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Chai Lifeline Programs and Services

When serious illness strikes a child, the entire family is affected. Chai Lifeline's extensive network of free programs and services is designed to help every member of the family cope during this time of crisis.
Below is a listing of programs available from Chai Lifeline. For assistance or more information, please call 1-877-CHAI-LIFE.

Summer Programs

Camp Simcha

  Named in memory of Dr. Samuel Abraham
Situated on the Jack and Moishe Horn Campus

The foremost kosher summer camp specially designed to suit the needs of children with cancer and other serious illnesses.
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Camp Simcha Special

  Named In memory of Zvi Dovid Obstfeld
Situated on the Jack and Moishe Horn Campus

A unique camping experience for children with serious chronic and genetic illnesses.
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Children's Services

Ari Adler Adventures in Art

  A unique program for children with illness to express their innermost feelings through art.
 

H.E.L.P.

  Homebound Educational Learning Program
Visiting tutor services to help homebound or hospitalized children keep up with their studies.
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Louis Wertenteil Heart-to-Heart

  Big brothers and big sisters forge relationships with sick children and/or their siblings.
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Shaindy Leffel Memorial Lending Library

  Provides a wide variety of books for homebound and hospitalized children, as well as to the Camp Simcha and Camp Simcha Special library.
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Joan and Shael Bellows Family Day

  Kids and families spend an exciting day at Six Flags Great America Amusement Park in Illinois.
 

Disney World Trip

  Sponsored by the Ohr Meir Foundation.
Each year, a group of seriously ill children spend four days in America’s most famous amusement complex.
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The Joseph & Elsie Listhaus ChaiLink Program

  Video teleconferencing links hospitalized or homebound children to classroom, teachers and friends.
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Hartman Family Foundation Wish at the Wall

  An uplifting trip to Israel for teens that are at least one year post-treatment. A project of Chai Lifeline Midwest.
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Honey Engel Special Toy Drive

  Community based collection of toys, distributed to homebound and hospitalized children and their siblings during the Chanukah season
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Family Services

Ariella Horenstein Music in Our lives

  Integrates music into the lives of our children and families by offering year-round opportunities to express the wonder and magic of musical expression. To donate directly to Music In Our Lives, click here
 

Chai Family Centers

  Community-based counseling centers to assist patients, parents and siblings in dealing with serious illness.
 

Advocacy and Case Management

  Assistance, information and support in identifying appropriate physicians and treatment centers as well as expediting their services and availability.
 

Annual Winter Retreat

  Three days of peer and professional support and rejuvenation for parents and children.
 

Stella K. Abraham Family Center

  Situated on the Jack and Moishe Horn Campus
A physical and emotional respite for families dealing with the arduous routine of serious illness.
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Pamela and Craig Goldman River Retreat

  Uniquely situated in the scenic Ramapo Mountains, the Pamela and Craig Goldman River Retreat offers families a vacation from the rigors of illness in a beautiful private home.
 

Insurance Support Service

  Assists families in processing health insurance claims and obtaining reimbursement.
 

Bernard and Lucille Katz Chailine Telephone Support Groups

  An excellent resource of counseling and support by networking with parents in similar situations, as well as a qualified therapist.
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Bernice Rimberg "Our SIBS" Program

  (Specially Important Brothers and Sisters)
Provides much-needed extra love, attention and recreation for siblings of seriously ill children.
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Hair Wigs

  Chai Lifeline welcomes donations of hair to be made into wigs for Jewish children.
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Heidi and Harvey Bookman 48 Hours: A Mother-to-Mother Retreat

  Two days of much-needed R&R and support for mothers of seriously ill children.
 

Donald Alan Harris Healing Hearts Bereavement Program

  When tragedy occurs, Chai Lifeline offers telephone counseling and support groups, as well as special weekend retreats to help families cope with their loss.
 

Chai Family Centers

  Community-based counseling centers to assist patients, parents and siblings in dealing with serious illness.
 
Community Services

Bellows Family National Crisis Intervention

  A comprehensive network of programs to help families, schools, camps, synagogues and community institutions cope with an untimely death or medical crisis. Counseling, retreats, and Project C.H.A.I., Chizuk, Healing and Intervention, provide emotional support to help the grieving and healing processes.
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Bryna Fertig Volunteer Training Program

  Special workshops and training sessions for Chai Lifeline volunteers to enhance their understanding, sensitivity and practical skills in volunteer endeavors
 

Martha Prince 6 X Chai Volunteer Program

  Six options for volunteers to help make a difference in the lives of children and families.
 

David J. & Dina Lipins Publications

  A variety of publication that includes a volunteer’s manual, educator’s manual, a special collection of prayers for times of challenge, children’s magazines, and Heartbeats, Chai Lifeline’s periodic newsletter
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Special Funds & Initiatives

Shimmy Golub Grant-A-Wish/Weingarten Wishathon

  When seriously ill children have a special wish, this fund grants it
 

Ann and Pinky Sohn Fund

  Helps alleviate the financial burden of non-medical expenses that result from children’s illness.
 

Mary and Mortimer Greenstein Memorial Fund

  Helps Chai Lifeline accommodate the growing number of families in need of services.
 

Charna Radbell Gift of Sunshine Fund

  Provides children and their families with a “gift of sunshine and hope” during their struggle with illness.
 

The Colburn & Sobel Families Children\'s Fund

  Assists Chai Lifeline in maintaining and expanding current programs
 

Uncle Danny Fund

  Provides toy store gift cards during the Chanukah season for hospitalized or homebound children with serious illness.
 

Honey and David Berger Fund

  Helps families facing medical crisis to avoid the additional difficulty of financial crisis.
 

 

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