The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County
From feeding neighbors to enhancing Jewish life in our community to providing a lifeline for those in dire need, the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County brightens lives with every donation. Find out just how much good is made possible through the generosity of donors throughout Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Highland Beach. Flip through the pages of our latest Impact Report, get inspired— and get a glimpse of all of the faces and places we touch every day.
CONTENTS: Annual Campaign for Jewish Needs
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Local Safety Net Services
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Jewish Life & Learning
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Israel & Our Global Family
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in Israel • provide large-print books for a child who is going blind • make sure a local Holocaust survivor receives the hom ss syndrome counseling to an IDF soldier • make it possible for a single working mother to send her children to daycare • s earn more about his heritage • give a widow in Kingspoint diabetes medicine every month • give a child with learning disa ne • rescue a boy in Tunisia from desperate poverty • help a bedridden woman in Tbilisi receive critical home health visits eve earthquake • keep the annual Thanksgiving community dinner for 500 seniors going strong • rescue a family from a war-torn Jewish future • let Jews everywhere know they have a critical, forever lifeline • feed a neighbor who lost her job • give an a Since 1979, our has raised distributed erly resident a ride to the doctors’ office • provide immediate aid toFederation victims of terror • help and immigrants start funds a newfor life in Isra those in meal needand in our community, and in traumatic 70 countries serves • give a fellow Jew in the Former Soviet Union a hot a proper blanket in• Israel provide post stress synd theweapons world. This has always been ainst anti-Semitism • help to ensure that Iran does notthroughout secure nuclear • make it possible for aaccomplished fellow Jew to learn mo our traditional Annual Campaign fund. Recently, mmer camp experience of a lifetime • make sure thethrough Jews in Yemen and Kyrgyzstan know that they do not stand alone • resc however, we introduced “Donor Choice,” which gives donors give a child with asthma an inhaler • send a young adult on Birthright Israel • help families rebuild after a hurricane or ea with athat passion a particular humanitarian the option mmunity • ignite a child’s love for Judaism • make certain every for local senior is invited to a Sederneed on Passover • brighten to direct their gift to one of three areas of choice. Of course, all ult with a disability employment training • make it possible for a local family to give their child a Jewish education • give an donors and prospective givers still have the option to continue ael • provide large-print books for a child who is going blind • make sure a local Holocaust survivor receives the homecare to for give the working “traditional” Annual Campaign, everydrome counseling to an IDF soldier • make it possible a to single mother to send her childrenbut to now daycare • speak o one has the power to choose. re about his heritage • give a widow in Kingspoint diabetes medicine every month • give a child with learning disabilities t cue a boy in Tunisia from desperate poverty • help a bedridden woman in Tbilisi receive critical home health visits every we Following are the three Giving Centers and each of their prothquake • keep the annual Thanksgiving community dinner for 500 seniors going strong • rescue a family from a war-torn c grams, all of which make up our traditional Annual Campaign. Jewish future • let Jews everywhere know they have a critical, forever lifeline • feed a neighbor who lost her job • give an a erly resident a ride to the doctors’ office • provide immediate aid to victims of terror • help immigrants start a new life in Isra serves • give a fellow Jew in the Former Soviet Union a hot meal and a proper blanket • provide post traumatic stress synd ainst anti-Semitism • help to ensure that Iran does not secure nuclear weapons • make it possible for a fellow Jew to learn mo mmer camp experience of a lifetime • make sure the Jews in Yemen and Kyrgyzstan know that they do not stand alone • resc give a child with asthma an inhaler • send a young adult on Birthright Israel • help families rebuild after a hurricane or ea Local Emergency Assistance mmunity • ignite a child’s love for Judaism • make certain that every local senior is invited to a Seder on Passover • brighten adult with a disability employment training • make it possible for a local family to give their child a Jewish education • give Konnection: This a hotlocal kosher meal program for