Eilat Volunteer Award 2012 to Fonda Dubb

  Fonda Dubb was born in Johannesburg, the larget city  in South Africa,she graduated from Cape Town as a balet teacher, taught white-faced legal and colored-faced as volunteer. In 1987 was repatriated in Israel with husband and son Mike.Dubb delongs to Association of English-speaking residents (ESRA)and Tefede - South Afrikan Zionist Federation (Israel).

   Fonda Dubb, ESRA's  representative in Eilat, was presented with the Eilat Volunteer Award 2012 on November 14 by the Mayor of Eilat in recognition of all her volunteer work in Eilat with the bind, chronically ill and mentally challenged persons. Fonda escorts bind people on tours in Israel, and on Fridays she cooks   meals for the week for a blind woman. She also visits chronically ill persons at the Maccabi Rehabilitation Centre once or twice a week to chat with them,especially with those without family, and in general,tries to help people there to have a better day.  She started her work with the mentally challenged as a helper with an AKIM group and now, once a week, she gives them a creative class of movement, rhythm, dance and music.
 
   Fonda has been an active ESRA   volunteer for many years. After her husband passed away, she founded an ESRA widdows' group which was  very successful  and helped many women to adjust to their new status in life.  A professional caracter, she volunteered  to cater many ESRA  fundraising events, and she has given talks to numerous ESRA groups about food preparation and table settings.Fonda has written articles for our ESRA MAGAZINE; she also distributes the magazines and      sells Ethiopian goods to Eilat residents as well well as to visits in Eilat.

   We in ESRA are proud of you, Fonda, and extend our warm congratulation to you on this welldeserved award.

   Andrey Goodman  is Chairperson of ESRA's CulturalCommittee.