Yad Leah

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Yad LeahFormation| 2004

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Type|

* Non-profit
* NGO

Purpose| Alleviating poverty
Headquarters| New Jersey

Region served

| Israel

Director

| Jessica Katz
Staff| 1
Volunteers| 100s
Website| www.yadleah.org

Yad Leah is a volunteer-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization[1] which sends clothing to poor families in Israel. It was founded in 2004[2] by Passaic resident Jessica Katz and Beitar Illit resident Karen Milch Thaler.[3] It distributes hundreds of thousands of articles of clothing to over 25 communities annually.[2] [4] Yad Leah has a volunteer center located in Passaic, NJ where volunteers can pack and sort donated clothing.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "American Friends of Yad Leah Inc". TaxExemptWorld.com. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
2. ^ a b "Yad Leah Sends Largest Lift to Eretz Yisrael: Over 1,100 Boxes of Needed Clothes to 15 Communities" (PDF). Hamodia. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
3. ^ "Clothes make the mitzvah". Jewish Standard. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
4. ^ a b Glick, Nina. "Yad Leah Is Proof That Miracles Can Happen". Retrieved 2016-10-27.

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