HADASSAH FACTS
WE ARE
- The the largest volunteer and the largest women's membership organization
in the United States
- 300,000 members and
associates in every state, each Congressional District and more than 30
countries around the world
- Dedicated to
educating and empowering women about their health, their rights, their religion
and Israel
- Providing leadership
and training in every community through our extensive network of 1600 chapters
and groups
OUR ACTIONS
- Lobbying in
Washington, D.C. promoting healthcare, women and children, and Israel
- Training citizen
advocates
- Supporting health
issues and womens rights
- Protecting the First
Amendment to ensure religious liberty and the separation of church and state
- Offering citizen
advocacy training programs: Day on the Hill, Date with the State, INFLUENTIALS
TO ISRAEL, and INFLUENTIALS AT HOME
OUR PROJECTS
- Hadassah Medical
Organization (HMO) provides
state-of-the-art health care to nearly a million patients a year regardless
of race, religion or nationality. Our hospitals and clinics train medical
personnel in Israel and around the world.
- Hadasit marketing cutting edge biotechnology research and development
- Young Judaea offers clubs, camps
and Israel programs for U.S. teenagers to build connections to Israel and
Jewish life
- Hadassah College
Jerusalem enables
students to pursue academic and associate degrees in various subjects providing
them the skills and credentials to build their lives and pursue promising
careers
- Youth Aliyah/Children
at Risk, founded
to bring children of the Holocaust to Palestine, now provides housing,
education, and support to disadvantaged Israeli and immigrant youth
- Jewish National Fund builds roads and
parks, plants trees and works to preserve Israel's ecology and natural
resources
- OUR LOCAL CHAPTER
-
Average
age of local members is 40 something
-
More
than 1600 members and growing
- Walk
on Sunshine is
an annual fun walk and health fair, raising funds to support brain tumor
research
- Saint
Louis Dream Kitchen Tour providing participants a peek at some of St. Louis' most
beautiful kitchens while supporting the good works of Hadassah
- Health
education programs in
areas such as diabetes, breast cancer awareness, ovarian cancer awareness and
more
- Sales
of Greeting Cards, Certificates and JNF Trees to benefit our
projects and programs
- Cooking
classes,Book
Club,Torah Yoga,Mah Jongg & Game Days, and more
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St. Louis Chapter Hadassah Hadassah National 745 Craig Rd Ste 102 , Saint Louis www.hadassah.org MO , US , 63141 (888)303-3640 http://stlouis.hadassah.org Email: webmaster@hadassah.orgFax: 314-991-0904 Call: 314-991-0434 Email: st.louis@hadassah.org
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