Named Endowment Funds: $250K or more
- The Learning Center Endowment Funds
- Beit Joie Art Center Maintenance Endowment Fund
- Beit Florence Health Center Maintenance Endowment Fund
- The Tikkun Olam Volunteer Program Endowment Fund
- Arts and Music Endowment Funds
- Yemin Orde’s Internal TV Network Endowment Fund
The Learning Center Endowment Funds
$450,000 ($90,000 a year for 5 years)
The Learning Center at Yemin Orde directly addresses the remedial learning needs of new immigrants in Israel who are often behind their age group in academic classes. It also provides supplemental Hebrew classes as well as support for children with learning disabilities.
This intensive study facility, is critically important to children new to Israel, and to those who are failing academically and cannot reverse the trend in the classroom. The Center also offers specialized classes for academically gifted students, and marathon study sessions for 12th graders prior to their matriculation exams.
Beit Joie Art Center Maintenance Endowment Fund
$400,000 ($80,000 a year for 5 years)
Yemin Orde enjoys a beautiful Arts Center building called Beit Joie, which was given to the Village in 1999. Essential to children’s growth and self-esteem, classes are offered in photography, drawing, dance, drama and music. Children can learn to play a range of instruments, and/or participate in the Village’s orchestra or choir.
The building also houses an educational resource center which is used daily by the counselors and informal education staff.
Beit Joie is a central meeting place in the Village. Exhibits of the children’s work are displayed inside the building and outside in the Fred Brenner Arts Pavilion.
Beit Florence Health Center Maintenance Endowment Fund
$400,000 ($80,000 a year for 5 years)
Yemin Orde’s health facility, Beit Florence, operates around the clock daily. Each day, 15-20 children receive medical care at the health center. There is a doctor on call, full-time nurse on staff, and a dentist visits one day a week.
The clinic has a doctor’s office, nurse’s office, dental clinic, waiting room, two furnished infirmary rooms (eight beds total), lavatories, showers and a bath.
The Tikkun Olam Volunteer Program Endowment Fund
$250,000 ($50,000 a year for 5 years)
Through the Tikkun Olam Program, children in 11th and 12th grades travel once a week to neighboring towns to volunteer in various capacities such as after-school programs, in Rambam Hospital, nursing homes, soup kitchens, as well as inside the Village as tutors, and Big Brothers/Big sisters.
Experience has shown that when disadvantaged or at-risk children volunteer their free time to help others, it has a positive effect on their self-esteem and sense of self-worth, instilling a sense of respect for themselves and for those being helped.
Arts and Music Endowment Funds
$250,000 ($50,000 a year for 5 years)
There is an extensive arts and music program at the Village. Courses are offered in photography, sculpture, drawing, painting, jewelry-making and video production. Yemin Orde’s internal cable TV channel is used to announce birthdays, interview visitors to the Village and screen educational programs and discussions.
The arts and music programs at Yemin Orde enable immigrant and disadvantaged youth who are suffering from self-confidence, self-esteem and identity issues to express themselves through the creative arts as well as develop individual talent and appreciation for the arts.
Yemin Orde’s Internal TV Network Endowment Fund
$250,000 ($50,000 a year for 5 years)
Yemin Orde’s internal cable TV channel plays an important role in the life of the Village. Children’s birthdays are announced, educational programs and internal debates are screened, and celebrities and visitors to the Village are interviewed.
The TV is used for announcements and general communication, and is an important device in uniting the Village and building a sense of pride in the Yemin Orde community. In addition, the cable TV offers children the opportunity to learn to work with audio/visual equipment and to feel comfortable in front of a camera.