Create Your Own Impact
There are so many meaningful ways to support Israel’s youth and bring hope, healing, and stability to young people in crisis. Whether you’re celebrating a milestone, honoring someone you love, or mobilizing your community, your actions can change lives.
Explore the opportunities below to get involved, build community, and make a lasting difference.
Request a Speaker
Looking to inspire and educate your community, school, synagogue, or workplace? Invite a member of the ELEM team in Israel or a representative from our American Friends team to speak at your event, meeting, or virtual gathering. Our speakers share powerful, real-world insights about youth at risk, resilience, and what meaningful intervention looks like on the ground.
Weekly Parenting Tips in Your Inbox
Receive practical, compassionate insights grounded in ELEM’s decades of experience working with youth and families. These short weekly tips offer guidance, reflection, and tools for navigating today’s challenges with empathy and confidence.
Host a Book Discussion
Gather friends, colleagues, or community members for a meaningful conversation around youth, resilience, trauma, and hope. ELEM can help recommend themes, discussion questions, and ways to connect the conversation to real impact. Book discussions are a powerful, low-pressure way to learn, reflect, and engage others in ELEM’s mission.
Start a Fundraiser
Celebrate a milestone, honor a loved one, or rally your network around something you care about. Create a personal or group fundraiser to spread awareness and directly support ELEM’s work with vulnerable youth in Israel. From birthdays to endurance challenges to creative campaigns, your voice helps expand our reach.
Check for an Employer Match
Many employers will match charitable donations, doubling or even tripling your impact. A few minutes of checking can make a powerful difference for youth in need.
Host an Event
Bring people together in ways that feel authentic to you and your community. Popular event ideas include:
- House gatherings or salon-style events
- Shabbat dinners with purpose
- Community walks or wellness events
- Creative or seasonal gatherings (art, cooking, music, learning)
Not sure where to start? Our team will help you shape an event that feels meaningful, manageable, and impactful.
Corporate Events & Partnerships
Partnering with ELEM allows companies to align values with action while making a tangible social impact. Opportunities include:
- Corporate donations
- Event sponsorships
- Employee workshops and learning experiences
- Customized engagement opportunities tied to youth wellbeing and social responsibility
Join or Create a Regional Chapter
ELEM chapters bring together passionate individuals who want to build awareness, host events, and support fundraising efforts in their region. Chapters offer connection, leadership opportunities, and a shared sense of purpose. Already have a group in mind? We’ll help you take the first steps.
Planned Giving & Legacy Gifts
Leave a lasting legacy of hope by including ELEM in your will, trust, or estate plans. Planned gifts ensure that future generations of vulnerable young people in Israel receive the safety, dignity, and opportunity they deserve.
B’nai Mitzvah Project
Turn your milestone into a moment of impact. Teens can partner with ELEM to create a personalized Mitzvah Project that raises awareness and support for at-risk youth in Israel. Ideas include:
- Hosting a fundraiser
- Collecting hygiene kits or essentials for shelters
- Leading a peer-to-peer campaign
- Sharing ELEM’s mission in your synagogue or school
We’ll help you design a project that’s meaningful and manageable.
Honor a Loved One
Celebrate someone special with a gift that transforms lives. Make a donation in honor of a simcha, milestone, or loved one. We will send a personalized tribute message acknowledging your meaningful contribution.