b'WeareveryimpressedwithTJIslong-time ExecutiveDirectorDavidPortowiczandhisstaff, and we are very comfortable supporting a wide array of TJIs programs. Over the last five years, we have mademorethan$300,000ingrantstopurchase computers(including$30,000wherewemetan expiring challenge grant and $25,000 for use in a course teaching work skills to unemployed single Moms),anindustrialoven,playgroundequipment, speech therapy for special needs children, an equine therapy program, furniture and equipment needed for an after-school program for disadvantaged teenage girls who are at risk of dropping out, help for Holocaust survivors as well as grants for a portable chair lift, and incremental therapy for their programs where the participants get a hot meal, both one-on-one and group therapy, academic support in Hebrew, English, Mathematics, and other core subjects, and purchased a pallet truck, storage unit and refrigerators.During the 2014 Gaza War, HOT gave TJI $46,500 towards recalling their teachers and other key personnel to reopen their dormitories to 230 Kids from Ashdod and other towns in the south. The kids had a balance of enrichment classes and camp like activities in the comparative safety of Tel Aviv.TJIs very lengthy wish list includes: $1,385 for drama therapy $5,319 for art therapy $8,890forJumpStartProgramforAt-RiskYouthinthesummerbetween middle School and high school (10 students at $889 per student) $12,450 for 10 fully loaded computers @ $1,245 per computer $13,158 for 8 air conditioners (1 @ $2,078, 1 @ $2,216, and6 @ $1,477)Unfortunately, half of our $50,000 June 30, 2016 fiscal year grants to TJI had to be used to fortify and increase theheightoftheperimeterfencearoundtheirBet Shemesh school. How wonderful it would have been to have made this grant for one or more of the items that havecarriedforwardonTJIswishlist,butthe PalestinianterroristwhokilledaninnocentIsraeli,a blockaway,inOctoberof2015,didnotpermitthat. Look at the picture to the right for sure it looks more likeanArmybasethenaschool.Thisisthereality Israelis have to deal with every day.20'