Every year, towards the end of the summer, there’s a trip that lots of people look forward to. It begins in Deal, where approximately 100 men and women board a bus—but they know, even before they get on the road that it’s not going to be a boring bus ride. They know there will be people telling jokes and lots of laughter. Then, before they know it, they’ll arrive in Atlantic City.
While going to AC is fun, there’s a better reason for this trip than gambling. The participants do it to raise funds for ORT, an organization that began in Russia in 1880 to help lift Russia’s five million Jews out of crushing poverty. They called it the Organization for Rehabilitation through Training (ORT). The trip to AC was through ORT America, the leading fundraising organization for World ORT.
Thanks to Joyce Dwek for coordinating the fun fund-raising trip with the assistance of Sally Shamah, Louise Zalayet, and bus helpers Norma Rezak and Florence Schneider.
