MJCC Annual Report

sh i w e J n a r Mittlem e t n e C y t i n u m m o C

Celebrating a Century!

Annual Report 2013-2014

The MJCC is dedicated to the enrichment of Jewish life by providing for the social, cultural, educational, and recreational needs of the Jewish community, and serving as the common meeting place for the entire Jewish community.

This mission has always been interpreted as welcoming our non-Jewish neighbors and friends as well. As the sign at our front door proclaims: Everyone Welcome!

Our History 1914

1921

The B’nai B’rith The Center’s Building Association Camping was founded on program SW 13th Avenue began. and Mill Street.

1923

1924

1938

1947

1954

The name changed to B’nai B’rith Center.

Mickey Hirschberg joined the staff developing an awardwinning swimming and water therapy program.

The name changed to Jewish Community Center.

Preschool opened and day camp program starts.

Celia Lesman served as the Center’s first female board president.

Dear Friends of the MJCC, One hundred years and still going strong! As the MJCC celebrated its 100th anniversary this year, we are very proud to be able to continue our long tradition of providing for the social, cultural, educational and recreational needs of Portland’s Jewish community. Of course, we welcome all individuals who desire access and experiences at our community center and we are happy to report that hundreds of people pass through our doors every day. Membership and participation in camps, classes and events are at an all-time high and we continue to welcome more and more people every day.

This past year the Schnitzer Family Campus was able to make some much needed upgrades and improvements thanks to generous Roots & Rafters contributions. We hope you have been able to enjoy the new energy-efficient lighting in the sportsplex, additional bike racks added to the covered area, new Selectorized fitness equipment and cycle bikes, a complete remodel of the men’s sauna, the new gymnasium curtain, and a whole host of upgrades to our therapy pool locker rooms and lobby. While these items may be more visible, rest assured that we are making great improvements to our HVAC and controls systems, as well as parking lot and roof projects that are well underway! All of these improvements are sure to have a lasting impact which means the MJCC will be in great shape for many generations to come.

As we continue to grow and meet the needs of our community, we encourage you to check out our full schedule of classes, events and activities. The MJCC has something for everyone: warm water therapy, basketball leagues, InPower cancer exercise program, Mah Jongg lessons, art shows, swimming lessons, orchestra concerts, group exercise classes, nutritional therapy and much, much more! Whatever draws you to the J, we strive to assure that everyone feels welcome and part of our community. Check out our calendar on the website and be sure to like and follow us on Facebook. There is always something new happening at YOUR MJCC. This Annual Report is an opportunity to thank all of those who have helped to build this community.

You will find a list of generous supporters who made contributions over the past year. We are especially thankful of those who have contributed to our Roots & Rafters campaign, although only new Roots & Rafters gifts have been included in this report. Everyone who has contributed to this community over the past 100 years deserves our gratitude. Thank you for making our community center vibrant and relevant for many generations to come.

B’shalom,

Beth Germain

Jordana Levenick

Interim Executive Director Operations Manager Chief Financial Officer

1971

1978

The Center moved to Harry “Polly” SW Capitol Hwy. Policar retired and was renamed after working the Mittleman Jewish at the JCC for Community Center.

45 years.

Barry Benson

Co-President Board of Directors

Robert Philip

Co-President Board of Directors

1986

2003

Hillel Academy merged with the Jewish Education Association and became Portland Jewish Academy (PJA). PJA occupies the Min Zidell Education Building.

The Sportsplex opened.

2007

2014

The MJCC The MJCC underwent a major celebrates renovation and its was renamed the 100th Schnitzer Family Anniversary.

Campus.

Social

“We really enjoy the social events at the MJCC. It gives us the opportunity to spend time with friends, old and new, and connect with the community.”

– Gail Mandel and Steve Klein

Cultural “Having the Israeli Film series and related Jewish history presentations deepens my understanding of the gifts of the Jewish heritage.”

– Para Winingham

Educational

“It is always wonderful to join with women from all parts of our community to learn together, laugh together, experience something together and find our common ground.”

– Rena Fox

Recreational

“I have looked around at other facilities. I just couldn’t find the right fit of community, openness of scenery, locker room comfort and staff.”

- B eth Knudsen

e c la P g n ti e e M n o Comm

“The MJCC is my second home and office. School, work, food, friends and the best Zumba class in town!”

– Darcy Hoyt

Financials MJCC By the Numbers!

1600+ members – a new historic high!

