To me, being CEO is so much more than just a job.  When I started at MDA UK back in 2011, I went to visit the projects in Israel and met some of the brilliant army of staff and volunteers.  In fact, I was hooked and was taken by their professionalism and the brilliance of what they do.

One of the things I enjoy doing the most is spending time on ambulance shifts.  Here I get to see the coal face of the organisation and really appreciate the awesome work they do.  I remember being on one shift and had to assist in a particularly nasty fatality.  Afterwards, the nineteen year old volunteer and I discussed what had happened; her resilience and amazing work ethic at such a young age really struck a chord with me.

Representing MDA fills me with immense pride and I am privileged to run MDA here in the UK and my role has allowed me to meet some truly amazing people.

MDA is voted second most trusted brand in Israel year in year out, only pipped to the top spot by the IDF.  This message was further endorsed by President Rivlin who met with some of our supporters when he was in the UK last year.

Covid 19 has decimated our fundraising income whilst MDA's costs have increased exponentially.  Therefore, this year, I am asking you to support me and help MDA get this Blood Centre finished.  Any donation really does make a difference and now with matched giving thanks to the Marcus Foundation, what could be a better reason to give!

Thank you for your support

Daniel x

   
I have been a supporter of MDA since I was appointed Dinner Chairman about 20 years ago.

With the assistance of Eli Benson, our late chief executive, we developed a formula of having a top class musical evening and subsequently a comedy evening. This enabled us to raise millions of pounds for this amazing charity and always left a smile on our guests faces wanting for more. 

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic we have had to change our fund-raising focus. I do hope that you will enjoy our evening and donate generously. Whilst MDA immediately brings to mind ambulances, it provides many other services such as support of Holocaust survivors, a wish ambulance and just as important the supply and research of blood for every hospital in Israel. 

My target for this day is to raise £50,000 for rooms in the new Blood Centre much of which will be underground, the old one being in range of rockets coming from Gaza and ,if hit, would be catastrophic.

I thank you for reading this and for you generosity.

Keep well and safe in these strange times.

Nicholas

Welcome to Manchester Friends of MDA Committee's National Lifesaving Day donation page.

From this fundraising event, we are hoping to complete our target we set of £400,000 needed to fund the Lecture Theatre within the new MDA National Blood and Logistics Centre, of which we have already raised an amazing £250,000 over the past three years.

Please give generously, and remember all donations, however large or small really do make a different to the lifesaving work of MDA in Israel.

Grateful thanks from all of the committee: Peter & Belinda Black, Richard & Elaine Bermitz, Roy Katicer, Suzie Cohen, Andrew Winter, Sharon Hart and myself Jeremy Hart

       

For the last few years, groups of highly committed trekkers have hiked through the desert heat in Israel to raise vital funds for MDA. These incredible teams have already raised funds for a Medicycle, an Ambulance, an Intensive Care Ambulance and vital funds for the rebuilding of an ambulance station.

This year we had planned to walk even further, through Israel into Jordan and raise even more. Sadly, COVID19 put a stop to those plans. This awful disease prevented vital fundraising activity, just when fundraising was needed the most.

We are already planning the 2021 Trek, but today we ask for your help in fundraising in this crucial year for emergency healthcare.

Please support us in any way you can, and we promise to put in the hard yards in again once the pandemic has been beaten.

Thanks

Robert & Susie xx

    



“Acts of kindness never die”, Rabbi Sacks z”l – a Bloodmobile in memory of an inspirational leader.

The Jewish News initiated a crowdfunding campaign with MDA UK to purchase a Bloodmobile in memory of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l.

We are also delighted thar Rabbi Lionel Rosenfeld and Western Marble Arch Synagogue have lent their support to this campaign.

Rabbi Sacks was an ardent supporter of Israel and a champion for Magen David Adom. On the day he was ennobled in 2009, Lord Sacks spoke at the MDA UK Fundraising Dinner and gave what was a stirring and memorable appeal.

MDA UK Board Member and then Dinner Chair, Nicholas Springer, recalls, “He attended our annual dinner on the day he was introduced to the House of Lords. He delivered the best appeal speech we ever heard. He is sorely missed by both within and outside our community and the bloodmobile we are dedicating in is memory will be a fitting tribute.”

Rabbi Lionel Rosenfeld of Marble Arch Synagogue, where Lord Sacks was once the minister, described Rabbi Sacks as “our moral compass and spokesman. Donating to MDA for this vehicle in his name is a wonderful way to honour what he held dear – the sanctity of life. As Rabbi Sacks himself wrote: “Grant strength to those who see to the needs of the injured and sick, and open our hearts in prayer and our hands in generosity, so that by our actions we may bring comfort, healing and support.”

Daniel Burger, Chief Executive of Magen David Adom UK stated, “The global Magen David Adom family is honoured to be part of this fundraising campaign. Nothing will give us more pride than seeing a bloodmobile on the streets of Israel bearing the name of Rabbi Lord Sacks and saving lives.” 

Magen David Adom is a cause very close to my heart and I have been on the MDA UK London Dinner Committee for over 20 years.

My daughter and grandchildren live in Israel and I have personally seen the incredible work that Magen David Adom do every day.

There are no get together fundraising dinners this year, so I do hope that you can help to raise much needed funds for the amazing Magen David Adom which continues to save lives year in and year out.

 
Thank you for visiting our Pulse MDA fundraising page!  Most of us have been fundraising for Israel's only National Medical Emergency Service since our teens!  We can honestly say, that when we see the MDA ambulances in Israel racing to save someone's life, it puts all our effort and YOUR support into perspective.

Please help us by supporting the 'Every Second Counts - National Lifesaving Day' campaign by donating here.

Magen David Adom's activities include:
- Responsibility for all Israel's first aid training
- Providing and maintaining Israel's 1,716 ambulances, mobile intensive care units and medicycles stationed at 168 stations all over Israel
- The collection and supply of 300,000 units of blood each year
- A total of 23,800 volunteers giving their time and dedication to saving lives

We hope to celebrate this intiative with you in Israel when the time is right.

'Whoever saves one life, it is as if he saved an entire world' (Sanhedrin 4,5)

Thank you from all of us at Pulse MDA
Gina Edwards & Patricia Abram together with Simone Benjamin, Cathya Djanogly, Valérie Goury, Ofra Hunter, Lisa Jayson, Yvette Kamlish, Fortunée Maltz, Corinne Nejad, Debra Shohet, Ali Van Straten and Livia Sugarman

 

 

As valued friends and supporters of Magen David Adom, we're asking for your support.

These are challenging times for all but for those who depend upon MDA's lifesaving work, it's become a matter of urgency.

Your donation is needed more than ever to help plug the hole that COVID has left and each of us thanks you so much for your generosity.

Stay well and Best Wishes

Brenda Elton, Lorraine Grossmith, Lori Isaacs, Marsha Marks, Sue Rubin and Sandra Rubinstein  
The Impromptu Committee - Magen David Adom UK