Our Volunteers
“Shabbat Metuka for me is an opportunity for self-improvement. The commitment is leads to a revolution in human relations between young people and the elderly community. The understanding that everyone needs someone to check on their well-being because we are all in the same boat and we all get lonely sometimes. Like ants we have slowly began to build an empire. I feel that we have been giving every one of the survivors we visit regularly the respect they have deserved for many years. The attitude and development in the relationship between volunteer and survivor is unique, the weekly visit allows me to make sure she is okay. I developed a deep relationship with a survivor named Yevgenia, we met in May with the establishment of Shabbat Metuka and since then she and I cook brunch together every weekend and enjoy talking endlessly, even sending me secret recipes just like a Grandmother would… She shares with me the happiness that floods her every time she adds a Shabbat blessing from the children in the kindergarten she receives in Shabbat Metuka’s baskets, to the collection on the wall and thanks me for the food products she gets every week in the Shabbat Metuka’s baskets each time again as if it were the first time she received the basket. Our weekly visits lift them to the skies, knowing that someone is thinking about them is the light and joy that gives them contentment for another pleasant weekend. Being a part of a Shabbat Metuka for me is one of the most significant things I have done in the last year, no one is happier than me for being part of a huge puzzle of good people."
“During the time I volunteered for Shabbat Metuka, I was exposed to the elderly with and without supportive families who all had one thing in common and that was loneliness. One Friday meal is not enough to relieve loneliness and any further visit from someone outside the family has always been accepted as a celebration for them. On each visit, I would learn something new and even learned to cook borscht once.”
I have been volunteering now for for the past couple of months. Both as a delivery person to the recipients and as a food packer. I bring my young kids with too as I feel it’s important for them to understand about the discreprencies within our society.
What an amazing organization!
Well done!
I look forward to continuing volunteering for you.
“Volunteering with Shabbat Metuka gives me a lot of satisfaction. It's a privilege in my eyes to make people smile, especially if they are elderly people, some of whom live alone, and even more so if they are Holocaust survivors, who experienced atrocities until they arrived in Israel. They eagerly wait each week for the charity Basket even if they don’t actually need the food products, because they enjoy the attention and the thought given to them, knowing that someone cares about them. They are thirsty for company and many times have invited me to sit with them. Every human being is a world in its entirety and I discover different worlds and hear different stories each week, it just does me good on the heart.”
“My name is Liora Weiselberg, and I have been volunteering for 12 years. A great privilege fell on my part to serve as a messenger of Shabbat Metuka. The survivors welcome me happily, thank us for all the good that is sent to them and very much appreciate the giving. You receive blessings every Friday, direct strength and we will always be on the giving side and we will have the strength to persevere.”