Operation active · since 07 Oct 2023
Commanders send the list. You order it. It lands in Dallas, gets packed, and flies out in a volunteer’s checked luggage — usually within the week.
DAL ——✈—— TLV · 7,100 mi
01 Supply line
No warehouse. No shipping container. Every bag travels as a volunteer’s checked luggage, with customs paperwork prepared in advance.
Pick anything from the Amazon list. Every item on it is pre-selected by IDF contacts.
It arrives at Ivan’s door and volunteers pack it into duffel bags, ready for the first courier.
Each carrier gets the travel documents needed to clear customs. We pay the courier fee because slower routes don’t meet the urgency.
Supplies go straight to the soldiers who asked for them, on base.
02 Send supplies
You don’t have to guess what helps. The list is the commanders’ list — add to cart and change one field at checkout.
Can’t find the registry address? Use
Agent Ivan SacksAs an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases which we then re-invest into supporting Israel.
A great example is the Leatherman Scissors, which enables the medical units to cut the uniforms or boots to get access to the injured area. The difference between having one or not could be a LIFE saved or tragically a DEATH.
Ivan Sacks — on why we explain every item03 Funding
Money covers the courier fees that get bags there fast — and lets us buy inside Israel, where the economy is hurting.
$18
Chai — the size of gift this whole operation started on
$54
Three chai toward the next courier fee
$200
Sends one full duffel bag to Israel
Any
Every amount goes on the same manifest
Processed by The Chesed Fund for Congregation Ohev Shalom, Inc, a 501(c)(3) in Dallas. You get a receipt.
We are aware how the Israeli economy is suffering with this war. Wherever we can buy the needed items in Israel we do. The Israeli economy can do with visitors and people supporting stores and services there.
03b Also possible
We can easily arrange barbecues and pizza for bases, or special meals for injured soldiers and impoverished families.
Sponsoring a meal for a specific unit or family works through any of the funding routes above — just note it with your donation.
04 Letters
A letter costs a stamp and ends up in the hands of someone a long way from home. Write one, or take a challenge with your family or school.
Please send these letters to
Agent IvanOur family will make and write 18 letters each week for 4 weeks.
Our school __________ of Dallas challenges any other school to write 200 letters this week.
05 Personnel
Four ways in, whether you have an hour in Dallas or a seat on a flight to Tel Aviv.
Come pack a duffle bag with supplies.
Accompany a passenger to the airport with their bags.
Fly with the bags to Israel. We supply the customs documents.
Distribute supplies directly to the soldiers In Israel.
06 Confirmed delivery
Every bit of donation addresses critical needs of our Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel!
07 Who is Agent Ivan
Ivan Sacks is a 66-year-old financial advisor living in Dallas, Texas with my wife and children. After October 7th, 2023, that changed.
People started calling him “Agent Ivan”, and the name stuck. Today the operation runs on first-hand requests relayed from bases and soldiers through credentialed organisations in Israel.
08 Contact
Reach out before you ship — especially if you’re travelling and can carry bags.
The Chesed Fund takes card donations by phone for campaign 95963.
(518) 323-0376
Ordering today is worth more than ordering more. The hardest part is getting the items in before the courier flies.
