The festival, which is based on donations and performances by volunteer artists, will take place this week at the youth center. The producer of the event, Orit Sasson Solomon: “The goal is to increase compassion and awareness”
Published on: 11.1.23 08:40
After dozens of items of warm clothing were donated to homeless people and the needy last winter, the “Festival in a Sweater” is coming to Kfar Saba for the second time, at the initiative of city resident Orit Sasson, in collaboration with the Youth Center and the Kfar Saba Municipality. This coming Thursday, January 12th, there will be a “Festival in a Sweater” for the second time in Kfar Saba – a musical event to collect warm clothing for the homeless and those in need. “Festival in a Sweater” was held for about a decade in Tel Aviv at the initiative of Lior Levy, and since then the Corona period changed its nature and became a community initiative, when several cities decided to hold the festival within their framework.
Orit Sasson Solomon, a resident of the city, produced the event last year for the first time and thanks to the responsiveness of the city’s residents and the great success, it was decided to hold the festival in the winter this year as well, which is entirely based on donations. The festival includes performances by many volunteer artists, including “Doppler Phenomenon”, “Segol” 59, “Fla Ozan”, Jenny Pankin, Ron Dabani, Shani Kittenberg and the band “Ala Beton”. To participate in the festival it is not necessary to buy an entrance ticket, but to bring as a donation a warm item for the winter, which will be given to the homeless and those in need in the cold winter.
The festival will be held at the Kfar Saba Youth Center, located in the market complex. The director of content and social engagement at the center, Lis Kozkov, and the director of the center, Fernanda Jimenez, assisted Orit Sasson in producing the event together with the municipality.
“The goal is to increase compassion and awareness,” says Orit Sasson and adds: “The entire project was done entirely voluntarily on our part and on the part of all those involved, a community for a community. The initiator of the festival, Lior Levy, decided to produce a musical event that would bring people together and create a good atmosphere. I really like music and after attending one of the festivals, I decided to import the idea last year to Kfar Saba as well and the response was immediate. Many artists volunteered to perform, and the audience donated dozens of warm clothing items. The tremendous mobilization of all parties to open the heart and discover humanity for all those who are pushed to the margins of consciousness, shows us How much we as a society were thirsty for ‘togetherness’, and when all this is accompanied by fine music in a good atmosphere, the reward is worth twice as much.”
The mayor, Rafi Sa’ar, said: “One of the most significant things that sets the Kfar Sabait community apart is the spirit of volunteering and giving. Thousands of residents take part in volunteer activities throughout the city of Oleh and mobilize for each other in every issue. This festival is another example of the values of human love, Helping others and lending a hand to anyone in need – our children are educated on these from early childhood. I would like to praise Orit Sasson and the Kfar Saba Youth Center for mobilizing for this important initiative and producing a festival that is all about giving.”
Member of the city council and holder of the company and community portfolio, Amir Kolman: “In Kfar Saba we put the community at the center, placing special emphasis on the values of mutual guarantee and social involvement. This lovely initiative joins other initiatives in which the residents of the city are partners. I thank all the partners in this special project, To Orit Sasson and to the entire staff of the Municipal Youth Center.”
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