A joint program of the EVP and the IDF
The program gives volunteers the opportunity to spend unforgettable 6 days in Israel supporting front line and elite units
Our mission is to provide IDF front line units with fresh food including falafel, burgers, schnitzels and salads as part of the IDF feeding mission (we recieve all the feeding products from the IDF and working with the IDF feeding devision).
The program second mission is to train and certify volunteers as emergency feeding responders in Israel to deploy during/after crisis to serve with the IDF and Home Front Command and cook fresh meals for the civilian population of Israel during/after a national emergency
Once accepted into the program, you will receive specialized training with EVP during your volunteering time with the IDF. You will learn how to work as part of a team in the operation of a mobile kitchen and mass feeding relief in Israel. You will prepare fresh, healthy and nutritious meals that you serve to troops on IDF bases or staging areas.
Spend 6 days meeting over 1900 IDF troops on their bases and in the field. Prepare and serve them delicious, nutritious and healthy meals including burgers, BBQ, falafel and more as your way of thanking them for their service.
But more than that – you get to meet and mingle with the soldiers, hear their stories and get to know them.
This is a unique opportunity to meet the brave men and women who protect Israel and show them your appreciation for the work and sacrifices they make on a daily basis.
As part of the program, you will recive EVP food preparation training and be inducted as an IDF volunteer – part of the IDF’s Volunteer Unit. You will be given an Dog- tags, provided with an IDF uniform with EVP tags and each day meet soldiers from bases across Israel. During the afternoons, EVP organizes a range of outdoor activities outside the bases.
6-day program Sunday to Friday - (In-land cost per person)-$1,500
11 days program - (In-land cost per person)-$3,500
At the end of the program all volunteers will be able to choose if they wish to become an EVP volunteers as mass feeding responders as well and deploy to Israel during emergencies to feed the population of Israel during and after crisis.
The training for Feeding in Crisis certification is being done during the volunteering in the IDF program. Successful completion of this program entitles the volunteer to become part of the EVP deployment teams and be eligible to deploy to Israel should the need arise and be recognized by the welfare ministry as an EVP volunteer responder in crisis.
'Feeding in Crisis' primary mission is to train individuals and groups in kosher mass feeding capabilities to provide essential aid in Israel during and after emergencies such as earthquakes, mass terror incidents and war.
IT WAS 4:00 AM, THANKSGIVING MORNING.
MY PHONE VIBRATED ON THE NIGHT STAND AND THE TEXT READ 'WE’RE DEPLOYING TO ISRAEL-- LEAVING IN 6 HOURS. I LEANED OVER TO KISS MY FIANCÉE GOODBYE AND LEFT FOR THE LONG FLIGHT FROM LAX TO BEN GURION AIRPORT.
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