It was during the shiva of Daniella, while her mother Hadassa, was immersed in mourning that the idea of Beit Daniella germinated. Then and there, Hadassa vowed that she would create a haven to help save other teens from her daughter’s tragic fate.  Although Beit Daniella was still an idea, Daniella and her sister’s friends were determined to help Hadassa to actualize her vision. These youth banded together with a great brainwave - let’s run as a team in the Jerusalem Marathon to raise money to begin to build Beit Daniella!

The only problem was that this was 6 weeks before Marathon day of 2018 and way too late to set up a fundraising platform through the Jerusalem Marathon. Plus, there was no Beit Daniella bank account, as the legal process of establishing a non-profit had not yet been started.

Beatie Deutsch, Hadassah’s plucky niece, stepped up to the plate saying, “I will not only run a full marathon for Beit Daniella, I will also open a  crowdfunding campaign so that friends and family can donate funds through my own personal account.”