This is what your support looks like. Help us get it to Israel.
Our December supply drive is packed and ready — the direct aid your gift funds in Israel, and what past missions have already delivered.
In this issue: Our December supply drive is packed and ready — the direct aid your gift funds in Israel, and what past missions have already delivered.
Our suitcases are full. Boxes are stacked. Supplies are sorted and ready. What you're seeing here is real, physical support — sweatshirts for paratroopers in the Golan, supplies for medics, and toys and games for children who have lived too much of their young lives under stress and sirens. Every item will be carried by hand and delivered directly in Israel in the days ahead.
We also want to be clear about what happens next. Every dollar raised beyond excess baggage costs will be spent directly in Israel, on Israelis in need — hosting a BBQ on an IDF base, buying and preparing meals for lone soldiers, and covering food and supplies for families in need we meet through ongoing volunteer work. We buy locally and show up in person.
This is not a tour. It's days spent cooking for those on the front lines, carrying, cleaning, listening, and responding where needs present themselves. The schedule shifts. The work is physical. The purpose is simple: to help, without spectacle.
Atlanta Israel Coalition operates entirely through volunteer effort, all of us, including me. The funds raised go to Israelis in need — not to salaries, not to travel comfort, not to overhead. The final hurdle is logistics: airlines do not waive excess baggage fees, and with the volume we're carrying, those costs add up quickly. Covering luggage and transport is now the single most effective way to help us deliver what is already in hand.
This is arevut: mutual responsibility, carried literally. Thank you for trusting us, and for helping us carry the weight.
— Cheryl Dorchinsky, Executive Director
One concrete, immediate way to help before takeoff:
Cover the cost of getting the supplies to Israel. Your gift funds the excess baggage and transport for everything already packed — sweatshirts for paratroopers, medic supplies, toys for children — and every dollar beyond that goes straight to work on the ground: a BBQ on an IDF base, meals for lone soldiers, and food for families in need, all bought locally and delivered by hand.
What your support has already made possible.
On a previous mission, AIC brought educational materials and toys to families in a growing community in Judea and Samaria, strengthening daily life and learning where continuity matters.
During the height of the war, we brought hot food and supplies to IDF soldiers near the Rafah fence coming off long combat rotations — many of whom hadn't had a real meal in more than a day.
This summer, we delivered tactical first aid kits to an IDF friends' warehouse depleted after intense fighting, restoring readiness when seconds matter. This trip lets us respond the same way: flexibly, quickly, and based on real needs.
MITZVAHS THAT FLOAT
A duck for a bar mitzvah project in Jerusalem
A kosher duck turned up as part of a bar mitzvah project in Jerusalem — a young person making joy their mitzvah. From Atlanta to Israel, the ducks keep floating. Mitzvahs that float.