Welcome

Bikur Cholim of Hollywood. Guardians of the Sick was founded in response to the needs of the ill, infirm and homebound of our community. As the population of our community continues to age, the needs continue to expand. In response to these ever-increasing calls for help. B.C. has expanded its role and services to better serve the community.

Included in the many acts of chesed that B.C. now performs are:

• visiting the hospitalized of Memorial as well as Hollywood Medical on an almost daily basis:
• providing for the religious needs of the hospitalized with electric
• shabbat and yahrzeit candles. siddurim, tefillim and tehilim:
• providing Blatt meals for patients and families who have no one here to provide for them:
• conducting two blood drives a year to provide blood in times of need:
• keeping a record of blood types to facilitate providing the correct type of blood needed as quickly as possible:
• providing medical devices such as crutches. wheelchairs and walkers .... at no cost:
• attending to the needs of hospice patients and families:
• visiting senior homes before Yom Tov and bringing individual and appropriate gifts:
• joining with community schools to visit senior homes and while providing entertainment for the occupants. also giving the students the opportunity to fulfill a great mitzvah and chesed:
• sponsoring the Bernyce Konovitch memorial chesed awards to the winners of an essay and chesed contest within our local day school:

For these and many more projects volunteers are needed. If you have as little as an hour to spare. please volunteer. We need people to help us follow up discharged patients by providing shopping or even a brief respite for the caretaker. If you have time to shop for the homebound or to make a phone call. please volunteer. We thank you for your past support and look forward to even greater active participation