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BetteB
Review for NECHAMA - Jewish Response to Disaster, Saint Paul, MN, USA
While I came through Hurricane Irene unscathed, many other people in Bergen County, NJ, where I live, weren't so lucky. Nechama gave me the opportunity to help my neighbors with thorough, professional, individualized, and compassionate clean up of wind and water damage. Nechama's tireless staff models the organization's mission "to do good getting dirty." I am honored that Nechama let me help; trained me to safely use all kinds of tools; reminded me that misfortune knows no race, creed, or color; and now calls me a friend.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
my understanding of human suffering as well as my own very good fortune.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Make sure Nechama had sufficient funds to sustain and grow.
Would you volunteer for this group again?
Definitely
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
Life-changing
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Very Well
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
Did your volunteer experience have an effect on you? (teaching you a new skill, or introducing new friends, etc.)
Yes. Nechama taught me how to use tools, brought new friends into my life, opened my eyes to the less fortunate in my immediate community, let me understand diaster-relief budgets, introduced me to incredibly compassionate people (e.g., the Nechama staff).
How did this volunteer experience make you feel?
Like my life had meaning.
