2025 Year in Review: Protecting and Providing Across Israel

Dear Friends,

As we look back on 2025, we want you to know how deeply grateful we are for your faithful partnership. In a year marked by ongoing security threats and growing needs on the home front, you helped us respond with practical compassion, steady presence, and timely action across Israel.

Because of your generosity, we installed 84 new safety shelters, bringing the total to 483 shelters since the project began. You helped 2,788 families receive gift cards for food and basic necessities, and you provided 912 children with new backpacks as they headed into the school year. At the Millennium Center, 12 gatherings brought comfort and dignity to Holocaust survivors, terror survivors, children at risk, and reserve soldiers and their families. And with 64 medic bags delivered to communities in the north, you strengthened emergency response where every second matters. Three lifesaving ambulances were donated to MDA, including one and a first-of-its-kind MICU.

Below is a month-by-month snapshot of the impact you made possible in 2025. Thank you for standing with Israel in a way that brings protection, provision, and hope.

With gratitude,

Barry & Batya and the VFI team

2025 at a glance

• 84 safety shelters installed in 2025 (483 total to date)
• 2,788 families supported with gift cards for food and essentials
• 912 children equipped with new backpacks for the school year
• 12 uplifting events at the Millennium Center for terror and Holocaust survivors, children at risk, and reserve families
• 64 medic bags delivered to strengthen lifesaving response teams
• 3 ambulances dedicated

January

Safety Shelters Strengthening the North

Gift Cards for Families in Need: Help with Everyday Essentials

Medic bags delivered to communities in the Galilee

February

Equipping Soldiers on the Front Lines: Essential Gear Delivered

Family Aid in Sderot: Standing with the South

Tu Bishvat with Holocaust Survivors: Planting Hope Together

March

New Ambulance Dedicated in Tiberias

Modiin Seniors at the Millennium Center: Good Deeds Day of Joy

An Evening for Reserve Soldiers’ Wives

Passover Help for Families in Need: Meeting Urgent Needs with Dignity

Purim Celebration for Terror Survivors’ Families: Restoring Joy

April

Passover Aid Continues: Reaching More Families in Need

Tactical Gear for Soldiers

Passover Celebration in England

May

Safety Shelters in the South: Building Safe Spaces Under Fire

Gathering with Holocaust Survivors

June

Planting Fruit Trees in the Gaza Envelope

Rapid Response Aid: Supporting the Homefront during Iran War

Supporting Reserve Soldiers’ Wives

Volunteers at the Millennium Center

July

Helping a Terror Survivor

Pack to School 2025

More Safety Shelters Installed

August

Celebrating Batya’s Birthday

Special Event and Backpacks for Reserve Soldiers’ Children

Scholarships for Terror Survivors

Volunteers at the Millennium Center

Gift Cards for the High Holidays: Helping Families Prepare

September

High Holiday Aid: Food and Essentials for Families in Need

MICU Ambulance Dedicated: Advanced Care on Wheels

Love in Action: Volunteers at the Millennium Center

October

Safety Shelters in the South: Protection in Uncertain Times

November

Ceramic Plates for Soldiers

Financial Support for Families in Need: Covering Critical Gaps

UK Tour Group Visits the Millennium Center

December

Hanukkah with Holocaust Survivors: Light in the Darkness

Hanukkah with Children at Risk

Therapeutic Sessions for Reservists’ Wives

Safety Shelters in the South