Celebrate campaign and community

Kirk Wisemayer, Annual Community Campaign Director

The 2022 Annual Community Campaign, Here for Good, has been officially underway since just prior to Rosh HaShanah. The response to our initial request for support has been incredible, for which we are very grateful. Thank you to all who responded so generously!

Our second request seeking community support for the Here for Good campaign preceded Thanksgiving and Chanukah, allowing plenty of time to those of you who have yet to make your pledge as we move the dial closer to our goal for year-end. Hopefully, it will be another record campaign in Greater Jewish Naples.

Jewish Federation’s all-volunteer campaign cabinet is excited to announce the Here for Good campaign kick-off event. This official launch of the 2022 Annual Community Campaign will take place on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, beginning at 2 p.m., on the site (or as near to it as we can get following the official groundbreaking that took place Nov. 19) of the future home of Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center.

It will be an informal, family-friendly outdoor afternoon event, featuring delicious barbecue (with options), lively entertainment and great company (that means you!). We look forward to a large, in-person crowd, so we can socialize together as we celebrate campaign, community and, of course, fabulous Jewish Naples and its stellar future (now under construction). The focus will be on celebration, fun and, of course, being together as a community.

Everything we do as a Jewish Federation and as a community — providing programs and services, funding local organizations, addressing issues of importance to our Jewish community, advocating for the vulnerable, doing our part to address the existing and emerging needs of the Jewish people and providing support and assistance to those at risk here in Greater Naples or elsewhere — is possible only because of the Annual Community Campaign and your generous support of it. Together, we are Here for Good.

Our Here for Good event is an opportunity for us to proclaim how important you are to us, as members of our Jewish community and as members of our family of donors. We hope you will join us!

Advance registration will be required to attend, but if you have made a minimum commitment of $36 or more per person to the Here for Good campaign prior to the event, there is no cost to attend. If you have not made a pledge to the campaign, but you would like to join us for the kickoff event, the cost to attend is $18 per person. Children, of course, attend for free. Naturally, because we must limit attendance, those who have made a commitment to the Annual Community Campaign will be given preference.

Watch your mailbox, our weekly e-blast, https://jewishnaples.org and our Facebook page for event and registration information.

To register, to make your 2022 pledge or for more information, please contact me at 239-263-4205 or kwisemayer@ jewishnaples.org. You can also visit our website at https://jewishnaples.org.

I welcome your call – it is always nice to hear a friendly voice!