Membership

As of this writing, we have welcomed 57 new families to our congregation. They represent a diverse group including families, associates, young families with children, singles, those who are retired and empty nesters. We have a total of 501 family member units as of the writing of this report. We also have 5 new families who have committed for the 2017-2018 new fiscal year.

On September 23rd, we held a Wine and Cheese reception for New and Prospective Members before Shabbat services. It was the perfect opportunity to invite those who have an interest in Temple Shalom and Welcome Members who had joined since July 2016.

On November 6th we held our annual Cabaret Night with Jebry and Company. Everyone who attended had a wonderful time and rekindled friendships, danced, schmoozed and had wonderful desserts.

In January, we held our Pot Luck Dinner before our New Member Shabbat service. It is always a huge success and brings everyone together to share Shabbat. Rabbi Miller and Cantor Azu did a special blessing for our New Members and everyone felt very special.

This year we welcomed 45 SeasonalAffiliates, which included renewals and many new ones. In February, we held a pot luck dinner for our SeasonalAffiliates and it was very successful. It made them feel a part of our One Family. Rabbi Miller and CanorAzu did a blessing for the SeasonalAffiliates during Shabbat services. This program is a wonderful way to have families join us during their time in Naples.

We are still meeting and greeting on Friday nights and we encourage the visitors to wear name tags so we can greet them at the Oneg Shabbat. We also ask our visitors to sign in at the welcome information table so we can email them. A follow–up is made, which is appreciated by the visitor.

Our name tags have been very successful and we keep up to date on new members and new seasonal affiliates.

I want to thank you the members of the committee: Jan and Shelly Whitman, Mark Malone, Nancy and Jack Wiadro, Gene Helfand, Debbie Zvibleman, Susan and Joel Pittelman, and Tussy Shnider.

A very special thank you to Jeanette Fischer, Alicia Browner, Randi Butterworth, Maxine Gould and Victor Lucas and his staff for their help during the year. Another thank you to Rabbi Miller, Cantor Azu, Dr. Anna Salomon, Seyla Cohen and Debbie Zvibleman for their continued support.