1,150 soccer participants in the

Financials Revenues 4% Federation Operating Allocation

Sportsplex annually.

1,038 towels purchased this year.

100

years the MJCC has been serving Jewish Portland.

99

hours the MJCC is open each week.

77

cultural events this year.

50+

group exercise classes per week.

29% Program

50% Membership

8% Rentals

9% Fundraising

43

kids who received day camp scholarships!

1 You! Our focus is always on the individual.

Expenses 15% Occupancy

MJCC Pillar Behaviors

These values guide our staff every day.

B’ruchim Ha’Baim - Welcome Ezrah - Help or Assist B’Yachad - Teamwork Nikayon - Cleanliness Kehillah - Build Community L’hitraot - See You Again Soon Ruach - Serve with Spirit and Have Fun

11% Office Administration

7% Program

67% Personnel

Our Donors We are incredibly grateful to each and every community member and organization that supports Mittleman Jewish Community Center.

The donors who gave during the 2013-2014 fiscal year helped to expand our cultural events, sustain the amazing work done in the warm water Therapy Pool, and provide scholarships for those with limited financial means. This list reflects only new gifts to Operations and Roots & Rafters; it does not account for previous pledges or pledge payments. We have made our best effort to ensure the accuracy of this list.

If you find an error, or do not see your name and would like to make a tax-deductible donation, please notify Development Associate, Meaghann Ande at 503.452.3427 or mande@oregonjcc.org. $100,000 & above Jewish Federation of Greater Portland Arlene Schnitzer $20,000-$99,999 Anonymous A Senior Program Fund of the OJCF Friendly Rosenthal Fund of the OJCF Leonard & Lois Schnitzer Family Fund of the OJCF $5,000-$19,999 Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation The Jackson Foundation* JEZ Foundation, Jason Zidell* Gordon Kaplan Robert & Rita Phillip Family Fund of the OJCF Jay L. Platt Family Trust* Gayle and Paul Romain Sandra Schnitzer Philanthropic Fund Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation of the OCF $1,800-$4,999 Max Birnbach Charity Fund of the OJCF Ian Burns Brian Carleton and Caron Kushner Jill and Richard Edelson Michael and Chris Feves Stan Geffen and Adrienne Souther* John and Beth Germain Jonathan Glass & Sarah Kahn Glass Family Fund of the OJCF Renee and Irwin Holzman Tony and Priscilla Kostiner Howard & Wendy Liebreich Family Fund of the OJCF Ruben and Elizabeth Menashe Larry and Joyce Mendelsohn Lora and Jim Meyer Oregon Hillel Pacific Office Automation* Plan B Consultancy International LLC Radler, White, Parks & Alexander, LLP Jerry and Bunny Sadis Schnitzer Supporting Foundation of the OJCF Mardi and Tom Spitzer* Sharon Stern and Steve Rallison* Sharon Ungerleider Sharon Weil Juan Young Trust Jay and Diane Zidell

$500-$1,799 Anonymous (2) Baron/Gilbert Fund of The OCF Brian and Alisa Bendis* Barry and Karla Benson Mel Birge and Janet Morgan Gerel Blauer Stan and Judy Blauer Milton & Cissi Carl Fund of the OJCF* Norman and Sherry Eder* First Republic Bank Geffen Mesher & Company, P.C. Linda and Tom Georges III Gevurtz Menashe Bob and Lesley Glasgow Mark and Lauren Goldstein The Hammer Family Fund* Merrill and Perry Hendin Jay Holzman Lisa and Lewis Horowitz Dana Hunt Lucy Kivel and Scott Howard* Eric and Anna Kodesch Jakob Kryszek* Jerry and Joanne Kryszek* Shirlee Lenske* Jordana and Ryan Levenick Gail Mandel and Steven Klein Albert A. Menashe Dean and Sharon Morell Bruce Morris and Cassandra Sagan Conrad and Abby Myers Barbara and Jerry Newmark* Jeanne Newmark Phyllis Newmark Northwest Control Co. The Oregon Jewish Community Foundation The Oregon Jewish Community Youth Foundation Raymond and Dorothy Packouz Irving and Arlene Potter Jim and Michael Richman Alan and Donna Roodhouse Stan and Madelle Rosenfeld Family Foundation Liane and Gavin Rosenberg Stephen and Becki Saltzman Faye Gordon Samuels Joel L. Seres ShedRain Corporation Robert and Mara Shlachter Marshal Spector Robert P Weil Fund of the OJCF Sandy and Elaine Weinstein Charlene Zidell

