The Charlotte Jewish News - June/July 2002 - Page 1S
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2002 Friends Campaign: Essential to the Future of JFS
As a member of Charlotte’s
Jewish community, you have like
ly been contacted by Jewish
Family Services to pledge your
support for the agency’s Annual
Friends Campaign. You may ask:
Does my donation really make a
difference? And where exactly
does the money go?
Now more than ever, the sup
port of the community ensures the
future success of JFS. A major por
tion of the agency’s operating bud
get is funded through the generos
ity of contributors to the Friends
Campaign. The demand for JFS
services is at an all-time high, and
program costs continue to go up.
In 2001, JFS assisted more than
2,000 families and individuals-
nearly double the number served
the previous year. There was a
28% increase in counseling ses
sions for children, families, and
older adults. Visits to the JFS Food
Pantry increased as well, rising
from 350 contacts to over 500 dur
ing the past year.
The money raised through the
Friends Campaign helps to fund all
of these essential programs and
services. With a sufficient budget,
the trained and licensed staff of
JFS can continue to serve Jewish
individuals and families in need,
regardless of clients’ ability to pay.
Donations from the community
keep many programs and services
alive and well. Among them:
* Food Pantry: In times of cri
sis, individuals may access the
pantry for food, toiletries, and
other necessary items for day-to-
day living.
* Meals on Wheels: JFS deliv
ered 250 home cooked meals to
needy families and individuals last
year.
* Jewish Connection: Through
visits and outreach, this program
enables homebound individuals
and residents in senior facilities to
remain actively connected to the
Jewish community.
* Family Life Education
Workshops: Programs touch on
such vital topics as parenting ado
lescents, caring for aging parents.
Jewish Family Services Board Members
Do you have questions about the Friends Campaign, or about any
of the programs and services available through JFS? Don’t hesi
tate to contact a Board Member for inforrnation.
2002 JFS BOARD OFFICERS:
Jeff Turk. Chair; Amy Mullen, Co-Chair; Brett Goodman.
Treasurer; Marilyn Tuckman. Secretary: Alan Goldberg.
Past Chair
BOARD:
Alan Aron. Jeanette Blanco, Andrew Bodenheimer. George
Cronson. Paul Edelstein. Donna Emerson. Adrienne Gossett.
Michael Jaffa. Judy Kaufmann. Maity Kelso. Alan Kronovet.
Audrey Madans, Elly Ostrow. Mark Rosen. Lynne Sheffer. Randy
Sperling, Janice Weiner, Lynda White
Donations to JFS in April
BIRTHDAYS
To Cynthia Abrams from Ruth
and Alan Goldberg.
Belated to Anita Bluinenthal
from Joan Gordon.
To Margi Goldstein from Ruth
and Alan Goldberg and Aileen and
Sam Polk.
In honor of the 90th of Jeanette
Kaplan from Myrtle Goldstein.
To Gerry Litwak from Evelyn
and Leonard Berger, Marilyn and
Harry Swimmer, and Jinny and
Lewis Holtzman.
In honor of George Schneider’s
birthday from Mary and Les
Gordan, Renee and Joseph
Steiner, Audrey Madans, Marilyn
and Mike Tuckman, and Florence
Jaffa.
To Barbara Sussman from Ruth
and Alan Goldberg.
In honor of the birthday of
Mike Wolfson from Tammy and
Andy Cohen.
HONORS
In honor of Rhoda and Bernard
Manton on their 50th anniversary
from Esther Frank, Rose and Herb
Weisman, Pearl and David Fink,
Margie and Ben Liebstein, and
Arline Dobken.
In honor of the bar mitzvah of
Esther Frank’s grandson from
Rose and Herb Weisman.
In honor of Lenora Stein from
Judy Kaufmann.
In honor of the birth of Jack
Besnoy. grandson of Sandra and
Ralph Besnoy, from Heidi and
Michael Rotberg. and Marilyn and
Mike Tuckman.
In honor of Ruth Goldberg's
being honored by the Federation
for her years of volunteer work in
the Charlotte Jewish community
from Judy and Milton Tager. Nora
and identifying the factors that
lead to teen violence.
* Community Tzedakah Loan
Fund: Last year, JFS processed 32
loan requests for emergency finan
cial assistance with rent, utilities,
burial costs, and medical fees.
* A new Speaker’s Bureau pro
gram advances the goals of JFS
through presentations to agencies
and organizations.
* Support groups on parenting,
bereavement, and divorce.
* A new Domestic Violence
counseling program.
* An emergency “on-call” pro
gram for crisis counseling calls
after hours.
This is only a sampling of the
JFS programs and services avail
able to families in need.
Charlotte’s Jewish community has
recognized the value of JFS, and
has helped the agency attain its
Campaign goal year after year. In
these uncertain financial times,
when many non-profit organiza
tions suffer severe budget cuts and
often must close their doors, it’s
especially important to keep JFS
operating at the level on which
clients have come to depend.
Consider your donation an
investment in an insurance policy.
We never know what tomorrow
may bring, and we never know
when we may need assistance,
either emotional or financial.
When we “insure” that JFS will be
here in the future, it’s a smart long
term investment.
This year’s Friends Campaign
goal is $150,000, and it can be met
with community-wide support.
Through contributions large and
small. JFS donors make a state
ment: each life is sacred, and eveiy
individual and family deserves the
chance to be self-sufficient.
Kol Tisrael Araveem Ze L’Ze.
All Israel is responsible for each
other.
In the event that you have not
received a call from JFS volun
teers or have misplaced your
pledge card, please call the JFS
office at 704-364-6594 to make
your donation pledge today. A list
of all donors will appear in
Charlotte Jewish News later this
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4400 Sharon Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28211
(704) 364-7982
Carolina Place Mail
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Pineville, NC 28134
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Wolf Audrey Madans. Marilyn
and Mike Tuckman. Judy and
Steve Kaufmann.
In honor of the bat mitzvah of
Julia Slade from Ruth and Alan
Goldberg.
In honor of the consecration of
Judith Cohen from Tammy and
Andy Cohen.
In honor of Max Cohen's grad
uation from the Consolidated
High School of Jewish Studies
from Tammy and Andy Cohen.
In honor of the birth of Jack
Bryce Besnoy, grandson of Sonni
and Ralph Besnoy, from Marilyn
and Mike Tuckman.
SPEEDY AND COMPLETE
RECOVERY
To Brenda Meltsner from
Florence Jaffa, Evelyn and
Leonard Berger.
To Marilyn Shapiro from Judy
and Milt Tager.
To Linda Roochvarg from Mary
and Les Gordan.
To Donald Jacobs from Ruth
and Alan Goldberg.
To Alene Straus from Ruth and
Jerry Hannes.
To Walter Klein from Gerry
Litwak.
To Michael Tuckman’s mother
from Marcelle and Allan Oxman.
To Marilyn Tuckman’s father
from Marcelle and Allan Oxman.
To Ruth Solomon from Evelyn
and Leonard Berger.
To Vivian Leibowitz from
Evelyn and Leonard Berger, and
Audrey Madans.
To Gerald Menakcr from Janet
and Sol Jaffa, znc Sally and
Manny Rosenfield.
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