Shai Portnoy

Run For Life - Shai’s Page

Fundraising for Magen David Adom UK
£4,134
raised of £5,000 target
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
18km Run, 25 October 2023
MDA is a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Since 06:30 Saturday morning, MDA teams have been, and remain, on their highest level of alert with all vehicles manned with medics and equipped to treat the injured.

Story

This initiative was started by a friend of mine, Rafi Block.

I was desperate to join in and help as this is a cause close to my heart.

This is the most difficult time for so many Jews around the world, with many, like myself, having family members under threat from rockets and having family putting themselves on the front line to defend our homeland.

After seeing everything that was going on and feeling utterly helpless, I realised that despite me living thousands of kilometres away from the suffering, it still affected me just as much and there was still so much I could do from the UK. So here’s the initiative:

This fundraiser is all connected to חי, we plan to do this 18 days after the initial attack, running 18km and our aim is to raise £18,000.

Feel free to join in! Create a page and join the Run For Life team as a member, together we can reach our goal, maybe even exceed it.

Anything that you can donate is so much more appreciated than you think. Share this page to everyone you know.

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About the campaign

MDA is a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Since 06:30 Saturday morning, MDA teams have been, and remain, on their highest level of alert with all vehicles manned with medics and equipped to treat the injured.

About the charity

Magen David Adom UK

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Magen David Adom (MDA) is Israel’s only ambulance and medical emergency service. For 75 years MDA UK has raised funds for medical equipment, ambulances, bloodmobiles and stations to benefit ALL Israel’s citizens. MDA is a non-governmental organisation that depends on donors to save more lives.

Donation summary

Total raised
£4,133.36
+ £393.25 Gift Aid
Online donations
£3,365.36
Offline donations
£768.00

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