Rachel Blatt's Fundraiser
My Appeal
Please support my Mitzvah Project as I #TakeTheJourney and walk 15miles for Holocaust education!
Mark Schonwetter along with his mother and younger sister walked 15 miles to escape their hometown in Poland to go to a ghetto where they thought they would be safer.
I am raising money for Holocaust education while bringing awareness to this important topic. Please help me support the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation (MSHEF) and help provide grants to schools enabling them to teach the lessons learned from the past and how they relate to today.
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My Progress
Rachel is walking 15 miles and raising funds for Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation. Please show your support and donate generously.
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My Cause
The Mission:
Our Mission: To provide grants for educators to teach anti-hate initiatives, respect, and kindness to students nationwide through Holocaust education.
Our Vision: To inspire students to create a world where all people are treated equally and with kindness and respect.
About the Organization:
The Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation is the ONLY foundation that funds educational grants to provide learning materials and books, support field trips and programming, and bring Holocaust survivor speakers into schools and classrooms nationwide. The money raised goes directly to support Holocaust Education Grants that impact students. The impact we have made in just four years has far exceeded our initial goals – 439 grants, across 31 states, reaching over 114,000 students! But our ultimate goal is Holocaust education in all 50 states, and we need your help to achieve it!
As a young Jewish boy in Poland, Mark Schonwetter survived the Holocaust, along with his mother and sister, by hiding in the forests as well as in the homes of righteous Polish families.
Over the last few years, Mark and his daughters Ann Arnold and Isabella Fiske have shared his story of survival with adults and students all over the United States.
In 2019, Ann and Isabella established the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation with a singular focus: to create a world where all people are treated with kindness and respect by expanding and supporting Holocaust education nationwide.
This work is critical right now – hate crimes in the US have surged to the highest level in 12 years, according to the FBI’s 2020 report. Yet, only 25 states mandate Holocaust education. And those states with requirements don’t always have the funding necessary to support the mandate.
Since 2020, the MSHE Foundation has offered grants to schools across the country to support field trips, programming, books, and having Holocaust survivors speak to students. Through this work, we aim to educate our youth about the dangers of hate and inspire them to create a better, brighter future.
Together, we can make a difference by empowering students through Holocaust education – stopping future hate and leading to kindness, respect, and inclusion in our society.
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So proud of you!
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We are so proud of you Rachel!
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Thank you for honoring our great grandparents. We are so proud of you and I hope I get to play again with you soon!
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So proud of you keeping awareness of the Holocaust and the memory of my grandparents, your great grandparents alive.
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Wonderful Cause. More important than ever. Beautiful Image of our Grandparents. Great job Rachel!
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God Bless you Rachel. Fay would have been so proud!
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I would love to join in one of the walks. I have such fond memories of Fay and Henry.
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We loved your great grandparents very much Rachel Fay, and we know they would be so proud of you and your choice of Mitzvah Project!!! Especially now, we must NEVER FORGET! Thank you for doing this. Love, Susan and Bill
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In loving memory of our cousin, John Alper
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Mazel Tov on your Bat Mitzvah!!
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What a lovely letter Rachel. We are so proud and excited about this next step in your faith.
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What a wonderful project. We should never forget! Mazel Tov! - The Eckenthals
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Wonderful project, we are proud!
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Your great grandparents were amazing people. I loved them. They would be so proud of you.
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May we never forget! Wonderful Project!!
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Mazel Tov Rachel. May you always do important deeds. This is a meaningful project !! Go Girl!!
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What a wonderful Mitzvah Project to honor your grandparents.
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Mazel Tov Rachel You are part of an amazing family Hope we can keep their memory alive
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How wonderful to honor your family in this way. Very proud of you!
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Best wishes on your Bat Mitzvah 💕
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Your great-grandparents would be so proud of you! Thank you for remembering them.
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This is a beautiful project, Rachel. Best wishes to you!
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We are so proud of you honoring your family! Never Forget
