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Published on: 6/1/2008
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Participants included, from left, Lauren Albert, her mother Pam, the executive director of One Family, and Orly Vaknin, who represented the One Family Fund in Israel.
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Pam Albert, executive director of the Canadian branch of the One Family Fund, said the organization helped Vaknin complete her education and get a career.
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Albert said that six years ago, a group of volunteers in Toronto and Montreal decided to support the One Family Fund after raising $250,000 through their synagogues for victims of the second intifadah, which began in 2000.
"Over 3,500 families are being helped by One Family," Albert said.
She said the organization offers workshops, art and physical education classes, support groups and other therapeutic activities at its centres in Jerusalem and Ranana.
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Albert said there are many ways people can become involved with One Family, such as through missions to Israel, where participants can connect with victims of terror, as well as through such initiatives as family adoptions, bar and bat mitzvah twinnings, and golf tournaments.