In preparation for becoming a Jewish adult and taking on the responsibilities that entails, Bar Mitzvah students select a social action or service project as part of their transition to a higher moral and ethical obligation within their communities.
At the time Elet was considering his options, one of his closest school friends was diagnosed with kidney disease and started dialysis three times per week while awaiting a kidney transplant. Elet decided that he wanted to help kids with kidney disease by raising money and making care packages for the pediatric dialysis patients at CHKD.
Patients' ages can range from toddlers to twenty-somethings, but they all come in 3 days a week for 2-3 hours per day for dialysis treatments. Elet went to CHKD to visit the department (on a non-dialysis day) to see the space where kids have to sit in order to come up with good ideas for ways he can brighten their day.
Elet hopes members of his community will help support his Mitzvah Project by purchasing/donating funds for items to go into care packages or donating directly to this fundraising page that supports the dialysis center in the Nephrology Department at Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughters (CHKD), a 503(c) non-profit hospital with a 4 star rating on Charity Navigator. All donations are tax deductible (federal tax ID 54-0506321).
If you want to contribute to care packages, please contact Courtney directly. All the money raised on this page goes directly to the CHKD Pediatric Dialysis Center.
Thank you for your consideration!
Wondering how much to donate? While all amounts are appreciated, in Jewish tradition multiples of $18 are used for donations (tzedakah) and gifts to represent "Chai" (life). The Hebrew word Chai consists of two letters with the numerical value of 8 (chet) and 10 (yud) which equal 18.