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MDA’s Human Milk Bank saves preemies.
Israel’s Channel 11 aired “White Gold,” featuring MDA’s Sussman Family Foundation Human Milk Bank. In this three-minute excerpt, meet one mother who says, “ten minutes of my time [a day] provides quite a few meals for needy babies.” Einat Zeifa provides 160 liters of milk a month, picked up and processed by Magen David Adom. Dr. Sharron…
MDA makes it possible for siblings to meet in person after a decade
Israel Regev, 92, from Haifa, and his sister, Yeti Itzik, 96, from Kibbutz Nir Oz near the Gaza border, both Holocaust survivors, have not seen each other for more than 10 years. The siblings maintained regular telephone contact, but because of their medical conditions and distance, they have not been able to hug or see…
Ambulance sponsor inspired by baby born on his birthday.
Chicago, August 10 — Scott Casty of Chicago, Illinois, was thrilled to learn the ambulance he sponsored for Magen David Adom, Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service, was instrumental in bringing a new life into the world when it was used to rush medics to the scene of an unexpected home birth in northern Israel. But…
MDA and Israeli cancer charity sponsor blood and hair donation drive
On Wednesday, Magen David Adom and Zichron Menachem, an Israeli nonprofit for children with cancer, held “Double Donation Day,” an event that encouraged their employees and the Israeli public to donate hair and/or blood. In total, 144 braids were collected from both women and men to create natural, high-quality wigs for cancer patients, and 194…