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The Tel Aviv Foundation continued its city coin partnership with the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo and Colu Tel Aviv throughout Pride Month 2019. For every Colu transaction in Tel Aviv, Colu and The Tel Aviv Foundation made a donation to the Tel Aviv LGBTQ Center’s Transgender Employment Center. The Center helps members of the transgender community to combat prejudice to find and integrate into employment.
The late Anita Hirsh was a longtime friend of Tel Aviv and Mayor Ron Huldai who, with her husband Stanley, was a generous donor to the city.
The Tel Aviv Foundation in partnership with the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo and Colu Tel Aviv have embarked on a pilot to use local digital currency to achieve community goals – strengthening the local economy, reducing the cost of living and promoting the welfare of residents. Throughout May 2019, users can earn Tel Aviv Coins through transactions with local businesses through the Colu app. In addition, for every transaction, Colu and the Tel Aviv Foundation will donate 12 agorot to the ‘Children of Music’ program at the Lev Jaffa Youth Center, which empowers youth at risk through music.
Francine and Abdallah Simon (z”l) were generous donors to a WIZO kindergarten and other early childhood educational facilities in Tel Aviv-Yafo.
Following the tremendous success of the ‘Neighborhood as a City’ program – initiated by the Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Charitable Foundation (UK) – the transformative program has been extended to three more neighborhoods in south Tel Aviv over the next three years.
Canadian donor Jeff Mittelman has generously donated mobile devices and equipment to implement new cutting-edge technology for special needs students.
Miftan Alon High School caters to students who have left, been expelled or given up on the formal education system. To foster students’ vocational skills and personal development, Miftan Alon launched a social enterprise: a private function center called The Lion & The Turkey run by students as part of a special vocational skills program – thanks to the support of Richard Hirsch.
Israeli donors, the Azoory family, supported the renovation of the Gan Onn special education kindergarten and will dedicate it in the memory of their late parents.
US donor Gladys Shukur has made a generous donation to ‘Soul Key’, a special music rehabilitation program for military veterans with PTSD run by the Israel Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv; and to deaf and hearing impaired students at ORT Geula school.
Mayor Ron Huldai awarded 70 scholarships to students from low socio-economic backgrounds to enable them to commence higher education studies.