$250-$499 Anonymous Bruce Abrams Bob’s Metals, Inc. William Brenner and Julia Waco Rabbi Michael and Cantor Ida Rae Cahana Compass Oncology Julie and Tom Diamond Helen Dornbusch Jenat and Howard Feldman Marilyn Q Forse Endowment I of the OJCF David Fuks and DeAnn Sullivan-Fuks Richard and Susan Garber Ruth Gassner Tom and Alix Goodman Carolyn and Larry Gorin Gary and Heidi Grenley Jeff and Gloria Hammer Dave Hays JKP Fundraising LLC Michael Kapnick Laurie Kilbourn and Ronald Cobb Mollie S. Levin David and Ronnie Malka Angela Mayho Merck Partnership for Giving* Bob and Robin Mesher* Joel Mullin and Sheri Katz Miles Newmark and Barbara Gilbert Jeffrey and Anne Nudelman Alvin and Shirley Rackner Bert and Laurie Rogoway James Rosenbaum and Sandra Lewis* Eric and Tiffany Rosenfeld Rosemarie Rosenfeld Kyle and Rebecca Rotenberg Stan and Pam Rotenberg Andrea Sanchez and Benjamin Drucker* Jordan Schnitzer Family Schoenberg, Finkel, Newman & Rosenberg, LLC Gary and Linda Singer Cheryl Tonkin Michael Volk and Patty Magid-Volk* Bob and Idelle Weinstein Gary and Carolyn Weinstein

$100-$249 Anonymous (3) Dina Alexander Alan Bacharach* Jerome Barde* Avraham and Ella Ben-Zaken Keith and Rosalie Berne Herbert Black Marc and Sarah Blattner Karen Blauer* Barry and Barbara Caplan Carol Chestler Nathan Cogan Gregg Coodley* Robert Countryman Eric Cress Reena and Stuart Davis* Kathy Davis-Weiner and Michael Weiner Becky DeCesaro Tom Dinsmore and Barbara Marquam* Selma Duckler Bunny Edelson Jessica Elkan and Jamie Beinin Rabbi Emanuel and Lorraine Rose Becky and Greg Ewer Margot Feves Josh and Amy Frankel Estelle Freedman* Suzanne Friedman Judah Gold-Markel and Dena Marshall Gersham and Pauline Goldstein Greg Goodman and Susan Schnitzer Simon and Janine Gottheiner Samuel Gottlieb* Gordon and Meryl Habel John L. Halpern Irv and Gail Handelman* Fred and Sara Harwin Surah Hirsch* Melissa and Daron Horwitz Melinda Hutson and Alexander Ruzicka* Lesley Isenstein and Steve Laveson* Martin and Ellen Jacobs Janis Jaffe J. Michael Johnson and Carolyn Wooden-Johnson Gerald Karp* Ronald and Ruth Katon Michelle and Loren Koplan Robin and Eric Kornblit Tammy Kramer Walter Krumbholz Robin Lawson Gerald and Evelyn Leshgold Nancy Levin and Daniel Caraco Jordan Lippman Joyce and Stan Loeb Jean Marks Richard and Judi Matza* Mark and Marcia Meyer Debra Montrose Ted Nelson Ed and Jill Neuwelt

Mark New Han Ngo NIKE, Inc. Shirley and Jerry Nudelman Robert and Kandis Nunn Barbara and Art Palmer Bob Perkel* Sue Perkel James K. Phelps Larry Policar Brad Rafish Sandy Ramirez* Theodore N. Rubenstein Raghunatha Reddy* Norman and Judith Rosenbloom* Lynn and Arne Rosencrantz Alan and Eve Rosenfeld Francis Rosica and Sara Behrman Eleanore Rubinstein Richard and Deanne Rubinstein Elaine Savinar Andrew Schafer and Valerie Roth Schafer Dori Schnitzer Barbara Siegel Jonathan Singer Arleen Slive and Dick Mastbrook* Harley and Robyn Spring Bobbie and Michel Stern Manny Tailblum and Jane Schindler* Rena Tonkin William and JoAnne Treuhaft* Steve Wasserstrom and Judith Margles John Watson and Mary Dreyer Richard L. Weil* Brandon and Betty Jean Wentworth* Wieden & Kennedy Ken and Jennifer Zeidman Richard and Debra Zurow* Under $100 Anonymous Bruce and Carol Backer* Beit Haverim Frank and Lee Berne* Evan Cohn* Diana Lynne Miller Cornell* Stuart and Nikki Director Barbara Durkheimer and Gary Larsen Don Eichman* Barry and Sandra Friedman Jane Goldhamer* Peter and Mary Emily Gray* Rabbi Michael and Mira Kaplan Sarah Korach James Kost Michael and Debbie Kovsky Stuart and Barbara Lang Alexandria Levitsky* Anatoliy and Roza Markus John and Robin McCaffrey* Jane Meeker* Vic and Toinette Menashe Alan and Lana Miller

