Hello everyone, this is Deene and I am excited to be participating in the Dream Israel Teen Initiative. Through this fundraising, I will be donating money to an Israeli organization called Livnot Beyachad, while also giving me the opportunity to receive a grant that will help me attend Alexander Muss High School for a semester in Israel through JNF.

The JNF initiative titled Livnot Beyachad is one that will help build "new houses, beautiful parks, repaved roads, and strategic community infrastructure".

USA’s “Livnot B’Yachad” - Build Together plan is an opportunity for organizations and individuals everywhere to join forces in creating a bright new future for the Israel Envelope. This is a plan to work together in unity as one family. New houses, fresh paint, beautiful parks, repaved roads, and strategic community infrastructure will be the more visible cornerstones of this effort. Vision and imagination will be the architects as we rebuild the Israel Envelope (formerly known as the Gaza Envelope) to a new level of glory.


The goal of Build Together is twofold. Jewish National Fund-USA aims to help bring Israelis back home. This will be accomplished in coordination with the area residents and thousands of volunteers from around the world. In addition, Jewish National Fund-USA intends to increase the population by creating secure and beautiful havens while supporting the needs, issues, and dreams of the residents of the many Moshavs (cooperative agricultural settlements), Kibbutzim (collective communities) and the City of Sderot. Safety, education, mental health and healing, comfort, jobs, and services will all be addressed.

Volunteers have been and will continue to be involved in park beautification, building playgrounds, and creating outdoor classrooms and therapeutic areas. Projects that were already in the works by Jewish National Fund-USA, such as Community Centers and Emergency Response Centers, will be completed.