Refurbishing, painting and donation collection for a girls Shelter in Jerusalem

Project name: To the Light

The November 2005 Essence graduates performed a project that included refurbishing, painting and donation collection and more for a girls Shelter in Jerusalem

The project was successfully completed on 6.4.2006, just before the Passover holiday. It was very important to the group to complete the preparation of the shelter and the girls' rooms before the holiday.

The project exceeded all expectations. The group mobilized itself to give, to love, and to support. The shelter that previously was dark and gloomy before our project was transformed to shining and white due to our renovations happily made with the help and cooperation of the girls at the shelter.

Each of the Essence graduates finished this project with an immense feeling of "giving", full of love, and a certain type of fun that is indescribable.

It all started when the group sponsored a sufganiot (doughnut) party at Chanuka. The party was a tremendous success; we sang, we danced, and we really connected with the girls. The girls also had a great time; they told us about themselves, we told them about ourselves, and it was from here that the idea to renovate their shelter was born.

And finally: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Think about this rule for a while, and then take steps to implement it...only when you live and think for the good of others are you able to find freedom and true happiness" Eilan Kadi 1997

Essence group November 2005