James and Keri Nicolaisen* Earl and Dale Oller Jennifer O’Mahony Linda Ostomel Gary and Sylvia Pearlman Joan Peck* Maryjane Rocker* David and Carmel Ross* Sidney and Linda Rothschild* Jewely Sandoz* Joan Schnitzer* Sandra G. Shapiro Mindy Shotwell* Stephen Sirkin* Edward Slavin, Jr.* David Strauss and Naomi Samuels Strauss Michael and Barbara Titelbaum* Larry and Linda Veltman Allan and Judy Weingard* In-Kind Conrad and Abby Myers Raisa Premysler Karen and David Sapoznikow *Denotes New Contributions to Roots & Rafters

Roots & Rafters

Our Roots & Rafters Campaign is making amazing strides due to the support of community members, organizations, and the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation that is matching every gift up to $500,000. The generosity of our community is allowing for significant improvements to the Schnitzer Family Campus including upgrades to the locker rooms and warm water therapy pool. In the coming months, two major projects will be implemented.

In November we will be resurfacing our parking lot, which will make it safer and more convenient for the thousands of members and guests who come through every month. Soon after, new HVAC controls will be installed, making the MJCC more comfortable, as well as more energy efficient for many years to come. This project is supported by a grant from the Energy Trust of Oregon.

We are deeply grateful to each and every donor that is helping to grow and improve the Schnitzer Family Campus.

Life and Legacy

The MJCC Legacy Society recognizes those who have made the extraordinary commitment of including Mittleman Jewish Community Center in their estate plans with a gift through a bequest, trust, life insurance policy or other planned gift. The commitment does not require a completed gift, but is merely a short form expressing intent to make the MJCC part of your legacy. We would like to gratefully acknowledge all of the members of the MJCC Legacy Society. MJCC is one of eleven organizations in Oregon participating in Oregon Jewish Community Foundation’s Life & Legacy program, funded by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. If you would like more information about how to include MJCC in your estate plan, you can contact Development Coordinator, Lisa Katon at lkaton@ oregonjcc.org.

Bruce Abrams Stacy Barna Barry and Karla Benson Milton Carl Edith Dorsen John and Beth Germain Bob and Lesley Glasgow Jonathan and Sarah Glass Lisa Katon and Noah Kressel Tony and Priscilla Kostiner Jordana and Ryan Levenick Gail Mandel Robert and Rita Philip Gayle Romain Steve Rosenberg and Ellen Lippman Jerry and Bunny Sadis Andrea K. Sanchez and Benjamin Drucker Gary and Linda Singer Ken and Jennifer Zeidman Jason Zidell

Board of Directors

Jordan D. Schnitzer, Chairman Barry Benson, Co-President Robert Philip, Co- President Jerry Sadis, Executive Vice President Jonathan Glass, Treasurer Gayle Schnitzer Romain, Secretary Stacy Barna Brian Carleton Edith Dorsen Eric Kodesch Ellen Lippman Gail Mandel Dena Marshall Joel Mullin Steve Rosenberg Andrea Sanchez Jason Zidell

Staff

Steven Albert, Executive Director Beth Germain, Chief Financial Officer Jordana Levenick, Operations Manager Becky Ewer, Marketing & Creative Director Jennifer Harrington, Fitness Program Manager Matt Sasser, Membership & Guest Service Manager Anthony Markey, Aquatics & Camp Program Manager Laurie Fendel, Special Events Program Manager David Pickering, Human Resource Manager Elliott Saunders, Sports & Recreation Program Manager Bethany West, Rentals and Events Manager Maryjane Rocker, Executive Assistant Linda Singer, Community Concierge Lisa Katon, Development Coordinator Meaghann Ande, Development Associate Sandy Engel, Graphic Designer/Marketing Specialist Corie Hinton, Graphic Designer/Marketing Specialist

The Mittleman Jewish Community Center is a proud beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and is proud of our partnership with them in strengthening our local Jewish community and greater Portland community.

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