{"id":4127,"date":"2017-07-13T15:19:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T19:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2017-07-19T11:41:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T15:41:19","slug":"a-special-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/a-special-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"A Special Yes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summer camp for Special Needs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What would you do? What would you do if a fellow Jew stood there in tears begging you for help? If her situation was so difficult that you knew you yourself couldn\u2019t handle it? If your heart ached to offer at least some relief? What would you do? Wouldn\u2019t you say yes? Of course, you would! We\u2019re Jews<\/strong>. Known for our compassion. And so that\u2019s what we did. We said yes. We said yes to the mother of a special needs child<\/strong> who had already used up her allotted respite hours and called the office about Ezer Mizion\u2019s Summer Camp for Children with Special Needs<\/strong>. The father had passed away a few months ago. The mother was left alone to care for the family including a difficult special child<\/strong>. She knew she had no more respite hours left and would have to pay for the service. \u00a0She began giving over her credit card info but before she reached the last digit, her voice choked up into sobs and she could not continue. \u00a0The camp<\/strong> was essential for this most difficult child. And no less essential was the break it afforded the whole family who would be able to enjoy the healing time of togetherness after the death of the father without the continual, relentless turmoil created by a child who was incapable of joining the family unit.<\/p>\n

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CP young man experiencing the ocean for the first time in his life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Camp<\/strong> was crucial but so was food for her family. Basic food. Credit cards have to be paid at the end of the month and there was hardly any money. The heart-rending tears flowed and so we said yes. Yes, we will accept her child at no cost. Wouldn\u2019t you have done the same?<\/p>\n

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And we said yes to the family that has not one but two special needs children. As if that is not enough, another family member suffers from severe emotional disturbances. This mother also had no allotted hours remaining but could we say no?<\/p>\n

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We said yes because we were confident that you, our friends and supporters, would do the same and your generous donations would cover the cost.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jeeping trip for cancer patients and their families<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every year, Ezer Mizion\u2019s Summer Camps<\/strong> include camps for Special Needs Children<\/strong>, camps for Cancer Patients<\/strong> and their Families <\/a>enabling the whole family to enjoy a rejuvenating vacation from cancer in a fun atmosphere geared for their needs and, beginning this year, camps for the Mentally Challenged<\/strong> and their Families.<\/p>\n

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Some excerpts from one of the many thank you letters received:<\/p>\n

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High functioning special kids visiting the kosel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Survival mode. That\u2019s the only way to describe it. When my daughter was out of the house, we lived normally. When she was home, it was all about getting from one minute to the next with the house, her siblings and my sanity usually less than more intact. Pandemonium reigned. Every day. My children hardly knew what it was like to live in a normal home. Invite friends over to study for a test? Absurd. Have a quiet talk with a child? There was no quiet. We had no end to look forward to in the foreseeable future. My eight year old dreamed of getting married and living in a calm house. Ezer Mizion came through over and over again with a variety of support, then with the biggest surprise of all – a summer camp<\/strong> geared just for kids like her. My children couldn\u2019t believe it when I suggested a trip to the zoo during vacation.\u00a0 Such a simple pastime but so out of reach with a special child<\/strong> at home. Ezer Mizion, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. May you all be blessed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ezer Mizion provides services to over 660,000 of Israel<\/strong>\u2019s population annually in addition to its Bone Marrow Registry which saves the lives of Jewish cancer<\/strong> patients the world over.<\/p>\n

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