special Children\u2019s Division, tens of thousands of calls came in to the Medical Counseling Center, thousands of people required counseling, care, and rehabilitation at the Mental Health Division, thousands of seniors benefited from projects and services at the Geriatric Division, 407 families of Alzheimer\u2019s patients received assistance at Ezer Mizion\u2019s Tzipora Fried Center, 57 chessed <\/em>branches operated under the organization\u2019s auspices, helping over 670,000 people.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Merkaz Ha\u2019inyanim Oct. 6, 2014 By: Shaul Weiss \u201cRedeem Us for the Sake of Your Chessed!\u201d Statistics inspire both amazement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,95,8,1,98,99,97,166],"tags":[348],"class_list":["post-2742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ambulance-2","category-bone-marrow-registry","category-cancer-support-division","category-ezer-mizion","category-food-distribution","category-golden-age","category-special-needs","category-volunteer-2","tag-statistics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2744,"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions\/2744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}