Canadian Volunteers For Israel
“…I had no idea I would make such an impact on Israel”
I volunteered in Israel during the summer of 2019 through Skilled Volunteers for Israel (SVFI). Knowing that I was a music aficionado with a passion for Israel, Skilled Volunteers for Israel (SVFI) arranged for me to present lectures on classical music to social clubs and retirement homes in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. It was a perfect fit, and it fulfilled me. I wanted to do more.
Magen David Adom intensive first aid training
Sar-El Israel has an exciting new partnership with Magen David Adom that’s available to all volunteers. Embark on a transformative journey with ‘Ne’eman Chaim,’ an immersive first aid intensive program available via Sar-El Israel in collaboration with Magen David Adom.
Read more about this exciting program here.
A first time Sar-El volunteer provides a moving video documentary of his experience packing meals and medical supplies and his interviews with other volunteers. See the video here.
My name is Max Rams, and for me this was my third time coming back to Israel volunteering with SAR EL. Each experience with Sar EL has had both similarities and differences. Similar in that I was there to help do things that the IDF needed done so that soldiers could concentrate on what they needed to do, yet different because this time as the pilot announced that we are now in Israeli air space. I said to myself that I was home. Thank You Sar EL.
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Sar-El Proposal on Masada!
After many years of thinking about participating in Sar-El Janice and I finally committed to volunteering for a 3 week period this past March.
What Janice didn’t know was that I also had another motive for going to Israel. I was going to propose to her after knowing her for 50 years with a 40 year interlude!
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Bernie compiled a week by week diary of his Sar-El tour complete with photos and commentary.
By Ruth M.
It was on a ‘UJA Walk With Israel’ last summer that I first heard about Sar-El. My cousin’s wife and I had been swapping travel stories- She was telling me about her travels through France and I was telling her about my recent tour of Israel that had been a long-anticipated retirement gift to myself. I expressed my desire to visit Israel again, but without the traditional tour experience.
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By Steve Schaefer
When volunteering for Sar El, my wife and I once were working at a base not far from Kibbutz Sde Boker, where Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion had a second home. He loved the Negev and believed that the future of the State of Israel depended upon populating the Negev. On an afternoon excursion, our volunteer group had the opportunity to visit Sde Boker. With that, another opportunity opened for me – to honour both my Uncle Yakov and David Ben-Gurion.
Continued here.
I have been a regular Sarel participant since 2008 and have always found the experience enjoyable and rewarding. On my most recent tour, however, something unparalleled took place- an experience that will remain with me for the rest of my life.
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