needy seniors srael • provide large-print books for a child who is Kosher going blind • make sure Holocaust survivor receives theevery homecar weekday offers much-needed socializing. Up to 70• speak o drome counseling to an IDF soldier • make it possible for a also single working motheropportunities to send herfor children to daycare are served eachevery day by about•29 volunteers. partnership the re about his heritage • give a widow in Kingspointseniors diabetes medicine month give a childInwith learningwith disabilities t Volen Center, The Jewish Federation of South Beach County andevery we cue a boy in Tunisia from desperate poverty • helpMae a bedridden woman in Tbilisi receive criticalPalm home health visits Ruth Rales for Jewish Family Service. thquake • keep the annual Thanksgiving community dinner 500 seniors going strong • rescue a family from a war-torn c Jewish future • let Jews everywhere know they have a critical, forever lifeline • feed a neighbor who lost her job • give an a Direct Financial Emergency is provided for families erly resident a ride to the doctors’ office • provide immediate aid to Assistance: victims of terror • helpassistance immigrants start a new life in Isra and individuals experiencing a financial hardship and who are having serves • give a fellow Jew in the Former Soviet Union a hot meal and a proper blanket • provide post traumatic stress synd difficulty paying for their basic needs including mortgage/rent, utility bills, ainst anti-Semitism • help to ensure that Iran does not secure nuclear weapons • make it possible for a fellow Jew to learn mo medication, home health aides and provisions for children. In fiscal year 2009mmer camp experience of a lifetime • make sure the Jews in Yemen and Kyrgyzstan know that they do not stand alone • resc 2010, 1,200 local residents received financial assistance, an increase of 351 give a child with asthma an inhaler • send a young adult on Birthright Israel • help families rebuild after a hurricane or ea from the previous year. A program of Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service. mmunity • ignite a child’s love for Judaism • make certain that every local senior is invited to a Seder on Passover • brighten ult with a disability employment training • make it possible for a local family to give their child a Jewish education • give an Forster Family Kosher Food Pantry: The Kosher Food Pantry delivers ael • provide large-print books for a child who is going blind • make sure a local Holocaust survivor receives the homecare non-perishable items, as well as frozen Shabbat dinners, fresh fruit and challah drome counseling to an IDF soldier • make it possible for a single working mother to send her children to daycare • speak o every other week to families in need, isolated and poor elderly, unemployed re about his heritage • give a widow in Kingspointadults diabetes medicine every month • give a child with learning disabilities t and immigrants. The pantry delivers to 525 households (representing cue a boy in Tunisia from desperate poverty • help765 a bedridden woman in Tbilisi receive critical home health visits every individuals), an increase of over 100 homes since last year. A program of we thquake • keep the annual Thanksgiving community dinner 500 seniors going strong • rescue a family from a war-torn c Ruth Rales for Jewish Family Service. Jewish future • let Jews everywhere know they have a critical, forever lifeline • feed a neighbor who lost her job • give an a erly More residentthan a ride1,200 to the neighbors doctors’ office • provide immediate aid to victims of terror • help immigrants start a new life in Isra Local Vulnerable Populations serves • give a fellow Jew financial in the Former Soviet Union a hot meal and a proper blanket • provide post traumatic stress synd received urgent ainstassistance anti-Semitismfrom • helpRuth to ensure that Iran does not secure nuclear weapons • make it possible for a fellow Director of Community Special Needs: A professional works Jew with to learn mo Rales mmerJewish camp Family experience of a lifetime • make sure theagencies, Jews in congregations Yemen and Kyrgyzstan thatand they do notservices stand alone • resc and schools know to obtain enhance for Service in 2009give2010, a child with asthma an inhaler • send a young adult on Birthright Israel • help families rebuild after a hurricane children and adults with disabilities; and to provide training and resources to or ea many of whom lost their mmunity ignite Judaism • make certain that every local senior is invited to needs. a Seder Passover • brighten help families become better advocates for their Laston year, more than jobs•and fellaonchild’s hard love timesforafter 300 people and families received vital resources to address their individual the economic downturn in 2008.
JEWISH FEDERATION ANNUAL CAMPAIGN Meets Three Areas of Vital Need.
