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Community Focus Jewish Happenings Jewish Interest Israel & the Jewish World Commentary Focus on Youth Life Cycle
2 Federation awards $43,150 in religious school scholarships
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Volume 46, Number 8
You have the vote!
By Fran Braverman and Howard Tevlowitz, Federation Executive Director
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he mission of The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee is: “To strengthen Jewish life and identity in our community, provide for Jewish people in need, and promote support for Israel.” In order to advance the achievement of that mission each and every day, we carefully select the projects to which we grant money, the programs we run, and the organizations with which we partner. It is through your personal donation – and the donations of thousands of members of our community – to The Jewish Federation that we are able to provide services of such breadth and depth in Sarasota-Manatee, in Israel, and throughout the world. Through the generosity of an anonymous donor, we have the opportunity to grant $20,000 to a project that responds to identified needs in our local Jewish community. Our leadership met to discuss a number of local projects that directly support our Federation’s mission. Below are three projects that our leadership determined would satisfy the donor’s wish and would have the greatest impact on pressing local needs: 1. Emergency financial assistance for Jews in need in Sarasota-Manatee. These funds would be administered by case workers at JFCS, and given to Jewish families/individuals who require critical assistance with rent, food, utility payments and more. 2. Aging in place for Holocaust survivors in Sarasota-Manatee. It costs $4,000 per year to
provide four hours of weekly light housekeeping services, medicine management, and food shopping assistance to a Holocaust survivor in his/her own home. These services allow the homebound elderly to stay in their homes, as opposed to being relocated to an assisted-living facility. 3. Subsidies for high school students in SarasotaManatee attending Jewish youth conferences. These funds would be earmarked to provide subsidies of up to $500 per student to attend educational and leadership conferences sponsored by BBYO, NFTY, USY and Chabad. Funds would be distributed by The Federation using a process similar to those used for overnight camp incentive grants. Now it’s your turn! As a Federation donor, your opinion is very important to us. Please tell us which of these projects you feel is most deserving of this grant. To vote and express your choice, visit www. jfedsrq.org/grantpoll. You have until September 1, 2016, to cast your vote! All three projects are very worthy of support, but we would like you, our donors, to choose the one that most resonates for you. For more information on this voting opportunity, please contact Kim Mullins at 941.552.6300 or kmullins@jfedsrq.org. For more information about our Federation’s development efforts, contact Ilene Fox at 941.343.2111 or ifox@jfedsrq.org.
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