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JEWISH FEDERATION
February 2024
Pomegranate Society luncheon Hope to see you! By Debra Antzis, 2024 Pomegranate Society Chair
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In the spirit of cultivat’ve so enjoyed meeting ing abundance for all, we and getting to know have invited Ellen Burnett Pomegranate Society to speak at our Tu B’shvat members at our gatherings Luncheon. Burnett is executhese past few months, and tive director and co-founder at I’m looking forward to seeCultivate Abundance, an outing you at our Pomegranate standing organization helping luncheon on Feb. 26. Taking to address food insecurity in inspiration from the JewImmokalee, Florida. Ironiish calendar, the luncheon Debra Antzis cally, despite being a town will celebrate Tu B’shvat, the that produces millions of pounds of fresh ‘Holiday for the Trees.’ produce daily, the USDA recognizes Growing up in the Northeast, it seemed incongruous to me that Tu B’shvat falls Immokalee as a food desert as it is challenging and costly for the people who actually in February, when winter seems to have live there to access quality fresh food. been with us forever. The skies are gray Burnett will tell us about the many and trees at their barest. But of course, ways that Cultivate Abundance is helpeven in deepest winter, nature is at work ing. Through donations and the purchase preparing for the future. Tu B’shvat is of tickets to this event, we hope to raise a forerunner, reminding us that if we $1,500. These funds will enable the cultivate it, abundance will come. I love Pomegranate Society of Jewish Federation that one of the fruits we celebrate on Tu B’shvat is our own pomegranate, since we of Greater Naples to sponsor a New Partner Garden/Orchard. Our donation will as Pomegranates have shown our comallow Cultivate Abundance to purchase mitment to provide and secure abundance topsoil, compost, mulch, fruit trees and in our Jewish community and for those who are less fortunate. a basic irrigation system. This tropical
garden on 1/10 of an acre will establish a productive tropical garden and/or fruit orchard that benefits the neighbors and farmworkers in Immokalee.
Please mark your calendar and join us Feb. 26, 11:30 a.m. at the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center.
Mission Statement
The Pomegranate Society is a sisterhood of women who care deeply about our local Jewish community and Jews in North America, Israel, and around the world. We share a commitment to playing a vital role to support those in need and to building and sustaining a vibrant Jewish community in Greater Naples.
JOIN US Pomegranate Luncheon When: Feb. 26, 11:30 a.m. Where: The Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center
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