Program |
Description |
Amount |
|
Bereaved Family Retreats |
A 3 day Spring retreat for widows and orphans take place in a resort in Israel. The retreats combine recreation workshops as well as special seminars with the professional staff of the Casualty & Loss IAF Department. |
$25,000
(Annually) |
 |
Day Trips for IAF Orphans & Widows |
A field trip is organized up to 3 times a year, to prevent their withdrawal from society and to allow them to bond with fellow victims for support. |
$15,000
(Annually) |
|
Convention for Former POW's and their families |
A 2 day retreat for former ex-POWs and their families in the desert to strengthen and form a support group. |
$25,000
(Annually) |
|
Group Workshops for Widows |
A unique program to train widows to act as "surrogates" to newly widowed so that they can form a relationship in a support group and assist in rehabilitation. |
$9,000
(per workshop) |
|
Scholarship Fund
widows & orphans |
The aim of the program is to assist IAF widows with the resources needed to train and study leading to new careers. Assist orphans in school and other educational needs.
Support on an individual basis is also available. |
$25,000 |
|
Endowment Fund for the Casualty & Loss Service Center |
Create an endowment fund to run these activities as well as others on an annual basis for at least the coming 5 years. |
$500,000 |
|
Transition from Military to Civilian Life
|
The central objective of the training is mainly to assist Air Force retirees during the process of their retirement, and to act as a bridge between their qualifications, their requirements and their desires, and between the requirements of the workplace in the various fields of employment in the civil world. |
$100,000
(Annually) |
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