A dedication ceremony was held Thursday night on the campus of MIT, after professor Yossi Sheffi and his wife, Anat, donated an ambulance that will be shipped to Israel. Sheffi was born in Israel and is a professor of civil and environmental engineering.The Israeli consulate, alongside first responders who have worked in Israel, and members of the community, joined the Sheffi family to celebrate their donation.”We do this because dedicating something that hopefully saves lives and health is a good thing to do at the same time,” Sheffi said. Sheffi said that the donation of something physical, like an ambulance, felt more impactful than donating a large sum of money, as he knows this will go directly to helping people.”Rather than giving money, you see exactly what you’re giving. So we just hope this ambulance will be used only to bring pregnant women to the hospital to give birth, and not for anything bad. That’s our hope,” Sheffi said. The ambulance is already equipped with a stretcher and will be filled with the rest of its necessary equipment once it arrives in Israel.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —
A dedication ceremony was held Thursday night on the campus of MIT, after professor Yossi Sheffi and his wife, Anat, donated an ambulance that will be shipped to Israel.
Sheffi was born in Israel and is a professor of civil and environmental engineering.
The Israeli consulate, alongside first responders who have worked in Israel, and members of the community, joined the Sheffi family to celebrate their donation.
“We do this because dedicating something that hopefully saves lives and health is a good thing to do at the same time,” Sheffi said.
Sheffi said that the donation of something physical, like an ambulance, felt more impactful than donating a large sum of money, as he knows this will go directly to helping people.
“Rather than giving money, you see exactly what you’re giving. So we just hope this ambulance will be used only to bring pregnant women to the hospital to give birth, and not for anything bad. That’s our hope,” Sheffi said.
The ambulance is already equipped with a stretcher and will be filled with the rest of its necessary equipment once it arrives in Israel.