LOCAL SAFETY NET SERVICES
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challenges. A program of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County.
mecare he deserves • give a fellow Jew in the Former Soviet Union a hot meal and a proper blanket • provide post trauma Through "HEAP," 300 local for seniors speak out against anti-Semitism • help to ensure that Iran does not secure nuclear weapons • make it possible a fellow Je receive Federation funding abilities the summer camp experience of a lifetime • make sure the Jews in Yemen and Kyrgyzstan know that for they casedo not sta workers connect them after to vital ery week • give a child with asthma an inhaler • send a young adult on Birthright Israelwho • help families rebuild a hurrica that to help them remain •inbright n community • ignite a child’s love for Judaism • make certain that every localservices senior is invited a Seder on Passover their safety.• give adult with a disability employment training • make it possible for a local family to homes give theirwith childdignity a Jewishand education ael • provide large-print books for a child who is going blind • make sure a local Holocaust survivor receives the homecare drome counseling to an IDF soldier • make it possible for a single working mother to send her children to daycare • speak o ore about his heritage • give a widow in Kingspoint diabetes medicine every month • give a child with learning disabilities t cue a boy in Tunisia from desperate poverty • help a bedridden woman in Tbilisi receive critical home health visits every we arthquake • keep the annual Thanksgiving community dinner for 500 seniors going strong • rescue a family from a war-to Holocaust Survivor Assistance: Holocaust survivors Klein Jewish Academy Sun Center our Donna Jewish future • let Jews everywhere know (Yad theyb'Yad): have a critical, forever lifeline • feed a neighbor who lost her job • give receive life-sustaining support, including personal care, Yad B’Yad helps the growing number of students whose needs n elderly resident a ride to the doctors’ office • provide immediate aid to victims of terror • help immigrants start a new life shopping, meal preparation and transportation for essential exceed the accommodations available in a regular classroom. e he deserves • give a fellow Jew in the Former Soviet Union a hot meal and a proper blanket • provide post traumatic stre needs. Currently, 120 local households receive Formal and informal requests aretoreceived theIran SUNdoes Center out against anti-Semitism • help ensure in that not secure nuclear weapons • make it possible forassistance a fellow Jew to lea through caring, sensitive providers. A program of Ruth Rales for approximately 100 students each year. In addition to the summer camp experience of a lifetime • make sure the Jews in Yemen and Kyrgyzstan know that they do not stand alone Jewish Family Service. participation in the Yad B’Yad program, several families also eek • give a child with asthma an inhaler • send a young adult on Birthright Israel • help families rebuild after a hurricane need support services outsidelove of school, such as•speech community • ignite a child’s for Judaism makeand certain that every local senior is invited to a Seder on Passover • bright Federation Transportation Services: 41,000 trips language therapy, OT, PT and social skills groups that place adult with a disability employment training • make it possible for a local family to give their child a Jewish education • give year are provided for the elderly and those with disabilities. added financial burden on the family. ael •anprovide large-print books for a child who is going blind • per make sure a local Holocaust survivor receives the homecare A trusted driver in a comfortable minibus brings them to doctor’s drome counseling to an IDF soldier • make it possible for a single working mother to send her children to daycare • speak o Hillel Day School ETGAR Program: Etgar provides intensive appointments, the grocery store and other essential sites. This ore about his heritage • give a widow in Kingspoint diabetes medicine every month • give a child with learning disabilities t intervention and services for children with moderate learning vital service enables the elderly to continue to live on their cue a boy in Tunisia from desperate poverty • help a bedridden woman in Tbilisi receive critical home health visits every we disabilities. Limited to eight full-time and 10 part-time students, 12 of own with dignity while providing individuals opportunities for arthquake • keep the annual Thanksgiving community dinner for 500 seniors going strong • rescue a family from a war-to whom receive essential financial assistance through Federation. socialization. A program of the Jewish Federation of South n our Jewish future • let Jews everywhere know they have a critical, forever lifeline • feed a neighbor who lost her job • gi Palm Beach County. e anJewish elderlyAssociation resident a ride the doctors’ office • provide immediate aid to victims of terror • help immigrants start a new l fortoResidential Care (JARC) re he deservesAssistance: • give a fellow Jewand in individuals the Formerwith Soviet Union aSubsidized hot meal Housing and a proper blanket • provide post traumatic stre Financial Families limited on the Federation Campus: Both out against anti-Semitism • help to ensure that Iran does not secure nuclear weapons • make it possible