Starting in November for a period of a few weeks, hundreds of schools, Jewish organizations and synagogues will be working on fundraising projects designed to raise sufficient funds to distribute thousands of donuts. These donuts will be manufactured in Standing Together’s Donut-Mobile. The Donut-Mobile is a traveling donut bakery with the capability of delivering fresh, hot doughnuts to 60,000 Israeli soldiers stationed all across Israel. This year, the Donut-Mobile will deliver thousands of steaming fresh and delicious donuts to our modern day Maccabi heroes. Jews from throughout the world, will unite together in supporting Israel in an unprecedented effort. David Landau, the
driving force behind Standing Together, is optimistic that not only will hundreds thousands of donuts be donated, but also a meaningful bond between Diaspora Jewry and Israel will be created.

A suggested minimum donation of $5 is all it takes to make our soldiers a little happier, and help Standing Together with its future projects. Donate online at Standing Together’s website (http://www.stogether.org), to join in and give a little bit of warmth on a cold winter day, to our Maccabee heroes.

Standing Together was founded in 2003, to provide a framework that would allow and encourage Jews throughout the world to show direct support to Israel’s fighting soldiers. During the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006, Standing Together forged a partnership with The Friends of the IDF in Israel. Its projects to date have included distribution of clothing, toiletries and food directly to fighting units on the front, the construction of a mobile cellphone charging unit, Yon HaAtzmaut Barbeques, Pesach Choloate program, National Donut Week, Mishloach Manot for Soldiers, a highly successful Rosh Hashanah email card project and many others. Standing Together has also taken hundreds of Jews from all over the world to meet and personally thank Israeli Soldiers. In the past couple of years, the project has expanded to include many innovative activites to help the community in Sderot such as Challot from Sderot, Watermelon Day and more.

Standing Together’s Director of Development, Miriam Gottlieb will be visiting schools in NY, NJ, AZ, MA and OH to help kick off the campaign.  There are a few spots left in the schedule for additional schools.  Email info@stogether.org to arrange a visit.

For more information about this project, or to be involved with Standing Together, please call David Landau at +972.50.558.0822 or e-mail David@stogether.org.