Home Away from Home - In the Hospital
The agony of one day in the confines of pristine hospital walls, with the sanitary scent of medicine permeating the air is enough to drive one’s hope and sanity away. The hospital is a tough place, for any of us. It’s a place of uncertainty, fear, trauma, and anxiety. It’s the place where one never wishes to be. When the hospital stay is prolonged, at times for weeks and months, the patient’s and family’s anguish is largely intensified. Between heartbreaking meetings and fateful decisions; during dreadful hours at a patient’s bedside, most people forget the one thing of paramount importance. Only later, when the hunger pangs attack and the fatigued weary bones beseech for a break, do they realize - they forgot to eat.
Chesed Pantry provides the food. The space. The support. All creating piece of mind and calm amidst the chaos.
Just a year.
Raving Reviews.
The Chesed Pantry opened its doors merely a year ago, yet its reputation is wide-spread. The feedback and praise pouring in from grateful patients and relatives are tremendously overwhelming. Families continually forward their warmest wishes to Chesed Pantry members, expressing immense gratitude for the nourishment, at times after 24 hours without a morsel of food!
The success and recognition of the Chesed Pantry is remarkable, bringing requests for a Chesed Pantry from two other prominent hospitals in Israel.
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The Chesed Pantry is a virtual island of serenity. At any given hour – in the stillness of midnight, or the hubbub of Erev Shabbos - the Chesed Pantry is accessible for all. Family members step into the room, brightly lit and inviting, and instantly sense the tranquility course through their veins. Steaming coffee to clear the mind. Piping hot soup to warm the soul. The room boasts fully stocked refrigerators to please every palate. Comfortable chairs invite visitors to ease their weary bones and limbs, thus gaining strength to surge on. The place is tidy and well kept, creating an amiable environment, which nourishes the body and the mind too. Strained family members reach for the Chesed Pantry to release some stress, at least temporarily. Relatives find comfort in being surrounded with fellow Yidden who share their pain. In the Chesed Pantry, they attain food, drinks, companionship, compassion, and care. It’s the place to catch one’s breath; the place to feel at Home.
Indeed, it’s Home away from Home. Generously help us sustain the home.
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