An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Charlotte
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Vol. 37, No. 7
Av-Elul 5775
August 2015
LARGEST CAMPAIGN IN JEWISH FEDERATION HISTORY
Annual Giving Total = $3J62J92 as of July 13, 2015
The last pledge eame in at
11:55 PM on June 30 - five min
utes to spare to seeure a $35,000
Matehing Gift from The Leon
Levine Foundation and meet the
largest Annual Giving Goal in the
history of the Jewish Federation -
$3,700,000.
“The suspense was killing me,
but I went to sleep. Of eourse, I
was up with the birds to eheek.
These last few days have been
wild. They showed me we have an
ineredibly eommitted team. Thank
you all,” said Holly Levinson,
President.
In an email to the Federation
Board and Campaign Leadership,
Alison Lerner, 2015 Campaign
Chair, said: “We reached our goal!
With minutes to spare before the
midnight deadline to receive the
Levine Match, our Board, our
Campaign Team and many of our
passionate donors stepped up,
made calls, made donations, and
made this happen. Thank you all
for your dedication, your time,
your energy and your money. This
Jewish Federation
OF GREATER CHARLOTTE
THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE.
THE POWER OF COMMUNITY,
$3,762,792
as of July 13, 2015
WAS RAISED BY
1600 donors and 183 campaign volunteers
was truly a team effort and an in
credibly inspiring one for me. I
am grateful to be a member of this
wonderful community.”
Thank you to all of our gener
ous donors and volimteers for
their gifts of time and resources
for the 2015 Campaign. We appre
ciate the entire 2015 Campaign
Team for its extraordinary efforts
in completing, meeting and ex
ceeding the 2015 campaign goal
of $3,700,000. We also applaud
the efforts of our 2014-2015
Board of Trustees for its leader
ship and encouragement during
this campaign.
Special thanks go to Alison
Lerner, 2015 Campaign Chair;
Tracy Brown, Major Gifts Chair;
Adrienne Gossett and Dale Pol-
sky. Lion of Judah Co-Chairs; Jill
Halverstam and Stacey Schanzlin,
Pomegranate Society Co-Chairs;
Zach Schwartz and Julie Sheffer,
Impact 365 Co-Chairs; Marcie Ja
cobs and Jeff Turk, Super Sunday
Co-Chairs; Gail Baron, Risa
Miller and David Van Glish,
Chairs of the Campaign Teams;
and Rich Osborne, Chair of Fed
eration’s Create a Jewish Legacy
Team.
2015 Campaign Highlights:
A matching gift pool of
$80,000 was secured to motivate
donors to make new and increased
gifts. We thank Howard Levine,
The Leon Levine Foundation,
Larry Schwartz, and Eric and Lori
Sklut for their vision and philan
thropic leadership - their match
ing gifts inspired our community
to reach an extraordinary goal.
Other highlights include:
* six new or recovered Major
Donor Families ($10,000 per
household)
* six new or recovered Lions of
Judah ($5,000 to Women’s Philan
thropy)
* 38 new “Create a Jewish
Legacy” donors
* Increased gifts outnumbered
decreases 3:1.
* Team competitions encour
aged solicitors to complete their
cards in a timely manner and to
meet face- to-face with commu
nity members.
To learn more about how you
can volunteer for the 2016 Cam
paign, please contact Sue Littauer.
Director of Development; or Tair
Giudice, Director of Outreach and
Engagement, at the Federation of
fice: 704-944-6757; sue.littauer@
jewishcharlotte.org or tair.giu-
dice@jewishcharlotte.org. ^
Jewish Federation
OF GREATER CHARLOTTE
Former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to Headline The Echo
Foundation Annual Student Dialogue and Awards Gala
Former Federal Reserve Chair
man Ben Bernanke will be hon
ored at The Echo Foundation 17th
Annual Awards Gala with the first
Levine Medal For Life on Thurs
day, September 17 at the McGlo-
hon Theater at Spirit Square.
He will also have a dialogue
that morning with area high
school students - one for which
they will be well prepared.
More than 2,500 area students
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will soon begin studying a cur
riculum - a collection of articles,
interviews, videos, study ques
tions and more - created by nine
high school Echo student interns
with guidance from area banking
professionals and university pro
fessors. Student Interns are chosen
each year based on their interest in
the subject matter, their dedication
to excellence in education, and
their commitment to making a dif
ference.
The curriculum is available at
no charge to individuals, schools,
and organizations via the Echo
website.
The Echo Foundation chooses
area students each year to build a
curriculum that focuses on world
humanitarians and global leaders.
Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of
Partners in Health, and Echo Hon
orary Chair and Nobel Peace Prize
winner Elie Wiesel have been the
focus of past curricula. This aca
demic year, the focus is on
Bernanke and the power of eco
nomics to shape democracy.
The 17th annual project in
cludes a dialogue with some 700
students from Charlotte area pub
lic, private, and home schools
scheduled for September 17 at
9:30 AM at Myers Park High
School. Participating students will
study the curriculum to prepare
for Bemanke’s visit.
“The link between finance and
humanitarianism may not be
immediately evident,” said
Stephanie Ansaldo, The Echo
Foundation president. “But with
out a stable economy, people suf
fer. Ben Bernanke helped reduce
the impact of the global financial
crisis in 2008. Without his vision
and leadership, the impact could
have been far worse.”
The students who developed
the curriculum make the lessons
entertaining. They get to compile
the information they find interest
ing. In addition to the weighty
economic matters the curriculum
covers, there are fun facts about
Bernanke. For instance, it is sel
dom reported that he won the S.C.
state spelling bee when he was 11.
There is also a section on per
sonal financial literacy for teens,
including sections on credit
scores, the power of compound in
terest and avoiding fraud and
scams.
Since 1997, some 736,000 stu
dents have been exposed to
Echo’s mission through its pro
grams that promote fighting
against indifference. Many stu
dents who have participated in
Echo projects have pursued ca-
Ben Bernanke
reers in science and medicine, the
arts, education, social activism
and in the nonprofit sector. Last
year. Echo provided approxi
mately 22,000 students with the
opportunity to study its curricu
lum and program materials.
The Annual Echo Award Cere
mony will be at 6 PM on Septem
ber 17 at McGlohon Theater.
Bernanke will deliver the keynote,
and awards will be presented im
mediately following his remarks.
Bernanke will accept the inaugu
ral Sandra and Leon Levine
Medal For Life Award.
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