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Helping his Israeli peers
Tyler Golden, 13, is Vancouver's Kids for Kids rep.
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KYLE BERGER REPORTER
Just after his bar mitzvah last November, Tyler Golden decided he wanted to donate a portion of the financial gifts he received to tzedakah. Around the same time, there had been a terrorist attack in Israel, leading Golden to conclude he wanted to do something for Israel.
With the help of Dina Wachtel, the Israeli shlichah (emissary) of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, he narrowed his choices down to two options: Schneider's Children's Medical Centre of Israel, the only children's hospital in the Middle East, and Kids for Kids, which raises . money to help children who are directly affected by terror attacks. At the time, representatives from Kids for Kids were visiting Vancouver and Golden attended one of their information sessions. However, he chose to donate a special, needleless saringe pump to the medical centre.
While Golden was happy with his contribution, he didn't feel like he had done enough.
"I just felt like I wasn't part of anything, so I put all the rest of my bar mitzv^ money in Israel bonds, I contacted Kids for Kids and they were interested in me doing a project with my school [Vancouver Talmud Torah elo-mentaiy school]."
Golden had a booth set up at the Talmud Torah spring fair and ended up raising more than $1,300 for Kids for Kids.
Today he is very involved in the organization as a youth advisory board member, one of only four outside of Israel.
"I thought it would be a one-shot deal after the spring fair, but they liked what I was doing," he said of his contributions. "Their mission was to have representatives in all the m^or cities so they foimd me here and I think I'll ha involved for a long time."
Now that the sdiool year is tm-der way, Golden recently met with Wachtel again to discuss plans to take advantage of Federation's community cormectaons. With a goal of raising money and awareness about Kids for Kids, Golden said he will be making presentations to various Lower Mainland elementary schools.
As Canada's representative of Kids for Kids, Golden also receives e-mails, forwarded from
the head office in Israel, from Canadians who are interested in making donations or getting involved themselves.
"A lot of these people are teachers who want to do something with their schools or they are people like me who want to give tzedakah after their bar or bat mitzvah," he said.
Golden thinks lie'll be Involved witti Kids for Kids for a long time.
While Golden is thousands of miles away from the children that Kids for Kids helps, his parents, Kathy and David, have made sure that he and his younger brother, Shane, have a good understanding of what's going on in Israel. And Golden has also spoken with a survivor of a terror attacL
Tve talked to one person who was a victim and is now very involved vfith Kids for Kids himself," he said. "It really made me realize that this organization really does a lot for people. It's not just an organization that gives money and says, 'Goodbye.' It's an organization that is with you from step one of being ii\jured until you fully recover.
"It's hard to restart a life after you've been seriously iiyured in an attack," he continued. "Knowing that I'm helping to get doctors or counsellors who can help [survivors] get back to a normal life makes me feel good."
ITirough a variety of programs. Kids for Kids works to enrich the lives of children who have been victims of terror in Israel, including those who have been left orphaned, maimed or traimiatized. More information about Kids for Kids can be foimd online at www.kidsforkids.net. Locally, donations can be made payable to "Meoroth," c/o Vancouver branch of Kids for Kids, 5891 Laurel wood Crt., Richmond, B.C., V7C5J1.D
Kyle Berger is a fivelancejour-nalist and graphic designer living in Richmond.