The Givat Sharett Chesed Committee provides compassionate assistance to the Beit Shemesh community, through a diverse range of activities:

• Assisting individuals and families in Beit Shemesh in case of an emergency, with financial or with others forms of aid

• Subsidizing improvements to the local Beit Shemesh senior citizens home, and giving financial and practical support to the elderly

• Funding youth programs for disadvantaged teens by providing food, school supplies and subsidies for youth organizations in conjunction with the Social Welfare Department of Beit Shemesh

• Covering the cost of therapy for many individuals in the community and throughout Beit Shemesh   

• Supporting single parents, financially, with homemade meals, and other personalized assistance

• Providing food coupons on a regular basis to those in greatest need, as well as food vouchers for close to 1,000 disadvantaged families and individuals before Rosh HaShana and Pesach

• Subsidizing tuition and/or transportation expenses for those in need, including youth at risk, as well as parents visiting children who require residential care

• Covering the costs of eyeglasses, hearing aids, dental work, medicine, medical bills, and transportation to medical treatments

• Distributing, free of charge, the Serving Our Nation series: preparation guides for entering the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Sherut Leumi (National Service)

• Operating the Simcha Gemach, which provides families with wedding related items and publishing The Wedding Guide – a 60-page guide on everything you need to know about making a wedding in Israel

• Carrying out the mitzvah of Hachnassat Kallah – assisting with wedding expenses, and setting up the couple in their new home

• Subsidizing the purchase of appliances for those in need

• Purchasing furniture and covering moving expenses for individuals and families in financial distress

• Helping with rent and mortgage, utility bills, childcare and babysitting, clothing

• Compensates technicians, when an individual or family cannot afford crucial appliance or household repairs

• Locating suitable homes for used and donated furniture, appliances, and clothing

• Collaborating with the Social Welfare Department of Beit Shemesh to help cover the costs of necessities for residents in dire need

• Sending “pick me ups” to individuals or families who are going through a difficult time, or are feeling lonely and isolated

• Welcoming newcomers into the Givat Sharett neighborhood of Beit Shemesh

• Helping olim (new immigrants), with loans of appliances until their lift arrives, and meals and Shabbat hospitality, as they settle into their new home

• Providing crucial assistance in times of bereavement: The GSCC Shiva Committee delivers shiva equipment, meals, and other forms of support to mourners and their families, including a free guide for the mourners

• Assisting families whose husbands/fathers are in the IDF, for regular duty and miluim (reserve duty)

• Providing Shabbat meals after a birth of a child, within the Givat Sharett neighborhood