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The Charlotte Jewish News - January 2002 - Page 8 THE FOUNDATION OF SHALOM PARK Connecting Families Sustaining Tradition The Campaign to Expand and Endow Shalom Park JCC Indoor Pool Renovation Underway Thanks to a generous donation from The Leon Levine Foundation (Sandra and Leon Levine) the Barbara L. Levine Indoor Pool will undergo major renovations provid ing JCC members with a bright, new and inviting indoor swim facility. Beginning with a Pool Draining Party on December 8, this 8-12 week reconstruction and renovation is the next piece of the Shalom Park Expansion Project. Extensive ren ovation of the indoor pool will include: installation of new pool surface; lane markers and covered gutter system; new pool filter; chemical feeder and automatic fill spout (these improvements will increase pool efficiency and provide automated control of pool temperature and chemical bal ance); addition of air-conditioning and dehumidification systems; and other dramatic improvements to enhance the appearance and the performance of the pool. All in all, the indoor pool will be better than new. The Jewish Community Center of Charlotte is committed to its members’ needs and has arranged swim accommoda tions with Mecklenburg Aquatics Center and Charlotte Christian School during the 8-12 week interim period. Please contact Pat Daly at the JCC 704-944-6745. ^ We’re Underway... 2002 will bring: ^ New JCC tennis courts ^ Renovated JCC indoor pool ^ Groundbreaking for: • JCC Health & Recreation Facility • Temple Beth El/Charlotte Jewish Preschool Education Building • Temple Israel/Charlotte Jewish Day School Education Building Larry Lindsey, Webb/Clemonts, Pat Daly, JCC Aquatics Director, and Barry Schumer, JCC Athletic Director reviewing indoor pool plans. Barbara J. Irvine Indoor Pool Meiselman Family’s $300,000 Pledge Completes Levine/Sklut Challenge Grant $4 Million added to Campaign to Expand and Endow Shalom Park Carter Meiselman The Meiselman family, Carter, 31, Carole, 27 and their mother Jenny, has recently pledged $300,000 in memory of Ira S. Meiselman to the Campaign to Expand and Endow Shalom Park. This gift completes the $1 million challenge raised by the Charlotte Jewish community in response to the Levine/Sklut commitment. As a result, the cam paign will now receive an additional $3 million from the Levine Foundation and Levine and Sklut families. “We are delighted that our pledge can be so beneficial at this important time in the project,” said Carter Meiselman. The Meiselman family has requested that the new Health Facilities at Shalom Park be named in honor of Ira S. Meiselman, who passed away in February 2001. “The most important things to my dad were his family, the employees of Eastern Federal Corporation, his Jewish heritage and being physically fit,” said Carter Meiselman. “He exer cised every day, and would be happy knowing that this donation will benefit the community and will also help people lead healthy lives.” The Meiselman family has a long history in Charlotte, both personally and professionally through Eastern Federal Corporation, the family’s movie theater and commercial real estate business. Herman B. Meiselman emigrated to the U.S. in the 1930s from Austria, and opened his first Charlotte movie theater in 1948, the Manor Theater. One of Herman B. Meiselman’s closest friends from his earliest days in Charlotte was a young Harry S. Swimmer. The two families have remained close for much of the last 50 years, and Hairy was instru mental in orchestrating the Meiselman gift based on his long-standing relationship with the family. Herman B. Meiselman eventually handed the reigns of Eastern Federal Corporation to his son Ira, who ran the company for 35 years prior to his ill ness. Carter Meiselman, Ira's son, began his tenure as Chief Executive Officer upon his father’s death in Februaiy. Carter, who grew up here, but had been living and working in New York City until last year, has been impressed with the growth of the Jewish com munity here in Charlotte. “I want to see ChaiJotte, and specifically, Charlotte’s Jewish community, continue to thrive. I’m truly thrilled to be able to participate in the growth by contributing to the Shalom Park of tomorrow.” ^ Harry Swimmer
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