Girls from a summer camp in Elon Moreh take a hike in the hills.

No one has been affected more by the current wave of terror sweeping Israel than her children. The thousands of children living in the communities of the Shomron Regional Council have been hit even harder.

A majority of these children know a family member, neighbor or friend who has been killed or injured by terrorists. Their parents have lost their jobs because they are unable to travel on the roads to their places of employment. The children have been confined to their communities because of fear of terror on the roads.

Summer is fast approaching. Summer is a time for children to be carefree and have fun. One of the most important summer activities for children everywhere is a summer camp experience. For our children it is essential.

This year we would like to enable our children to leave the stress of the current matzav (situation) behind them for a few weeks and let them concentrate on summer fun.

We plan to help our children to attend Israeli camps by offsetting the cost of these programs.

We are turning to you to help us to offset the cost of a summer camp experience for each of our children.

In order to help 500 children from approximately 200 families attend summer camp in their own communities this year we require:

Tuition subsidy, per child $80 (Parents participation, $70 per child) for a total of $40,000.