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September 2021 • Southern Jewish Life
Though this summer’s campers have been home for just a couple of weeks, it is already time to start planning for next year. On behalf of the Goldring and Brooks families, the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana announced that the Goldring Jewish Summer Camp Experience and the RoseMary and Saul Brooks Fund for Jewish Youth Engagement will again offer incentive grants for next summer. The hope is that once children experience Jewish overnight camp, they will return and continue to build connections to the greater Jewish community, as well as Jewish values and practice. The Goldring Jewish Summer Camp Experience, funded by the Goldring Family Foundation and administered by JEF, offers one-timeonly grants of up to $1,500 to help families send first-time campers to nonprofit Jewish sleepaway camps. Children in grades one through nine who reside in Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle are eligible to apply. Established by JEF in 1999 and sponsored by the Goldring Family Foundation since 2001, the program has distributed grants for more than 1,630 children to attend Jewish summer camp since its introduction. The RoseMary and Saul Brooks Fund for Jewish Youth Engagement was re-launched in 2021 as an outreach initiative for children in small communities throughout Louisiana who do not have an immersive, daily Jewish experience because of their physical distance from synagogues, youth groups and other Jewish community events and activities. The fund provides grants of a minimum of $550 for up to 10 Jewish children to attend a Jewish nonprofit sleepaway summer camp annually. Eligibility requirements for both programs are available by clicking the “Youth & Camping” tab on the JEF website, jefno.org. Applications for both programs will be accepted starting Oct. 1, through March 1, 2022, to coincide with most camp payment schedules. Families will receive award notifications in midApril. JEF stated it is “pleased to administer two outstanding programs that not only help parents send their children to camp, but also give campers an immersive Jewish experience. Especially after camp closures in Summer 2020, Jewish overnight camps have proven to be a safe place for children to connect with friends and explore their Judaism.” For more information about camp grants, contact Debbie Berins at debbie@jefno.org.