Partners of Meir Panim

The Bagir-Polgat Group has made as its banner the values of assisting others and contributing to the community through active volunteer work and support of important projects. This year, the group decided to focus its efforts on children and youth, enabling them to grow into a better reality than their current situation provides. The company decided to join hands with the MEIR PANIM organization, which runs a comprehensive network of activities throughout Israel and offers high quality welfare services in Kiryat Gat: a respectable restaurant, a large supplies center, and, most of all, a giant food plant currently being set up, which will distribute 50,000 hot meals to children throughout the Negev region.

This past summer, the Bagir-Polgat group decided to enable all children in Kiryat-Gat to attend summer camps, including children from disadvantaged homes. In cooperation with the Kiryat Gat Foundation, the Kiryat Gat Community Center and MEIR PANIM, they identified around 900 children without sufficient means and various other children from the city, and the company sponsored their enrollment in day camps. MEIR PANIM provided these camps with a wholesome breakfast for the children.

The Yeshurun School - municipal educational facility in Petach-Tikva, headed by Rabbi Shai Piron.
The nationwide telephone hotline of Power of Giving is situated in the Yeshurun School and is operated by volunteers from among the school's student body, faculty, and parents of students. The hotline operates every weekday from 8:30 AM until 9:00 PM, as well as on Motza'ei Shabbat, Erev Yom Tov and vacation days. The hotline receives hundreds of calls from donors interested in contributing household items, as well as needy people requesting assistance from the organization.

All callers receive the dedicated and generous service of the volunteer hotline operators. The efficient operation of the hotline comprises the heart and soul of Power of Giving, as it allows for the swift transfer of equipment from donors to needy recipients.

Young Meir Panim Young Meir Panim has been set up in the UK to directly support Meir Panim and it's mission to feed the children of Israel. For YMPUK website click here

Israel Bank Employees' Union has collected products and donations for MEIR PANIM from all employees.

The Kaduri Brothers have rented out to MEIR PANIM the building used for the soup kitchen.

Nike In December, 2004, the management and employees of Nike joined the effort to help the victims of the Tsunami by donating hundreds of pairs of shoes. In addition, Nike donated resources to help repair the telephone and water purification systems in Sri Lanka

The "Holocaust Claims Coference", headed by Mr. Avraham Pressler, the organization's Israel representative, provides MEIR PANIM with significant support that enables the organization to help feed Holocaust survivors who suffer from hunger in Israel. The MEIR PANIM branch in Kiryat Malachi has been renovated with its generous assistance. An additional large donation has enabled MEIR PANIM to provide hundreds of hot meals a day to survivors in its restaurants and to deliver hundreds of hot meals to housebound Holocaust survivors.

Yuli Opher - donated the giant headquarters of Power of Giving in Jerusalem.

Discount Bank In the winter of 2003, the general public was invited to donate electric heaters and other heating supplies in all of the bank's branches, for distribution among underprivileged families.

Dorset Foundation A generous donation from the Dorset Foundation has made possible the establishment of Meir Panim's restaurant in Tsfat, which feeds 150 needy and elderly individuals each day.

Zoglobek The company is supporting activities in youth clubs in the Ragum neighborhood of Nahariya, and is also donating food for Chanukah parties that will be held in December 2005 for children from underprivileged homes.

In Line College Students and employees of In Line College volunteer in the POG branch in Petach Tikva, fixing household electronic appliances and computers that we donate to underprivileged families.

Moetzet HaYerakot (the Vegetable Growers Council) has sold vegetables to the MEIR PANIM Soup Kitchen for a nominal price.

Mor - Koren Advertising has made a generous contribution of 155,000 NIS

Kol Hair, Iton Yerushalayim, Index and Zman Yerushalayim have all contributed advertising space in their newspapers

Dafna Shoes has donated 5,000 new pairs of shoes to children and youth.

Delta has donated much-needed undergarments for children and elderly.

Wissman Furniture has generously donated tens of thousands of shekels worth of dining room sets.

Home Center - offered assistance and cooperation in the effort to solicit equipment and paint. Store managers of Home Center were in personal contact with the various branches of Power of Giving and provided information concerning the specific needs of each locality. In the winter of 2004, the "Warm Winter – Trade In" project was held in all Home Center branches, during which people across Israel donated old heating supplies, which were distributed among needy families by POG.

Best Buy - provided laundry service for lone soldiers and secondhand laundry machines for the needy and lone soldiers.

Sano - donates cleaning materials and laundry detergent for the Soldier Laundry project.

Zer For You - On Rosh Hashanah 2004, the Zer For You company offered a free flower to anyone who donated secondhand equipment to the Meir Panim organization. It also donated flowers to underprivileged populations, thereby bringing smiles to many faces. In November 2004 and 2005, the company donated flowers to a Meir Panim volunteer conference.

Holiday Inn Africa-Israel - The Africa-Israel Company, owner of the Holiday Inn Hotel chain, donated four vacations for two in hotels throughout Israel to Outstanding Volunteers named at the Volunteers Conference that took place in November 2004.

