The Charlotte Jewish News - June-July 2008 - Page 16
Jewish Family Services
Jewish Family Services Friends Campaign
Tzedakah in Action
You can be sure that every time
you read a story in the newspaper
about the price of groceries going
up 40% or gas prices rising again
or jobs being slashed, people in
our community are being affected.
And Jewish Family Services is
prepared to help.
A young woman needs new
tires for her car. Without safe tran
spiration, she has no way to get to
work to support her two children.
A one-time tzedakah loan gets her
back on the road.
A retired man going through a
bout of depression falls behind in
his bills when his disability claim
is denied. JFS steps in with the
cash to cover his utility bills just
before Piedmont Natural Gas and
Duke Energy would have cut him
off. With emergency monetary
help coupled with therapy and
perhaps a referral to a doctor for
medication or to legal services to
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contest the disability denial, spe
cial funding prevents a short-term
emergency from becoming a long
term crisis.
Perhaps a serious illness puts
the cost of replacing a conked-out
furnace out of reach. Maybe a hus
band loses his job just when his
wife is home on maternity leave.
These and any number of unantic
ipated scenarios can send a family
who already watches their pennies
and budgets carefully into a tail-
spin. It can happen to any one of
us.
Jewish families have a place to
turn when an unexpected blow to
the budget threatens to turn their
lives upside down. Oftentimes, it
only takes a few hundred dollars
to fill the gap and avert ongoing
financial crises.
This is where the money raised
during the JFS Friends Campaign
goes - to an organization dedicat
ed to serving as a resource for
friends and neighbors who need
help helping themselves, and in
fact may be seeking help for the
first time in their lives.
We all know that hunger tops
the list of the most serious prob
lems in a difficult economy.
Earlier this spring, the students of
Shalom Park, neighborhood busi
nesses, congregations and individ
uals filled our pantry with
Passover items so that Jewish fam
ilies could properly celebrate the
Passover. This fall, that same gen
erosity will prevail again for our
community with apples and honey
and challahs for Rosh Hashanah.
But hunger persists beyond the
holiday seasons.
We are certain that you share
the commitment to help our
Jewish friends and neighbors be
free from hunger every day of the
year. We are certain that you share
the commitment to ensure mem
bers of our community are able to
survive a short-term emergency
without losing their homes, their
cars or their self-respect. We are
Jeff Turk, chair, Friends Campaign
certain that you share the commit
ment to provide a safe harbor and
healing to those suffering loss,
depression and anxiety.
The Friends Campaign has a
face. Many faces, from many
walks of life. The board of Jewish
Family Services is asking all able
members of our community to
make a donation to the 2008 JFS
Friends Campaign. When you
become a Friend of Jewish Family
Services, you join a long tradition
of Jews taking care of Jews. L’Dor
V’Dor. We give not as an obliga
tion, but as a mitzvah. Your gift to
one strengthens many. Thank you
for participating in Jewish Family
Services Friends Campaign, for
being a partner in our mission and
a source of strength to our com
munity.
You can make your donation on
line at www.jfscharIotte.org or
mail your check to Jewish Family
Services, Friends Campaign, 5007
Providence Road, Suite 105,
Charlotte, NC 28226.
A Shout Out for Volunteers
Want a quick route to making a
difference? Become a Mitzvah
Maker for Jewish Family
Services. JFS is in need of drivers
to take clients to doctor’s appoint
ments, cooks to prepare tasty
home-made meals once a month,
administrative help and answering
phones in the office, senior out
reach - friendly visits and phone
calls. For more information,
call Susan Proctor, Volunteer
Coordinator, at 704-364-6594. 4*
Thanks for Mitzvah
Helping
A Big Thank You to the tem
ples, the Youth Soccer Team and
the individuals who responded
with such generosity to our recent
shortage in the food pantry. A spe
cial word of thanks to an amazing
ly efficient network of young
women who put the word out and
brought in results in record time.
As all food banks feel the pinch of
this economy, we and our clients
appreciate your continued gen
erosity.
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Cooks for
April
Jane Vatz Abel, Linda Babich,
Evelyn Berger, Ida Berman, Penny
Eisenberg, Iris Friedlander, Ruth
Goldberg, Katherine Goldstein,
Roberta Malickson, Diggie
Pesakoff, Linda Rothman, Peggy
Rovman, Ginger Snitz, Marcia
Stem