Missions & Humanitarian Relief · January 2027
We’re going back in January.
From 11 to 22 January, Cheryl Dorchinsky and Kirsten Abrahamson will be in Israel delivering aid to the people AIC has been showing up for since October 7. What they bring depends on what we raise. Our goal is $10,000.
Toward our goal raised of $10,000
Why now? We’re building the list for January right now. Give before Cheryl and Kirsten fly, and you help decide what goes in the suitcases.
Give to the missionThe trip
Twelve days, and a list of needs.
Cheryl Dorchinsky, AIC’s Founder and Executive Director, is going with Kirsten Abrahamson, our Treasurer. They land on Monday, 11 January and fly home on Friday, 22 January.
Before they go, we put out a list of what’s needed, and they carry it over. One stop is already on it: Shuva Junction, near the Gaza border, where Cheryl has promised to restock the closet. The rest of the list comes from the people we work with in Israel, because they’re the ones who know which family needs what.
Cheryl and Kirsten pay their own way, tickets and all. So the money raised for relief goes to relief.
- When11–22 January 2027
- WhoCheryl Dorchinsky and Kirsten Abrahamson
- Goal$10,000
- TravelPaid by the travelers
Watch
The mission in a minute.
Three short videos. Where we’ve been since October 7, how the suitcases get packed, and the junction at Shuva we’re going back to.
Five missions since October 7
Before every trip: the suitcase
Shuva Junction, near the Gaza border
Shuva Junction
Where the wounded were brought on October 7.
On AIC’s live tour of the Nova site on October 7, 2026, David Sussman turned off the road at Tzomet Shuva. Three years earlier, the wounded from the kibbutzim and the Nova festival were brought there for the helicopters. Brothers from the Shuva community came out with food, drinks and shade, and the people wanting to help followed.
It never stopped. Achim Shuva has fed and supplied soldiers on their way in and out of Gaza ever since: a hot meal, a hug, socks, a tent, whatever they need. AIC volunteers restocked it in December 2025, and we’re going back.
“We’ll be going back in January, putting out a list of needs, and we stock their closet.”
Cheryl Dorchinsky, on the tour
On the ground
This is what it looks like when we go.
AIC’s own photos from past missions. The closet at Shuva Junction, a mural for Rambam hospital in Haifa, and the suitcases we pack before we fly.
December 2025 · Achim Shuva 
December 2025 · Shuva Junction 
January 2024 · Rambam hospital, Haifa 
January 2024 · Thank Israeli Soldiers 
July 2025 
July 2025
For example
What a gift could carry.
A few examples of what your gift could put in the suitcases. They’re examples, not fixed packages. Give from any card and we’ll keep your gift for Missions & Humanitarian Relief, toward whatever’s on the list.
- $36
Socks and underwear for soldiers
For example, socks and underwear for the closet at Shuva Junction, where soldiers on their way in and out of Gaza stop for what they need.
Give $36 - $72
Toiletries for the junction
Could cover toiletries and everyday supplies for the soldiers who stop at Achim Shuva.
Give $72 - $180
Toys for children
Could bring toys and comfort items to children in hospital, or to the children’s home in Kiryat Gat we visited in December 2025.
Give $180 - $360
Rehab supplies for wounded soldiers
Could help stock rehab supplies for soldiers recovering from their wounds.
Give $360 - $720
Essentials for displaced families
Could cover the basics for families who’ve had to leave their homes.
Give $720 - $1,800
A whole suitcase
Could fill an entire suitcase from the list, from socks and snacks for soldiers to toys and rehab supplies.
Give $1,800
Give
Choose your amount.
Give once, or monthly to keep AIC ready for the next trip. Every gift made on this page counts toward the $10,000 goal.
- Your gift goes where it’s needed most unless you choose otherwise. Pick Missions & Humanitarian Relief and we keep it for that work.
- Cheryl and Kirsten pay their own way, so the money raised for relief goes to relief.
- Tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. AIC is a registered 501(c)(3), EIN 84-2603211.
Amazon wish list
Rather send the thing itself?
Buy something straight off our Amazon wish list and it goes with Cheryl and Kirsten to Israel. We’ll keep adding to it as January gets closer. Order by Friday 1 January so it reaches Cheryl before she leaves. Amazon gift cards are welcome too: send them to [email protected].
Rather give money for the boots-on-the-ground work? Give on this page and pick Missions & Humanitarian Relief, and we’ll keep it for the mission.
Most needed right now: IFAK trauma kits, the individual first-aid kit a soldier carries. They’re at the top of the list.
- Most needed
IFAK trauma kitsOur most-needed item. The trauma kit a soldier carries on their body, the first thing anyone reaches for when someone is hurt. We can use as many as you can send. 
Warm winter socksCold, wet feet make a long shift miserable. Thick merino socks for soldiers, and for the closet at Shuva Junction where they stop on the way in and out of Gaza.
Protein barsKosher protein bars a soldier can keep in a pocket through a long shift. They go to the Shuva Junction closet and the units we visit.
Electrolyte drink mixHydration for soldiers working long hours in the field. Light enough that we can bring a lot of it.
Solar power banksSo a soldier in the field can still call home. These travel in our carry-on, so we can only bring so many.
LEGO for rehabFor soldiers recovering from their wounds in rehab, like at Sheba. They love these.
Ships straight to Cheryl through Amazon. Items shown are examples from the list.
We’ve done this before
Five missions since October 7.
AIC has made five direct-aid missions to Israel since October 7 and put in more than 200 volunteer days on the ground. In December 2025 our volunteers worked the land at the Na’aleh therapy farm, brought toys to a children’s home in Kiryat Gat, and restocked the junction at Shuva. See our missions
Follow along
See it as it happens.
Cheryl and Kirsten will post from Israel while they’re there, 11 to 22 January. Follow AIC on Facebook and Instagram, or get the AIC Dispatch in your inbox.
Stand with AIC
Give to the mission, or join AIC.
A gift on this page counts toward the $10,000 goal. Members keep AIC going all year.
AIC is a registered 501(c)(3). Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law; membership gifts are deductible beyond the value of what the membership includes.
Missions & Humanitarian Relief · January 2027
Thank you for sending them.
Cheryl Dorchinsky and Kirsten Abrahamson are home from Israel. To everyone who gave to the January mission: thank you.
What you gave
Together you gave .
gave to the January mission. Cheryl and Kirsten paid their own way, so the money raised for relief went to relief.
From the trip
What the mission did.
From 11 to 22 January, Cheryl and Kirsten carried AIC’s aid to the people we’ve been showing up for since October 7. Everyone who gave will get the full report by email.
From 11 to 22 January, Cheryl and Kirsten carried AIC’s aid to the people we’ve been showing up for since October 7. Here’s some of what they sent home. Everyone who gave will get the full report by email.
Stand with AIC
Be part of the next one.
AIC keeps showing up for Israel, in Atlanta and on the ground. Give to AIC, or join, and you’re part of the next mission.
AIC is a registered 501(c)(3). Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law; membership gifts are deductible beyond the value of what the membership includes.