b'The Gaza-Border City of Sderot Sderot is a city (30,000 residents) on the Israeli border with Gaza, within easy range of every rocket, mortar and missile fired by Hamasmore than 23,000 since 2001. Many of its wealthiercitizenshavemovedtosaferpartsofIsrael.Its industry initially plummeted but in recent years has grown as thelowcostofhousingincreasedlaborpool.Ourworkin Sderot includes Youth at Risk, the Poor and the Hungry, the Elderly and Victims of War and Terror.HOT has been working for many years with Reut Sderot, an organizationthathelpstheyoung,families,andtheelderly. HOT and its donors have paid for renovating bomb shelters so they could also be used for after-school programs. We have paid for food for the hungry (30% of the residents are clients of the social welfare office). We have paid for summer day camp for kids whose parents work and otherwise would be left at home or on the streets. Over the years we have (i) created and expanded programs in their Daycare Center for At-Risk Children, Early Childhood Daycare Center,andCommunityCenter,furnishedmultiplefacilities,and(ii)annuallyhavegiven campscholarshipstoensurethatReutscampprogram(whichissubsidizedbytheCity) includes as many children as possible. Since 2006, HOT has made more than 100 separate grants to Reut.Prior to the Summer of 2014 War, HOT made grants for children to go to summer camp, for equipment for daycare centers and sun-protective tents that were placed over play areas where kids participate in special afterschool programs andpartneredwithanotherorganizationtopurchase threeindustrialsizefreezersforReut.Wepaidfora coordinator for Reuts Emergency Response Team and for part of the renovation of an existing building that Reut uses as an Education Center for learning-disabled children. But then came the summer. Thousands of rockets aimed at, or over, Sderot. When their flame was spotted on ignition the sirens started and gave the residents only 8 seconds to make it to a bomb shelter. HOT was there, on the phone almost every day, making almost $100,000 (see page 57) in grants to equip shelters and pay for food, games for kids, fire extinguishers, respite day and overnight trips, texting plans, animal assisted therapy, first aid training, reinforce gates and doors to buildings where Reut takes care of young children, and more. In the last 3 years, weve made in excess of $250,000 in grants for food coupons, camp scholarships, reducing the horror of HAMAS missiles for the children, and more. Current Wish List:$15,626 Equipment for After School Centers for children at-risk$18,075 Vouchers for food and clothing for the poorest and most needy families $50,000 Emergency Fund for next reign of terror 12'