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The Charlotte TEWiai ‘T®WS
Vol. 5 No. 11
Charlotte, North Carolina
December, 1983
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Foundaton Groundbreaking — Dec* 11
Stan Greenspon
The Charlotte Jewish
Federation unanimously
elected Stan Greenspon its
new president at the annual
meeting on Nov. 21 at Temple
Beth El.
Greenspon immediately
assumed his role and extend*
ed his thanks on behalf of the
board and the entire communi
ty to Richard Klein for his
work as president during the
last two years.
Also elected unanimously
were Ron Katz, first vice presi
dent; Ruth Goldberg and Bob-
bi Bernstein, vice presidents;
John Pransky, secretary and
Allan Oxman, treasurer.
Elected to three-year terms
on the board were Herman
Blumenthal, Don Bernstein,
Harry Lemer, Simon Estroff,
Renee Gorelick, Mike Schreib-
man, Bennett Lyons and
Aaron Glieberman. Elected to
fulfill unexpired terms of
departing board members
were Lynn Scheffer, Stuart
Schwartz and Paul
Putterman.
Prior to being elected'
Federation president,
Greenspon served as vice
president for five years. He
has been chairman of the
Allocations Committee for the
past three years and chairman
of the Men’s Major Gifts and
the Men's Campaign for three
years. The Greenspons are
members of Temple Israel and
the JCC. They have been ac-
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— In The News —
Together We Arc
Groundbreaking for the new Community Project wiU be held
Sunday, Dec. 11, from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
“The moment for which we have all worked so hard has ar
rived,’" said Alvin Levine, president of the Foundation. ‘*Now
is the time for everyone to join in the celebration of this historic
event.” .
Plans for the day have been announced by Alan Blumenthal,
chairman pro-tem of the Foundation Public Relations
Committee.
AU those attending are to gather in the parking lot of the
Church of Christ on Providence (4900 Providence Road) at 1:30.
From there a parade will be held to the site where the formal
ceremonies will take place.
“This is a family affair just as the facilities will serve the en
tire family,” said Blumenthal. “But, the excitement of the day
is not just for the children. Everyone wiU thrill to the marching
band, colorful ceremonies and spectacular surprizes.”
The groundbreaking will mark the start of the extensive site
work to be done in preparation for the final construction.
According to BUI Gorelick, chairman of the Building Com
mittee, “The many different sub-committees are back, hard at
work going ov^ the detailed drawings of the new facility. They
are examining and making recommendations on everything
from wall surfaces and electric outlets to major structural
details. Having so many people with so man^^ different areas
of knowledge has been invaluable in designing the plans.”
Commencement of work on the physical facilities was made
possible by the completion of the work on the joint venture
agreement and lease by the President’s Council as convened by
Mark Bernstein. The more than 65 pages of documents have
taken almost SV2 years to complete. They represent the work
of over 25 presidents and officers. Their usefullness to other
Jewish communities has already been proven when one Texas
city had a copy picked up by special messenger to help them
in their long-range planning.
Among the many highlights on Dec. 11, representatives from
all aspects of our Jewish conomunity will light a specicd
menorah. This menorah was construct^ out of bricks rescued
from the JCC fire and cleaned by our Jewish youth groups.
Youth Director
Hired For JCC
After three years of
dedicated and capable service,
Cary Bernstein has resigned
from her position as Youth
Director for the JCC. (See
story on page 6.) Dana
Endsley Klein has been
selected to replace Cary.
Dana received her formal
training at Edison College,
Princeton, NJ, where she
received a BA in social
sciences with specialization in
psychology in 1981. She has
had undergraduate studies at
UNC-C and extensive course
training in sign language,
hearing and deafness at Cen
tral Piedmont Community
College. Her special skills are
in the areas of counseling, pro
gram design, managerial and
organizational skills and
employee relations.
Her past work experience in
cludes being Coordinator of
Administrative Services for
Psychologicals Limited and
Union Limited. She has also
served as Facilitator of off the
Campus Learning Center at
CPCC where she coordinated
self-paced classes, instructed,
counselled and trained fellow
employees, served as assistant
House Coordinator in the
Parent Preparation Program
at the Florence Crittenton Ser
vices, developed a sununer
recreation program for
neighborhood children while
with the Mecklenburg County
Mental Health Center, Super
vising Director for the Teen
Program and Adult Club at
the Center for Human
Development and assisted in
teaching mentally handicap
ped pre-schoolers while at the
Center.
Super Sunday December 4
Our People Are On The Line
•••
On Sunday, Dec. 4, 70
volunteers make more
than 1,300 phone calls to
members of the Jewish com
munity to ask for pledges for
the 1984 Campaign.
The community goal for the
1984 Federation/United
Jewish Appeal Campaign is $1
million. The Women’s Division
is working toward $100,000 of
that. The Men’s Division,
under the co-chairmanship of
Ron Katz and Stan Greenspon
is preparing to meet its
$900,000 target with four
special events in December,
one of them being Super
Sunday.
“Through letters and cards
and through this newspaper
we have tried to help everyone
understand how their pledge
touches lives including their
own lives and those of their
family and friends,” said Wen
dy Rosen, one of six co
chairpersons of the event.
Another co-chair, Steward
Scher said, “I began as a
volunteer just to help make
calls but as I leamed the facts
I needed to make those calls,
I realized I was calling to ask
people to support things that
were very important to me and
my life and to all of our lives.
“What would this communi
ty be without the JCC, the
Academy or Social Services?
Would any of our futures be
secure without an Israel on the
world scene or a Blumenthal
Home when we need a place
for a loved one or for
ourselves?”
Stuart Schwartz, another
co-chair said, “It’s not easy
making calls for pledges. But
easy has nothing to do with
necessary. I have been invc^v-
ed for three years and I have
seen a change in the way peo
ple respond on the phone.
Super Sunday is part of the
community calendar People
respect it and accept it and
respond. I only wish everyone
could feel the sense of dedica
tion and the warmth in the
room that comes from having
so many of those called say
thank you for getting in
touch.”
The three other co
chairpersons for the event are
Elliot Sanderson, Ellie Katz
and Marilyn Shapiro. Shapiro
said moving the event from
January to December was an
important one.
“So many of those pledging
responded with immediate full
or partial payment that we felt
it was important to move the
event into December to give
those mcddng pa3mtient8 the
tax benefits for 1983,” Shapiro
said. “As a professional book
keeper I can say that the
record of payment of pledges
to the Campaign is something
we can all be proud of.”
SUPER SUNDAY II - Dec. 18
There are some people we
would like to talk face-to-face
with about the 1984 Cam
paign,” said Mike Schreib-
man, co-chair for Super Sun
day II. The idea behind this
phase of the Campaign is to
have 20 teams of men each
visit with eight different in
dividuals at their homes dur
ing the course of that one day.
No visit will exceed 30
minutes.
“This way, 120 men can be
visited,” said Simon Estroff,
the event’s other co-chair. “It
provides a chance for us to
answer questions and help
people understand the needs.
We wish we could visit
everybody in person this way
and perhaps in the future that
will become our goal — a per
sonal time for talking
together.” Telephone calls will
be made the week of Dec. 4 to
set up appointments with the
120 designated individuals for
Dec. 18. Both Schreibman and
Estroff agree that Super Sun
day II is an imp(nlant concept
in the campaign.
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