for a fellow Jew to financial resources receive aid to participate in residential the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg House and the Shirley H. Gould lea the summer campprograms experience of ato lifetime • make sure the JewsHouse in Yemen and Kyrgyzstan knowhousing that they do not stand alone and vocational offered adults with developmental offer government subsidized for 212 low-income eek disabilities. • give a child with asthma an inhaler • send a young adult on Birthright Israel • help families rebuild after a hurricane Nearly 40% of JARC’s residential clients (living in seniors and individuals with handicaps or disabilities who meet community • ignite a child’ssettings) love for Judaism • makeCurrently, certain thatspecific every requirements. local senior Residents is inviteddo tonot a Seder Passover either group or apartment require this support. receiveon funding from • bright adult26with disability employment training • make it possible for a local family give their child a benefits Jewish education JARCa residents and 12 individuals who receive vocational Federation, rather to they indirectly receive from being • give ael •training provide large-print books for a child who is going blind • located make sure a local Holocaust survivor receives the homecare benefit from Federation funding. on the Federation campus. drome counseling to an IDF soldier • make it possible for a single working mother to send her children to daycare • speak o Camp Kavod: Highly nurturing ensure that ore about his heritage • qualified, give a widow in staff Kingspoint diabetes medicine every month • give aServices child with learning disabilities t Counseling/Vocational teens with needs poverty enjoy a successful cue children a boy inand Tunisia fromspecial desperate • help acamp bedridden woman in Tbilisi receive critical home health visits every we experience through a myriad of activities on the Federation Individuals andgoing Families in Crisis: Professional counseling arthquake • keep the annual Thanksgiving community dinner for 500 seniors strong • rescue a family from a war-to in community Last year, nearly 100 is provided an experienced staff of licensed our campus Jewish and future • let Jewssettings. everywhere know they have a critical, forever by lifeline • feed a neighbor who clinical lost hersocial job • give children participated in the summer and winter/spring programs. workers and psychologists for children and adults. Individual or life n elderly resident a ride to the doctors’ office • provide immediate aid to victims of terror • help immigrants start a new program of Rose Levis Center. counseling, intervention a program fortraumatic those e heAdeserves • Adolph give a &fellow Jew Jewish in theCommunity Former Soviet Union agroup hot meal and acrisis proper blanket and • provide post stre with persistent mental illness are offered. A program of Ruth Rales out against anti-Semitism • help to ensure that Iran does not secure nuclear weapons • make it possible for a fellow Jew to lea Adolph & Rose experience Levis Alzheimer Adult Day Care: This Familyand Service. the summer camp of a&lifetime • make surefull-time, the JewsJewish in Yemen Kyrgyzstan know that they do not stand alone Monday through Friday program serves those with dementia and eek • give a child with asthma an inhaler • send a young adult on Birthright Israel • help families rebuild after a hurricane Alzheimer’s disease. A caring staff leads about 30 daily participants services/neighbor Overon 300 volunteers community • ignite a child’s love for Judaism • make certain thatVolunteer every local senior is invited tofirst: a Seder Passover • bright in enriching mental and physical activities and provides stimulating provide transportation, telephone reassurance, home visits, food adult with a disability employment training • make it possible for a local family to give their child a Jewish education • give entertainment. Breakfast and lunch are served. A support groups is delivery and support to local people in need amounting to more ael • provide large-print books for a child who is going blind • make sure a local Holocaust survivor receives the homecare also offered for caregivers. Program of the Mae Volen Center. thanworking 30,000 mother volunteertohours In addition to providing drome counseling to an IDF soldier • make it possible for a single sendper heryear. children to daycare • speak o vital help,every this program spread a deep of community ore about his heritage • give a widow in Kingspoint diabetes medicine month helps • give a child withsense learning disabilities t Helping Elders Age in Place (HEAP): This program provides caring across South Palm Beach County. A program of Ruth cue a boy in Tunisia from desperate poverty • help a bedriddenand woman in Tbilisi receive critical home health visits every we caseworkers (who often serve as advocates) to assist frail seniors Rales Jewish Family Service. arthquake • keep the annual Thanksgiving community dinner for 500 seniors going strong • rescue a family from a war-to in connecting with programs and services that can be of benefit. n our Jewish future • let Jews everywhere know they have a critical, forever lifeline The goal is to help our elders age with dignity and safety in their homes. Currently HEAP serves approximately 300 elders through Federation funding. A program of Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service.