Dead Sea Works From August 2003 until today, a successful, broad-based partnership has developed between Dead Sea Works and Meir Panim. The primary activity performed in the framework of this partnership is in the city of Dimona. The company donates food to the Meir Panim restaurant in the city, and, in addition, the employees' children volunteer during the summer in the Meir Panim restaurant and in the Power of Giving warehouse. Likewise, the company provides funding for various different activities, and during the holidays, its employees and management donate food packages to the city's residents.

Mivnei Ta'asiya - donated the majority of the organization's buildings throughout Israel.

UMI - As part of an arrangement with the company, it offered significant discounts on the purchase of a fleet of trucks used by Power of Giving and regular maintenance of the vehicles.

Bagir - a building of Lady Begir was donated for use by the Kiryat-Gat branch of Power of Giving.

Asuta - Asuta employees were enlisted during the Passover holiday to collect food and equipment for the needy. Two months ago, a special movie night was held for Asuta employees and the proceeds went towards funding the organization. During the winter of 2004, the management and employees of the hospital donated electric heaters and other heating supplies on behalf of underprivileged residents in the country's central region.

Fishman Maintenance - donates industrial buildings for the Power of Giving branches in Petach-Tikva and Rishon Letziyon.

Danzu Forklifts - donated a manual forklift for transporting furniture.

Amdocs - the company's employees joined in the project of collecting a schoolbag for every needy child.

Department of Logistics, headed by Brigadier-General Roni Morano - cooperation with logistical units of the IDF throughout the country in volunteering and assisting the underprivileged.

Toys R'Us - the toy chain worked on behalf of needy children in a special trade-in project called "From the Heart" run on Passover, through which thousands of used and new toys were collected.

Agis - provides shipping service from the country's center to development town in the south, and also donates cosmetic products.

Cellcom - renovations of the Power of Giving branch in Netanya, and active volunteering in the organization's branches in the city.

Dan - donated advertising space on buses and transportation service for the needy in Tel-Aviv.

Super Drink has donated much appreciated drinks to the MEIR PANIM Soup Kitchen.
In addition, the company donated cold drinks to the participants the conference in Nov. 2004.

Strauss donates thousands of delicious dairy products to diners.

Danizyo has kindly donated a lift trolley.

The Air Force House in Herzliya generously provided the hall, in-house staff, technical support, and a plentiful assortment of refreshments to the Volunteers Conference.

Shemen donates greatly needed oil to the MEIR PANIM Soup Kitchen.

Tnuva donates thousands of tasty dairy products.

Sano has generously provided for plastic dishes and cleaning agents as well as a monetary contribution.

Freedman-Hashkori and Moshav Barak have donated a gigantic fruit basket in honor of Shavuot.

Youths from youth groups and schools volunteer at the POG center and at the MEIR PANIM Soup Kitchen:

Bnei Akiva • HaTzofim • Ezra • Ziv High School students • Givat Gonen High School students • Mafne High School students • The Elem Fellowship (for youth at risk)

Baumen-Ber-Rivnai Advertising Agency donated a TV commercial for POG worth $100,000.

Soltam donated a large warehouse for POG.

Chad Ve'chalak Speedy-Skates - donated one hundred free tickets to its ice-skating rink for children of special clubs and their advisors.

Weisman Furniture and Shomeret Hazorea - initiated a trade-in program for exchanging used household furniture for new furniture. The used furniture was donated to the needy in cooperation with Power of Giving, and the donors were given a discount on the purchase of new furniture. Over the course of the project, hundreds of high-quality pieces of furniture were donated to the underprivileged.

Angel Bakeries - donated advertising space on buses and transportation service for the needy in Tel-Aviv.

Emtza Haderech - " ("Middle of the Road") Radio, under the ownership of Mr. Aharon Orgad, graciously assists MEIR PANIM and POG in all its projects throughout the year, by offering media exposure and interviews with volunteers and administration members, and by issuing an impassioned plea to the public to donate to the organization. To a large extent, this station is to be credited for the success of numerous projects, including "Schoolbag for Every Child," "Warm Winter" and "Passover Flour."

Tzamtzam - chain of photo shops and factories. Charity boxes for the
organization have been placed in the chain's stores, and the POG logo and phone number appear on each envelope for film developing.

Cardan - The Cardan company and its head, Mr. Yosef Greenfeld, assisted in

building the POG branch in Tel-Aviv. They are currently the primary supporters of the activities of the Tel-Aviv branch, which was built in memory of Avishai Berkman z"l.

In addition, the Cardan group, as part of a fundraising campaign on Kol-Chai radio, donated a large sum towards the purchase of Isuzu trucks, which the organization uses to transport furniture and electrical appliances throughout the country.

Hamashbir Hachadash La'tzarchan - in conjunction with the "Hot" company, have
joined the "Schoolbag for Every Child" project, whereby hundreds of new schoolbags were collected on behalf of needy children for the new school year. "Hamashbir Hachadash Le-tzarchan" will hold a fundraising campaign in the company's branches on behalf of MEIR PANIM and POG.

Ideologic Company - solicited support from the internet sites themarker, haarez, start, ynet and walla to give free advertising to the Power of Giving organization.

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The values of a society are reflected in its treatment of those less fortunate. All of the above have lent a helping hand to those in need in a warm and dignified manner.