- Sponsor a child
A name, a story, a family.
When you sponsor a child at Bayit Lepleitot, you are not funding a program - you are joining a household. Your monthly gift goes to a specific child, and we send you their quarterly news. Once a year, an anonymous hand-written letter from them.
· Cancel anytime· 100% designated· Cancel anytime· Tax-deductible (US 501(c)(3))
- A bedroom at Nivcheret, Friday afternoon
“The first time someone asked me what I wanted for breakfast, I cried for an hour.”
- Yael, age 16
- How it works
Four steps. One commitment.
Sponsorship is not a one-way donation. It is a small relationship - anonymous, mediated, and steady - between your family and a child who needs one more steady adult on their side.
- 01
Choose a child
Browse our extended profiles. Pick a child whose story moves you - or let us pair you with the child whose need most matches your gift.
- 02
Sponsor monthly
Whatever amount is right for you, each month, designated to your child's program. Set up takes ninety seconds. Cancel anytime; we will never make you feel guilty.
- 03
Quarterly report
Four times a year you receive a confidential update - a photo (if permitted), a paragraph from their mentor, and a note about what your gift funded that quarter.
- 04
Annual letter
Once a year, around their Hebrew birthday, an anonymous hand-written letter from the child themselves. We have parents who keep ten years of these in a single box.
La relación es anónima por ambas partes. La niña no sabe tu nombre; tú no sabes el suyo. Mediamos cada palabra, cada foto, cada carta. Eso es lo que mantiene la relación segura, y lo que la mantiene real.
- Meet the children
Ten extended profiles, four programs.
Each child below is real - names are anonymized, photos are not shown. Use the filter to find a child in a specific program. Available, sponsored, and waitlist are all shown so you can see the full picture.
10 children across all programs
- Available
Tehilla
7-9 · Nivcheret
Tehilla arrived two years ago after losing both parents in a car accident. She is now in second grade, reading at grade level for the first time, and recently won a class art contest. Her mentor reports she 'talks now' - a year ago she did not.
- Drawing
- Hamsters
- Strawberry yogurt
- Quiet mornings
Read profile → - Available
Yael
16-18 · Bayit Lepleitot
Yael came to Bayit Lepleitot at twelve, after years of moving between relatives. She is now in eleventh grade and tutors three younger girls in math twice a week. She plans to study graphic design at seminary and has already designed the cover for our 2026 yearbook.
- Graphic design
- Coffee
- Sukkot decorations
- Her dog from the house
Read profile → - Available
Devorah
13-15 · Bishvilech
Devorah joined Bishvilech a year and a half ago after her parents separated. She comes every afternoon and Shabbatonim, and the mentor she calls when 'things are loud at home' is named Chana. She has the longest braid in the program and the loudest laugh.
- Reading aloud
- Volleyball
- Cinnamon babka
- Helping younger girls
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Esther
19-22 · Bayit Lepleitot
Esther has been at Bayit Lepleitot since she was twelve, the longest of any current resident. She graduated seminary in June and is now teaching first grade in Beit Shemesh while living in our young-adult apartment. She comes home every Friday with challah she baked herself.
- Teaching
- Hebrew poetry
- Baking
- Mentoring the new arrivals
Read profile → - Sponsored
Miriam
10-12 · Nivcheret
Miriam arrived at seven and is now in fifth grade, on the school chess team for the second year. She lost her mother to cancer and her father can no longer care for her. She visits him every other Shabbat and tells him about her week, in order.
- Chess
- Stargazing
- Pet rats
- Hot chocolate
Read profile → - Available
Shimon
8-10 · Beyachad
Shimon started Beyachad a year and a half ago, after his parents divorced and the back-and-forth became too much. He arrives every afternoon at 3:45 and his favorite mentor, Yossi, is the only person he lets cut his hair. He is the youngest goalie on the program soccer team and his save record is, in his words, 'pretty serious.'
- Soccer
- LEGO
- Animal documentaries
- Schwarma Wednesdays
Read profile → - Available
Avigail
13-15 · Bayit Lepleitot
Avigail came to us at twelve, after spending two years in foster care that didn't hold. She has been in our drama therapy group every week since, and she wrote the Purim play we performed this year. She is, by unanimous staff vote, the kindest girl in the eighth grade.
- Drama
- Writing plays
- Cats
- Mint tea
Read profile → - Available
Rivka
7-9 · Nivcheret
Rivka arrived at Nivcheret just five months ago, the youngest girl on her floor. Her mother died last year and her grandmother can no longer manage her care. She is learning to read in Hebrew and English and she has named every stuffed animal on her bed after a flower.
- Flowers
- Story time
- Apple slices
- Holding hands at bedtime
Read profile → - Waitlist
Naomi
16-18 · Bayit Lepleitot
Naomi joined Bayit Lepleitot at thirteen and is now in twelfth grade, planning seminary. She is the captain of the upper-school chesed committee and runs the Friday flower delivery to elderly women in our neighborhood. We have a waitlist of seven sponsors who hope to support her - she has chosen to be paired thoughtfully.
- Chesed projects
- Floristry
- Singing
- Long letters
Read profile → - Available
Eitan
10-12 · Beyachad
Eitan joined Beyachad after his parents separated and his older brother moved abroad. He is in fifth grade and one of the strongest readers in our after-school program, devouring two books a week. His mentor reports he 'has not missed a Tuesday chavruta in fourteen months.'
- Reading mysteries
- Basketball
- Chocolate rugelach
- Building model rockets
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- Your commitment
See the cost of staying.
A sponsorship is a relationship, not a transaction. The calculator below shows what a multi-year commitment looks like - because the children we serve need adults who will still be there in year three, year five, year ten.
El apadrinamiento más común dura siete años. El más largo en nuestros registros: treinta y un años, tres generaciones de la misma familia de Boca Ratón apoyando a la misma niña, y luego a su hija en Nivcheret.
Compromiso total
$0
$0/mo × 60 meses
Para la niña que apadrinas, esto son años de comidas, llamadas con su mentora, clases de apoyo, tartas de cumpleaños y abrigos de invierno: el peso constante de un hogar que no la olvida.
- Bulk sponsorship
Sponsor a whole class.
Some families, foundations, and shuls choose to sponsor a full class, a full floor, or an entire program for a year. This is the deepest commitment we know - and it can transform a single year of a program.
Los apadrinamientos colectivos se estructuran como compromisos plurianuales. Nuestro equipo de desarrollo se sentará contigo, repasará el presupuesto del programa línea por línea y adaptará el compromiso a tu fundación, fondo familiar o sinagoga.
- Sponsor an entire class of 10 girls
- Sponsor a Nivcheret floor of 18 children
- Sponsor the entire Bishvilech after-school program
- Sponsor a full residential year at Bayit Lepleitot for 12 girls
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