Aishel House

"One person, one deed can change the world"
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06/19/2026

✨Featuring: Steven Rosen, meal delivery, shuttle & airport driving & all around incredible volunteer ✨
🌏From: Wichita, Kansas
📑Fav quote: “Helping one person is like helping a thousand”
🍣Fav food: To be sophisticated, I would say Asian food
💙What is your favorite part about volunteering at Aishel House? It makes me feel good in my heart. I think it makes others feel good too. And also, I love the Lazaroff family (he was not paid to say this😊)
🧻Would you rather only be able to use tissues or only be able to use towels? Towel because it seems more natural and because it dries better!
Thank you Steven for always saying yes and for supporting Aishel House in so many ways! We adore you and feel lucky to have you as a volunteer!💛

05/29/2026

✨Featuring: Vina Nicols and Jill Getz, meal delivery & hospital respite volunteers ✨
🌏From: Jill: NY, Vina: originally from Cairo, Egypt
📑Fav quote: ‘With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun’ -Vina
‘The only people that get anywhere interesting are the people that get lost’ - Jill
🍝 🍦Fav food: Jill: Italian, Vina, grilled fish and ice cream
💛What is your favorite part about volunteering at Aishel House? Meeting the patients, and hopefully putting a smile on their faces. Hospitals are not happy places but the people always light up and are always so sweet and grateful. We also really love to be able to give. Giving back is really important. We get so much out of it!
🎨Would you rather only be able to paint or cook? Paint for sure, we hate the kitchen:)

05/13/2026

Mother’s Day @ Aishel House was beyond incredible!🥳Thank you to everyone who came out, packed hospital packages🛍️, decorated meal delivery bags 🖌️and made the morning so special!💗 To many more!🥂

04/24/2026

✨Featuring: Rosa and David Zonana, (former!) Aishel House residents ✨
🌏From: Mexico City Mexico
📑Fav quote: “Gam Zu Letova”
🍝Fav food: spaghetti with alfredo sauce and pizza from Aishel House!
🫶What is your favorite part about staying at Aishel House? Everything, all the people at Aishel House are my family, like the angels on the earth. I stayed here and made friends with Sylvia who is also from Mexico City and I didn’t even know before coming! Hashem plans it perfectly to have everyone I need here.
😋Would you rather only be able to eat pizza or pasta forever? Pasta, we can eat pasta with everything!

Thank you Rosa and David for bringing your cheer and laughter to everyone around you! We are so glad you are able to be home!
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03/27/2026

✨Featuring: Matty Malca, Front Desk Volunteer✨
🌏From: Mexico City, Mexico
📑Fav quote: “Gam Zu Letova” - “This too is for the good”
😋Favorite food: lots of foods, I love Mexican food in general, but specifically chilaquiles - fried tortilla pieces topped with cheese, onions or whatever else I want (kind of like nachos)!
💖What is your favorite part about volunteering at Aishel House? The interactions with the people who stay here.
📝Would you rather only be able to type or write? Write because for me it’s faster, I am not very good at typing!

Thank you for making everyone who walks through the doors feel so at home! Your warmth and love are felt by all🤗

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03/20/2026

✨Featuring: Tallie Borodaty, meal delivery and resident respite
Volunteer ✨
🌏From: Houston, TX
📑Fav quote: “I walk slowly but I never walk backwards” - Abe Lincoln
😋Favorite food: Indian food, my favorite dish is called sag paneer which is a creamy spinach dish with cheese!
💗What is your favorite part about volunteering at Aishel House? I enjoy everyone here. All the staff and residents are really nice and I enjoy the community of it!
🌊Would you rather only be able to crawl or only be able to swim? Probably swim bec it’s good exercise and I would spend a lot more time in water which could open up some doors for me!

Thank you for bringing your bright smile and soothing energy to Aishel House! We love it when you come😍

03/06/2026

✨ Featuring: Lisa Sheinbaum and Catherine Wile of ✨
💖Who? Lisa and Catherine, two talented, giving and gracious individuals!
❓What? Through their beautiful organization, Art for All Homes, donated curated art pieces for the apartments in Aishel House.
⏰When? They worked so kindly with Aishel House’s schedule to come at a time that worked for the residents, staff and volunteers!
📍Where? In almost every room in each apartment - they chose the perfect pieces that would fit with each space, furniture and lighting!
🖼️How? Via a professional Art Hanger who quickly and efficiently hung up all the pieces!

Aishel House is extremely grateful to and Catherine Wile for giving of their time, talent and heart to elevate Aishel House in such a beautiful way! 💝

P.S. Shoutout to the artist from for making the art in pic #2!
⏲️When? They worked so kindly with Aishel House’s schedule to come at a time that worked for the residents, staff and volunteers!
📍Where? In almost every room in each apartment - they chose the perfect pieces that would fit with each space, furniture and lighting!
🖼️How? Via a professional Art Hanger who quickly and efficiently hung up all the pieces!

Aishel House is extremely grateful to and Catherine Wile for giving of their time, talent and heart to elevate Aishel House in such a beautiful way! 💝 PS: Shoutout to the artist from for making the art in pic #2!

02/27/2026

✨Featuring: Emily Arieli & Aviva Key-Cohen - teen volunteers ✨
🌏From: Emily - Born in Israel, raised in Houston, Aviva - born NY, raised in Houston
📑Fav quote: People won’t always remember what you said but they will always remember how you already them feel.
😋Favorite food: We literally like everything but if we had to pick one, it would be fried chicken - a classic. 🍗
💚What is your favorite part about volunteering at Aishel House? We enjoy how calming the environment is. It makes us feel like we’re at home, it’s just so comfortable. Also, we really enjoy that it is for our people, our community.
🔥🧊Would you rather only be able to eat hot foods or cold foods? Hot 100%, because we’re always cold and I need to be warmed up. Also there are more foods that are better hot!

Thank you Emily & Aviva for bringing cheer, joy and positive energy to Aishel House! We are so lucky to have you as part of the volunteer crew!
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02/11/2026

Some mid-month fun House!🥳🤩

Thank you for spreading your spark and light at Aishel House! 🤗💕

02/06/2026

✨Becky Botvin - Aishel House front desk volunteer✨
🌏From: Guadalajara, Mexico
📑Fav Quote: “Ve’ahavta l’re’echa kamocha - love your fellow like yourself”
😋Favorite Food: I like a couple things. If I had to choose one, I would say borekas with spinach or cheese.
💛What’s your favorite part about volunteering at Aishel house?(Long pause), I need to think because I like everything. I think my favorite part is that I really like the people I work with. In general, I love interacting with everyone!
🥣Would you rather only be able to eat Aishel House soups or only Aishel House baked goods? Soups all the way!

Thank you for being such a calming and joyous presence at Aishel House every week!!

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