Federation Volunteer Resource Center: Matches volunteers in our community with local agencies and programs of their choosing. Can be accessed at www.jewishboca.org/volunteers 3
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Programs include the e an adult with a disability employment training • make it possible for a local family to give their child a Jewish education Florence Melton Adult Mini-School which refreshed 202 migrants start a new life in Israel • provide large-print books for a child who is going blind • make sure a local Holocaust su adults on Jewish history and heritage, Jewish forums for per blanket • provide post traumatic stress syndrome counseling to an IDF soldier • make it possible for a single working m 200 students in local high schools, and the March of the ure nuclear weapons • make it possible for a fellow Jew to learn more about his heritage • give a widow in Kingspoint diab Living International Holocaust Education program which make sure the Jews in Yemen and Kyrgyzstan know that they do not stand alone • rescue a boy in Tunisia from desperate po made it possible for 43 students from South Palm Beach hma an inhaler • send a young adult on Birthright Israel • help County families(and rebuild after a hurricane or earthquake • keep the ann 21 chaperones) to take part in this life-altering gnite a child’s love for Judaism • make certain that every localjourney senior overseas. is invitedAto a Seder on Passover • brighten our Jewish department of the Jewish Federation of e an adult with a disability employment training • make it possible for a local family South Palm Beach County. to give their child a Jewish education migrants start a new life in Israel • provide large-print books for a child who is going blind • make sure a local Holocaust su per blanket • provide post traumatic stress syndrome counseling to anCamp IDF soldier • make it Scholarships: possible for a single working m Summer and Pre-school ure nuclear weapons • make it possible for a fellow Jew to learn more about his heritage • give a widow Kingspoint diab Summer Camp and pre-school scholarships enable in parents make sure the Jews in Yemen and Kyrgyzstan know that they do stand • rescue a boy in Tunisia from desperate po to not provide an alone opportunity for their children to thrive, learn, hma an inhaler • send a young adult on Birthright Israel • help families rebuild after a hurricane or earthquake • This year, more than 230 children received play and interact with peers as they create memories to keep the ann gnite asummer child’s love for Judaism • make certain that every locallast senior is invited tothis a Seder Passover brighten our Jewish camp and pre-school financial a lifetime. 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JEWISH LIFE AND LEARNING
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or • help immigrants start a new life in Israel • provide large-print books for a child who is going blind • make sure a local nket • provide post traumatic stress syndrome counseling to an IDF soldier • make it possible for a single working mother to ke it possible for a fellow Jew to learn more about his heritage • give a widow in Kingspoint diabetes medicine every month • w that they do not stand alone • rescue a boy in Tunisia from desperate poverty • help a bedridden woman in Tbilisi recei milies rebuild after a hurricane or earthquake • keep the annual Thanksgiving community dinner for 500 seniors going strong a Seder on Passover • Jewish brightenfederations our Jewish future • let Jews everywhere know they have a critical, forever lifeline • feed a ne of north america (JFNA) d a Jewish education • give an elderly resident a ride to the doctors’ office • provide immediate aid to victims of terror • he The Federation movement, 10 charities the continent, protects enhances vivor receives the homecare he deserves • givecollectively a fellow among Jew inthe thetop Former SovietonUnion a hot meal andand a proper blanket • the well-being of Jews worldwide through the values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (charity dren to daycare • speak out against anti-Semitism • help to ensure that Iran does not secure nuclear weapons • make it po and social justice) camp and Torah (Jewish learning). This structure and/or national d with learning disabilities the summer experience of a lifetime • makehelps sure allocate, the Jewsevaluate in Yemen and review Kyrgyzstan know th agencies that seek funding. me health visits every week • give a child with asthma an inhaler • send a young adult on Birthright Israel • help families reb amily from a war-torn community • ignite a child’s love for Judaism • make certain that every local senior is invited to a Sede
ISRAEL & OUR GLOBAL FAMILY
The Jewish Agency For Israel (JAFI)- core funding: For 80 years, the Jewish Agency for Israel has rescued Jews at risk and resettled them in Israel. Initially, JAFI’s role was paramount in setting up an economic and cultural infrastructure for the country which was still struggling for survival. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the Jewish Agency has facilitated the absorption of over one million new immigrants. Today core funding continues to provide a lifeline to Jews around the world with assistance including: absorption and resettlement of new immigrants, establishing global partnerships to strengthen communities in Israel, empowering at-risk Israeli youth, educational assistance and scholarships, business loans to create employment opportunities, counseling for soldiers and civilians suffering from post-traumatic stress and immediate aid for victims of terror. Our Federation also supports the following JAFI “elective” programs: P2K-Kiryat Bialik: Partnership 2000 (P2K) links the people and communal organizations in South Palm Beach County with Kiryat Bialik, a city in northern Israel (“our sister city”). The Partnership creates mutually beneficial relationships via the exchange of ideas, cooperation and participation in projects.
