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JEWISH FEDERATION
May 2022
A whole lot of good going on here Kirk Wisemayer Annual Community Campaign Director
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s you read this, I will mark my first full year as your Annual Community Campaign Director. My goodness, time really does fly when you are having fun!
“Here for Good” is about all our donors make possible through their gifts to the annual campaign — and those of you who have made gifts have been overwhelmingly generous. The more than $1.52 million already promised demonstrates your commitment to being here for good, but Here for Good is as much or more about how we connect to and engage with one another, the relationships we form and build and how we celebrate these connections and all we accomplish as a Jewish community.
I am very fortunate to work with incredible professionals, leaders and volunteers, and more fortunate still to have met and get to know many, but still too few, of you who make success possible. I look forward to meeting and getting to know many more of you over the months and years ahead. Your attendance and support of our most recent campaign events make it a pleasure and privilege to be a part of the incredible Jewish community you have built and sustain.
Our Women’s Philanthropy luncheon at Artis—Naples on March 7 was a wonderful opportunity, despite a brief burst of rain that sent us running for cover. Almost 100 women of every giving level came together to celebrate and enjoy each other while learning about the inspiring journey of an incredible young leader in her own Jewish Federation and nationally. A few days later, on March 11, almost 40 donors to our Pomegranate Society gathered for Purim in the Park, inspired continued on page 14
Paula Filler, Jewish Federation board member, Annual Community Campaign Chair and Power of Community committee member; Jerry Bogo and Rosalee Bogo, Jewish Federation board member and Major Gifts co-chair; Kirk Wisemayer, Annual Community Campaign Director; Marcia Cohodes, Jewish Federation board member; and husband Dr. David Goldsteen at the Power of Community post-ceremony reception
Lion of Judah and event co-chair Sandy Roth (right) welcomes friend and Ruby Lion Sandra Roth to the service project luncheon at Collier’s Reserve Country Club.
(Above) Almost 100 women enjoyed the beautiful outdoor setting at Jewish Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy luncheon at Artis Naples featuring guest speaker and author Simone Knego who shared her inspiring story of leadership and philanthropy.
(Right) Marci Margolis, event committee member, with Linda Lerner, Barbara Ross, Pomegranate Society co-chair Susan Pittelman and event co-chair Carol Mest at the Purim in the Park event at Baker Park
