Australian Homeroom

About the Australian Homeroom

Each of the approximately 30 students in your Homeroom has his story and his dreams. Your assistance can range from buying school supplies to sponsoring his football or his robotics team. Far beyond the material gifts, you also give these boys the gift of your personal interest and concern for their wellbeing.

Thanks to modern technology, students and/or teachers fluent in English may “meet Australia” via Skype calls, and students will correspond with donors wherever possible. Regular reports on their activities, scholastic achievements, special events and more will be sent to our Australian supporters, bolstered by ongoing Tweets and photos. Visitors to BTJ from Australia will be personally welcomed by class members. YOUR boys await your visit!

Join the new ‘Australian Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem’ in adopting a class of students, following them from seventh grade through graduation. Your support can change their lives!

Gift Opportunities for our Australian Homeroom Include:

Amounts are in AUD

Back-to-School Campaign

To purchase book bags, school supplies, clothing and shoes for students in need, including a small Rosh Hashanah/New Year’s gift.

Book bag full of school supplies – $75/student

Gift for holiday (Chanukah, Rosh Hashana, Purim etc) – $50

Scholarships

Help finance tuition, room and board for class members.

Full Residence and Academic Scholarship for one year – $9,000

Full Academic Scholarship with meals for one year – $3,600

(All amounts can be pro-rated for semester, month, week, etc.)

Feed the Boys

Funding the cost of 3 nutritious meals per day for disadvantaged class members.

3 nutritious meals a day $10/student

Hot lunch for a week $25/student

Hot lunch for the entire class for a day
$120/student

3 meals for the entire school for a day $10,000

Extra-curricular Activities

After-school activities from sports to robotics give the boys enjoyment, knowledge, and healthy fun.

Robotics for the year
$500 ($50/month)

All other activities (roller hockey, dog training, etc.)
$300 ($30/month)

Send the Boys to Camp

BTJ’s Summer Day Camp is an adventure-filled, wholesome experience. Without the highly-subsidized Day Camp, many of the boys would be sitting home or taking to the streets.

Full Summer Camp programme
$600 (trips included)

Full Summer academic programme
$450

Class Trips

By funding the cost of transportation, entrance fees and the like, you can enable the class to take educational, fun field trips in Jerusalem and its environs or beyond.

Outside Jerusalem for the entire class $4,000 
including transportation 
($85/student)

Within Jerusalem for the entire class $3,000 
including transportation 
($65/student)

Winter Clothes Campaign

Help buy warm coats, shoes, and blankets for boys in need.

Winter clothing
(coat, jersey, etc.)
$200/per student

Hat, gloves, scarf
$50/per student

Sponsor their Team

Whether it’s soccer or robotics, the Australian Friends can cheer their boys from afar in competitions, as well as fund the purchase of uniforms, equipment, etc.

Robotics Sponsorship
$250/year per student

Sports Team
$200/year per student

Fitness Center Programme
$150/year per student

Special Occasions

Boys in special need celebrate their Bar Mitzvah at Boys Town. Following (weekday) services at school, the class is treated to a festive homemade brunch and go-cart racing. You can also celebrate your own anniversary, birthday, or special event by enabling “your boys” to enjoy a treat for the occasion.

Bar Mitzvah Party Twinning – $720

Bar Mitzvah Tallit and Tefillin – $1,000

Bar Mitzvah Class Trip – please see “Class Trips” above

Special “in-class” party $180

Heritage Trip to Poland

This bi-yearly trip for high school students is a profoundly moving experience. Only a limited number of scholarships are available to offset the prohibitive expense for many participants.

Full Scholarship
$3,000

Partial Scholarship
$1,500

Heritage Trip to Poland

This bi-yearly trip for high school students is a profoundly moving experience. Only a limited number of scholarships are available to offset the prohibitive expense for many participants.

Full Scholarship
$3,000

Partial Scholarship
$1,500

Special Occasions

Boys in special need celebrate their Bar Mitzvah at Boys Town. Following (weekday) services at school, the class is treated to a festive homemade brunch and go-cart racing. You can also celebrate your own anniversary, birthday, or special event by enabling “your boys” to enjoy a treat for the occasion.

Bar Mitzvah Party Twinning – $720

Bar Mitzvah Tallit and Tefillin – $1,000

Bar Mitzvah Class Trip – please see “Class Trips” above

Special “in-class” party $180

A permanent plaque listing the many ways that the Australian Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem supporters are assisting their homeroom will also be affixed in the homeroom.

For more information about this exciting and meaningful project please contact us at office@btj.org.au or 02 8006 0249