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Rachel&Moira

Rachel Lewis is raising money for UK Branch of Meir Panim
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on 18 August 2011

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First and foremost Meir Panim feeds Israel's hungry children, families and Holocaust survivors. Unfortunately 1.7m Israelis - equivalent to 22% of the population - live below the poverty line.

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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We're walking 10 km through the East End of London in support of Meir Panim on the night of Saturday 17 September. </span></span></span></p> <pre style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: navy; font-size: 12pt;"></span></pre> <p style="line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">At the beginning of the last century soup kitchens were common in the East End of London and were&nbsp;run by charitable organisations.&nbsp; The soup kitchen in Brune Street was erected by the Jewish community in 1902 to provide charitable support for Jewish immigrants.&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">Unfortunately, there is still a need in Israel for Soup Kitchens and today in 2011 Meir Panim runs a network of 14 Soup Kitchens mainly to support new immigrants and Holocaust survivors.</span></span></p> <p style="line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">Please help us support this wonderful charity</span></span></p> <p style="line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">Rachel and Moira</span></span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£648.00
+ £133.50 Gift Aid
Online
£648.00
Offline
£0.00

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