JEWISH FEDERATION
November 2020
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Join us for the 2021 Annual Community Campaign kickoff! Karen Deutsch Campaign Chair
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oin us for the first major seasonal event of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, the 2021 Annual Community Campaign kickoff event on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, live from your iPad or computer via Zoom! Our 2021 Annual Community Campaign Kickoff will be free to the entire community and will feature guest speaker, Mike Leven, a legendary business executive, visionary philanthropist and co-founder of Jewish Future Pledge. We will also have musical entertainment by Rick Recht, one of the top touring musicians of Jewish music, a national celebrity spokesman for the PJ Library and the Director of Songleader Boot Camp. Beneficiaries and community members will also share words that demonstrate the strength of our Federation and the needs and challenges that still face our community!
Tomorrow begins today Your generous donation to our Annual Community Campaign transforms lives and supports individuals, programs, organizations and advocacy efforts in our community, around the world and in Israel. Although we have been tested mentally, physically, emotionally and even financially, we know that by continuing to work together, we can keep our community safe, healthy and supportive today, and for all the tomorrows to come!
Tomorrow begins today Our Jewish Story is about perseverance and continuity. You will unleash the power of Federation when you make your 2021 Annual Community Campaign donation. Your gift to the Annual Community Campaign provides religious school scholarships to our youth and allocations to our Jewish teens, ensuring the future of Jewish education and identity, and building a thriving community youth organization through BBYO. Your gift supports the Senior
Center at JFCS with outreach, mental health counseling, and Holocaust survivor aid for housing, trips to physicians, counseling and daily health supplements. Your gift ensures that the Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center will continue teaching lessons of the Holocaust to all eighth-grade students in Florida and continue to inspire action against bigotry, hatred and violence. Your gifts continue to provide favorite and new programming to the community: The Jewish Book Festival, Mix and Mingle, JCRC, Israel Advocacy, Jewish Families with Children, and WCA and MCA programming are just a few!
Tomorrow beings today In addition to the local impact, your gift has a national and world impact. It supports Leket Israel, which provides hot meals for Holocaust survivors and vulnerable seniors; Hatikvah preschool in Ukraine, that enables Jewish life to continue and thrive in Kiev; Neve Michael, a children’s home in Pardes Hanna, Israel, serving youth from 4-18 years old who have experienced trauma and abuse; Susan’s House, which employs youth between ages 15 and 19 and provides many the only warm, encouraging environment they have known; Yad Lakashish in Jerusalem, providing meals and transportation for the elderly to a creative workplace; Yashar LaChayal, providing assistance to the Needy Soldier Fund; and so many more programs!
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Tomorrow begins today Your gift, new or increased, to the 2021 Annual Community Campaign will be part of a Matching Challenge Grant. Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) has launched a Human Services Relief Matching Fund, which was made possible, in partnership with seven national foundations, an $18 million match to the Federation system on a 1:2 basis. JFNA will match $.50 for every new and/or increased dollar commitment to our current Campaign. Please help us raise $50,000 of new and/or increased gifts now, so that we will receive $25,000 from JFNA to help the needy. This challenge is only good through this calendar year! Please donate today for a better tomorrow!
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We offer our deepest gratitude for giving us the opportunity to assist you through one of the most challenging times in life, and for allowing us to earn and keep your trust.
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