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The iVolunteer fundraising Gala on 1/26/12 was a great success thanks to everyone who participated and came to show their support and have a great time.

Photo will be uploaded in a few days until then you can go to our facebook page to see pics.

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In partnership with NYU Hillel, Baruch Hillel, Chabad of NYU, Hillel of Columbia, YU and Shem, iVolunteer and 120 volunteers deliverd 100 Prim baskets with holiday treats to the home of holocaust survivors bring holiday Joy to those who need it most.

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Click here to view photos from our last tour on Jan 16th.

An exclusive tour of the Met with renowned tour guide and Holocaust survivor.

Sunday May 15th, 2011, 10:30-12:30

This unique tour is called “Highlights of the Museum.” The purpose is to show you 10 significant works of art. These represent different art forms, cultures, and different time periods. They show you an idea of the breadth of the MET’s collections.

Light Refreshments Will Be Served

To make a reservation Click above to donate $65 per reservation and write in comment box that this is for the Met tour. For more information about the tour feel free to email info@ivolunteerny.com, Thank you.

When asked what enabled him to survive the concentration camp, Peter Kubicek responds that survival required three attributes: 1) luck; 2) more luck; and 3) still more luck. That is not a flippant answer. What he means is that the risks he took were often life-or-death decisions and they all had to work out, without exception. Every day brought with it new risks, beyond one’s imagination. The object of life in the concentration camp was to survive till tomorrow and tomorrow often seemed too distant to attain.
Peter Kubicek thinks himself one of the luckiest men alive.

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German government doubles funding for home care for Holocaust survivors

Germany has agreed to double to € 110 million (US$ 147m) its annual funding for home care provided to Holocaust survivors. The change takes into account “the sharply increased need for home care”, the Federal Finance Ministry said. The money paid by the German government to Holocaust survivors is distributed to 32 countries by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. “Germany has been exemplary in facing its past, and the government has demonstrated its commitment to alleviating the plight of elderly victims who need the care that these funds will provide,” the Claims Conference said in a statement. Once the increase in funding is ratified by the German parliament, the money will go towards in-home nursing as well as help with eating, dressing and bathing.

“We congratulate the government of Germany for recognizing its historic responsibility to Jewish Holocaust victims, whose advancing age has brought increased hardship to many,” said Stuart Eizenstat, a former US ambassador and deputy treasury secretary and today special negotiator of the Claims Conference. “In their final years, survivors who need care and services should not have to fear that they will be forgotten. Germany has been exemplary in facing its past, and the government has demonstrated its commitment to alleviating the plight of elderly victims who need the care that these funds will provide,” Eizenstat added.

Source: World Jewish Congress.

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