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Source: http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/volunteering-for-israel/
Volunteering for Israel
(New Jersey Jewish Standard) Abigail Klein Leichman - Hilda Froelke, Tobey Lyden, and Iris Coleman - a trio of 60-something friends who met at the JCC of Fort Lee-Congregation Gesher Shalom in New Jersey - took off on April 21 for a stint with Volunteers for Israel. Its partner organization, Sar-El National Project for Volunteers Israel, places 1,200 Americans and others from more than 60 countries on Israel Defense Forces supply bases each year. The trio ate mediocre meals, slept in spartan rooms, and donned drab work clothes to perform repetitive tasks checking and packing medical supplies all day for a week - and they can't wait to do it again.