b'Helping the Frail Elderly - New York PROJECT EZRAProjectEzra(PE)servesover300frail, isolated,andimpoverishedelderlyJewson theLowerEastSideofManhattan.They sufferfromeconomic,physicaland/or psychologicaldifficultiesandarebeing helpedbyservicesprovidedthroughPE. Some of their services include subsidies for foodandmedicinetothosewhoseSocial Securitybenefitsareinsufficienttolastthe entiremonth.Additionally,theysponsor groupprogramsandoutings,housekeeping services, volunteer home visits, transportation, a food pantry and food package distributions at holiday times.Over the years, HOT has bought a woman a new bed that replaced one that she had been using for 67 years, which had springs popping out of it. We have bought tombstones so that five widows didnt have to look at only dirt when they went to the cemetery plot where their husbands of fifty and sixty years were buried, and we have paid for funerals.InadditiontofinancingEmergencyNeeds, HOTalsofundsaprogramwhichnow provides$30monthlystipendsto34seniors who do not have enough income to buy even the basics (this program is similar to what we are doing in Floridapage 37).HOThasalsopaidformorethan200ofthese poor elderly to attend two festive holiday meals each year.For some of the attendees it is the only twotimesduringtheyeartheysocializewith people they have known for years.We are asking our donors to designate: $10,800inincrementsof$360(12monthsat$30perperson)sowecangive monthly supplements to 30 additional needy seniors$10,000 in any increment to give us more flexibility, when we get requests for Emergency Financial Aid35'