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Projects of the Tel Aviv Foundation
The Tel Aviv foundation is a foundation that spends its time and energy in making a better place for its people to live. To do this, the foundation sponsors multiple projects over all kinds of backgrounds.
Since it was created in 1977, the foundation has raised over $300 million dollars worldwide which goes to support these projects. The projects come through the mayor and city council who also match funds for many projects also. The foundation's projects can be divided into four categories:
(1.) Education
(2.) Welfare and Social Services
(3.) Art, Culture, and Sport
(4.) Environment.
In education, the foundation supports the children by building and renovating schools for its children. It also has built libraries, resource centers, and The Academic College of Tel Aviv - Yaffo. The foundation obviously knows the importance of education in their youth. They also award science scholarships to those teenagers who show amazing promise.
The welfare projects are designed to help the city itself with social issues. One of these projects is an after-school center for at-risk children. This is a place children can go and feel safe. Not only do the students get a meal while they are there, they are also nurtured and encouraged to feel successful in their education and family. There is also a feeding program for the elderly in Tel Aviv. These elderly people don't have family available to help them and live in low income areas.
One of the foundation's projects for art and culture is an amphitheater in the Yarkon Park. Manay different artists perform there in the summer and it is expensive to build and then take down their stage. This amphitheater will serve as a permanent place for artists to come to and sing or perform their art form. The Park can have one great amphitheater for all the groups to use.
As for helping out the environment, one prominent project is the Jaffa Seaside Park which will be in place of the old Jaffa Landfill. This park will create so much beauty and allow many walkways for pedestrians to enjoy the beauties of the beach. There will also be a way to donate funds to this project and have a loved one remembered by having their name placed on a wall of remembrance.
The foundation has many opportunities to serve the needy in the area and these projects just tell a little about what the foundation truly does. It continually strives to make a better future for Tel Aviv and Israel.
About the Author Ira Riklis (http://www.irariklis.com) is the principal of Sutherland Capital Management, Inc., a private holding company primarily involved in the home-security market based in New York City. Art Gib is a freelance writer.
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