Summer Camps in FSU: Tens of thousands of youngsters are introduced to their Jewish heritage, connecting them to an Israel experience and a sense of belonging. From a peak of 15,000 participants in 2003, that number dropped to 5,000 in 2009, a decrease of 65% due to the economic recession. This year, our Federation’s funding will allow about 170 children from Georgia to participate in a seven-day summer camp session which is supported almost exclusively through elective funding. MASA Israel Journey: MASA seeks to establish a new norm in the Jewish community – to send large numbers of college graduates and young professionals to Israel for a longterm Israel experience (4-10 months) – indelibly impacting the future of Jewish life, the structure of Jewish communities around the world, and the connection between the next generation of young Jews and Israel. This flagship educational program seeks to recruit thousands of young Jews from abroad into one of 160 long-term programs in Israel. Ben Yakir Youth Aliyah Village: Provides a warm, religiously-oriented home and school environment more than 120 boys at-risk— the majority of whom are Ethiopian immigrants ages 12-18. They are given food, shelter, clothing, medical care, as well as educational and therapeutic services. All activities are designed to foster selfconfidence, academic achievement and leadership skills with the goal of successfully integrating these youngsters into Israeli society.
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Nativ Immigrant Soldier Identity Program: A comprehensive educational program that bolsters immigrant soldiers’ sense of connection with Israel and their Jewish heritage. Many of these soldiers are not recognized as Jews by the governmental and rabbinic agencies of Israel. This seven-week program enriches their knowledge of Jewish history and tradition. An extension is available to help those interested to prepare for formal conversion to Judaism.
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PACT (Parents and Children Together) – Kiryat Yam: With no government agency responsible for the welfare of children in the early childhood age range, PACT addresses this need. Through interventions such as healthcare, after school programs, and at-home visits, PACT aims to close the educational and social gaps among children, and increase parental involvement. PACT typically supports about 135 Ethiopian-Israeli preschoolers, and 90 parents who are actively engaged. FSU Welfare Relief for Elderly and Children in Georgia: The JDC provides humanitarian aid – food packages, medical care, hot meals, fresh food, home care, winter relief and more – to supplement the inadequate pensions of needy elderly, especially for many elderly Jews not eligible for restitution funds because they are not considered victims of Nazi persecution. Currently, 171 JDC-sponsored Hesed Welfare Centers provide a crucial link for 168,000 poor elderly Jews across the FSU. Additionally, approximately 860 Jewish children with serious material, educational, developmental and/or familial hardships are reached through JDC relief programs. additional elective programs Ethiopian National Project – SPACE (School Performance and Community Empowerment): Ethiopian-Israeli youth in Kiryat Bialik receive assistance to help achieve equal opportunity and enable them to reach their full potential. Since 2007, our funds have been earmarked for scholastic assistance activities (72 students) and a Youth Outreach Center (80 students). CHAMAH: Humanitarian aid including medical and food assistance is provided to the elderly and homebound in the FSU. JDC Supports the Hesed programs run by CHAMAH. Our funding supplements their support allowing non-Holocast survivors to received aid. Program services include: soup kitchens, meals on wheels, supermarket food packages, food stamps and adult diapers.
“ Many recipients of Hesed services in the Former Soviet Union are people with college degrees, doctors, lawyers, and engineers who spent their lives working for the government and today cannot live on their meager pension and must depend on the mercy of others. So please convey a message to your donors that they are literally saving lives.” CHAMAH President Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman
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