Pizza for IDF Soldiers
(Moved to the top by Meryl)
While I’ve been an avid follower of Laurence’s Palestinian Bingo right now my need to show my love and appreciation of the IDF can’t wait.
I was about to send a Pizza to an IDF Patrol when I decided to see we could raise enough to send Pizza for a whole Company. (Or More!)
Laurence has already pledged $25.00, and will be making an appeal on IMAO. If you’d like to contribute, please Paypal your donation to ericjpp@gmail.com. If you’d like acknowlegement, please mention your donation in the comments. I’ll occaisionally bump this post up with a running total. Our goal is $269.75, which will buy pizza for 90 soldiers.
Please give, it’s the least we can do. These young men and women all have Jewish Mothers ringing their cell phones and asking “Are you eating?” Let’s help them respond with a hearty “Yes, Ma, I just had some pizza. It is too real food. Yes, I know Aunt Sadie’s birthday is tomorrow. I promise, I’ll call her.”
(And while you’re at it, you can throw some tzedakah to Magen David Adom. In fact, if you have to choose, choose MDA, and post your donation in the comments anyway.)
Am Yisrael Chai!
Update: As Shabbat is about to begin in Virginia, we have a current total of $195.94. (Plus, if I’m reading Andy’s comment correctly, pizza for a second Company!) Please keep donating - I’ll update tomorrow night after Shabbat is over.
Update from Meryl: Joshua Sharf has more links if you want to send donations to Israel.
Update: Saturday night we are up to $358.98 in contributions and pledges! Thank you all so much. I’m blown away by the response.
I’ve just sent in the money for one Company’s worth of pizza. I’ll wait another day or so for any stragglers, and send in the rest for pizza or ice cream within the next few days.
July 14th, 2006 at 2:56 pm
Pizza for IDF Soldiers…
While Iâve been an avid follower of Laurenceâs Palestinian Bingo right now my need to show my love and appreciation of the IDF canâ……
July 14th, 2006 at 4:23 pm
A couple of friends and I are in — and, honest, I was browsing to the pizza page when I happened to open your blog in another window.
There’s no lack of good charities; I’d be tempted to suggest another couple, but these two are just fine. (Personally, I’d rather it were both legal and useful to have a charity to buy a few Barretts for IDF snipers . . . but they’d probably end up with far more than they need.)
July 14th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
I’m in for $36. Twice chai. Let me go update my Paypal credit card. For real. Gee. Should I click on one of those UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT CREDIT CARD!!! emails that PayPal’s been sending me?
Naaaah. I think I’ll log in and do it the right way.
July 14th, 2006 at 6:55 pm
Eric,
Thanks for the reminder about PizzaIDF. My wife and I just went in directly for a company portion.
Am Yisrael Chai!
July 14th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
I’d already made my donation prior to reading this entry. However, I’m adding a small contribution to help boost your total.
July 14th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
I’m in for $16.95 (pizza and soda for five soldiers), already paid to the site via paypal, which should almost take care of a squad. Good hunting, y’all!
July 15th, 2006 at 9:07 am
I just sent $100.00 to MDA. I hope this helps. I support Israel and really, really hate Islamic supremicism.
July 15th, 2006 at 7:25 pm
I sent $100.00 to MDA yesterday. Like Tom, I hope it helps. I am a secular gentile who lives in NYC, supports Israel, and really, really hates jihadists, be they Hamas, Hizbullah, or al-Qaeda.
July 15th, 2006 at 10:11 pm
I paid 16.95 via paypal yesterday. WONDERFUL JOB!!!
July 15th, 2006 at 10:42 pm
Its a shame MDA does not have Paypal. Still… There’s gonna be some IDF guys that have a nice dinner. $35
July 15th, 2006 at 11:17 pm
Sorry, I can’t contribute right now, but I’m between pay periods. Israel and her people are in my prayers continually.
July 16th, 2006 at 4:00 am
Support the Troops…
There are a few ways to show your support for the Israelis. Thanks to Meryl for the inspiration!…
July 16th, 2006 at 5:27 am
I just sent $20 for the pizza fund. I’ll also be giving to Yad Sarah, which is going to be busy helping the 500+ Israelis who’ve so far been wounded by rockets. The economic disruption is going to create more work for Yad Eliezer and Collel Chabad. And there are dozens more organisations that could use the odd shekel.
But this is why I will not be donating to the MDA.
July 16th, 2006 at 7:53 am
I had just sent enough for 4 soldiers and ice cream for 5 before I saw this post. Either way I encourage as many people to whatever they to help. This is a great way to show your support.
July 16th, 2006 at 8:30 am
Updates etc….
Want to know the latest from the Middle East? Want to help Israel? For an ongoing list of resource check out Live-Blogging the War & What We Can Do. And check out the Pizza for the IDF appeal…….
July 16th, 2006 at 8:32 am
I just sent $36.00 via Paypal to the ericjpp@gmail.com site. Also, a check for $50.00 to MDA yesterday in my annual contribution.
Great idea Meryl, let us know what else needs to be done.
July 16th, 2006 at 10:20 am
I sent pizza to a platoon direct from the site - having trouble w/ paypal. (Also made my yearly contribution to AFMDA a bit early). I’ll give again when we hit ‘BINGO’!
July 16th, 2006 at 10:34 am
We’re mostly unemployed right now, but if anyone buys anything from my wife’s humorous Judaica store (Jewsy Couture) for the next week we’ll donate 100% of the profits to this cause.
July 17th, 2006 at 1:06 am
[...] When I read about people cheering the IDF bombings, I cringe. More because I think of the warning we were given at the shores of the Red Sea during Exodus. Do not cheer the deaths of the Egyptians, for they are also God’s children. But I want to know that people are indeed cheering for the IDF (and cheering up the IDF with Pizza.) [...]
July 17th, 2006 at 5:22 am
Civilian support - military monday…
The current war in the Middle East got me thinking about a different aspect of the military - civilian support from the home front. In recent years an organization was founded to provide pizza for Israeli soldiers, appropriately named Pizza IDF. And th…
July 17th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
World War III Over Soon?…
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert issued the conditions for an end to the fighting in Lebanon: return the two Israeli soldiers captured by Hizballah, halt the rocket attacks on Israel, and deploy the Lebanese army to control the terrorists in Lebanon….
July 23rd, 2006 at 3:29 pm
is there a way to get to know a isrealie soldier and to write and support this soldier one to one ..thanks american jew. thanks again.
July 24th, 2006 at 10:31 pm
I just found yout site - I’d like to donate for the next pizzafest! Its the LEAST we can do for our boys! Are you going to collect again?