IT UP JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS

SERVES: Jewish community members in need, allocating funds to 48 local, regional and national organizations

The Preston Hollow-based nonprofit supports about 70,000 people in the local Jewish community. It began more than 100 years ago as a lone charity organization and has become the glue for scores of other related Dallas agencies (some of which are included in this list), such as the Jewish Community Center, Akiba and Yavneh Academies, the Legacy at Preston Hollow and the Dallas Holocaust Museum. The mission also extends abroad to Israel. It has provided aid during conflicts and rescue operations since the 1960s and helped Jews resettle in Israel, the United States and Dallas.

VOLUNTEER: Help set up for senior lunches 9:30-11 a.m. every Thursday at the JCC, or prepare care packages to send to Israeli combat soldiers. Visit the website for a list of all the local organizations the Jewish Federation supports.

ATTEND: The annual pledge drive known as Giving Sunday is 9 a.m.5 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Jewish Community Center. Help out by joining the one-day phone-a-thon, which provides funds for food, medical care and community programming.

GIVE: $100 buys 67 meals for the Jewish Family Service food pantry $170 provides one month of hot kosher lunches for a senior at the Jewish Community Center

CONTACT: 214.369.3313 jewishdallas.org