My Nonprofit Reviews

Ever since I found out about NECHAMA at an open house three years ago, I have been hooked. I have had the opportunity to volunteer with NECHAMA both in Eden Prairie and out on deployments. At first I saw an opportunity to work on all the cool stuff in the trailers. On my trip to Nashville I found myself completely removed from "my normal", helping people that if not for NECHAMA, most likely would not have had any help. One day. we where cleaning out a house for an elderly man, in a neighborhood of small simple houses, It seemed to me, that this elderly man did not have much in a neighborhood of people without much. By the time we showed up the house was empty of its contents but for pictures of his granddaughter. He was so proud of her and her military accomplishments. That seemed to be his most valuable possession, a picture of his granddaughter I experienced from this man such deep appreciation that someone, not only from outside his neighborhood, but "Jews" where here to help him. I felt that the help we brought was something he never would have expected in a million years. I felt his appreciation and thanks in my sole. That one encounter was all I needed to do more. Now, any time someone thanks me for the work I do with NECHAMA, my eyes tear up. I don't get it. Thank you NECHAMA for giving me the opportunity to help others for no other reason than they need help and if we don't help, who will?.

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