I am excited to be participating in the Dream Israel Teen Initiative and raising funds for important projects in Israel. Jewish National Fund is supporting Israel and Israelis in a number of different ways. The money that I am raising will go towards funding an initiative close to my heart: Inclusion for Israel’s special needs population. The money will go towards paying for integrating special needs individuals into the Israeli army (IDF), supporting adults with the most severe developmental disabilities throughout their lifespan so they can live independently while still receiving support services, providing therapeutic horseback riding to children and adults with disabilities, and, making parks and nature accessible to people with physical and visual impairments, children on the autism spectrum and those using wheelchairs.

If I meet my fundraising goal, JNF will provide me with a grant towards my own Israel travel experience, ensuring my opportunity to meet Israelis whose lives have been changed due to my own, and other's support and to explore my own connection to the land and people of Israel. Please consider supporting this important initiative and my efforts to meet my fundraising goal.