Donate to Keshet

"Our goal is simple. Raise money to help the kids at Keshet and clear our waitlists."

Keshet donations are welcome in many different forms and amounts. Depending on the gift level, a donor to Keshet may endow and name a program, support a specific Keshet project, buy a banquet dinner ticket or simply send out a gift card in honor or memory of a loved one. Keshet is a not for profit tax-exempt 501 (C) (3) organization and donations are tax deductible as provided by law.

Keshet offers the following ways to help children with special needs:

On-Line Rainbow Donor Wall
Set up a scholarship fund
General donation Online
Special Occasion Invitations and Cards
Annual Banquet
Planned Giving, Bequests, Gifts to children and grandchildren
Purchase a Mezuzah
Wish List
Memory & Honor Cards

Establishing A Keshet Scholarship Fund

Scholarships in any amount may be established at Keshet and restricted for use in Keshet programs. Endowed scholarships are established and only the interest is used each year to support Keshet programming.

For more information call or E-mail the Director of Development: 847-205-1234 or Director of Development

Scholarship Naming Opportunities

Major Programs

Ariella Joy Frankel Keshet Day School
Dr. Irving A. Hokin High School
Autism Program
Day School Wing
Camp Program
Life Skills Program
Keshet School
Transition Program
Sunday School Program
Recreation Program
Keshet/Leventhal Professional Development Program

Facilities and Funds

Special Kids Network Teen Camp
Bar and Bat Mitzvah Program
Jacqueline Besser Special Olympics Program
Integrated Choir
Day School Scholarship Funds
High School Scholarship Funds
Transition Program Scholarship Funds
Life Skills Scholarship Funds
Summer Camp Scholarship Funds
Sunday School Scholarship Funds
Resource Center
Annex classrooms
Keshet Classrooms
Computers software and technology
Speech Therapy Room
Vision Therapy Room
Observation Room
Technical Training Room
Camp Chi Cabin
Spatz Education Suite
High School Room
Teacher Work Room
Therapist Work Room
Administrative offices
Adaptive Physical Education Program
Vocational Accessibility Fund
Handicapped Accessible Van
Individual therapists
Augmentative devices and Book Fund
Community Integration Fund
Therapeutic Arts Programming
Joy of the Game Basketball/Soccer Program
Transition Program Scholarship Funds
School Teacher Development Fund
Peer Buddy Program
Camp Moshava overnight program
TEACCH Fund
Field Trip Sponsorship
Tikun Olam Community Program
Volunteer In Training
Web site enhancement
Judaics Program
Social Club
Specialists activities
Washington D. C. class trip
Camp Chi 4 day trip
Overnight camp program
Keshet video production
Theater and Arts Program
Buddy Baseball
Afterschool Recreation program

Family Mezuzahs

Family Mezuzahs opportunities are now available for 25 doorways at the Keshet Northbrook and Chicago sites. The exquisite Mezuzahs are uniquely designed and inscribed with the family or donor's name. The cost is $1,800 and are available on a limited basis. For more information call 847-205-1234.

Wish List

Keshet is grateful for specific funds to purchase the following items needed by Keshet Programs.

Ariella Joy Frankel Keshet Day Schools
Dr. Irving A. Hokln Keshet High School & Transition

.: 32" Television & DVD Player		$500.00
.: Table-top Copy Machine		$300.00
.: Digital Camera (2)		$250.00 each
.: Tall Bookcases (4)		$150.00 each
.: Academic Computer Programs		$100.00 each
.: American Plastic 10.5' Dinner Plates (2 sets)		$100.00 each
.: Vivaldi Small Individual Plastic Bowls (2 sets)		$48.00 each
.: Vivaldi Large Plastic Serving Bowls (2 sets)		$26.95 each
.: Silverware		$40.00
.: Puzzles & Games		$5.00 - 15.00 each

Keshet Vocational Program

.: Bagless Vacuum		$125.00
.: Electric Brooms (2)		$75.00 each
.: Electric Stapler		$60.00

GADOL (Adult Program)

.: Sponsorship for Co-Op Big Spring Trip (13)		$900.00 each
.: 13 Tickets to Great America		$700.00
.: JCC Membership for 1 Participant		$290.00
.: Brookfield Zoo Membership		$94.00
.: Tickets for a Baseball Game (13 x 2)		$25.00 each

Sunday School

.: Purim Carnival sponsorship		$500.00
.: DVD Player		$255.00 weekly
.: Therapy Balls (4)		$50.00 each
.: Jewish Music CD's (English & Hebrew)		$15.00 each

Recreational Program

.: Portable Sound System		$1000.00
.: Photo Printer		$200.00
.: Disposable Cameras (100)		$7.00 each
.: Teen Camp Shirts (150 shirts)		$7.00 each

* If an item is already sold, Keshet will use the money for another item on the list.