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The Charlotte Jewish News - May 2016 - Page 9 (Harrison and Annie Lord are among the 337 individuals and families in our community who have created 697 unique legacy gifts to support its fu ture. Please take the time to read their story and thank them for their generosity. It is our hope that you will be inspired and encouraged to join them to help sustain our Jewish com munity by creating your own Jewish legacy.) By Annie Lord Harrison and I come to Judaism from opposite ends of the Jewish spectrum. Harrison and his sisters were the only Jewish kids in Har nett County, North Carolina. His parents, both from New York, worked hard to keep their Jewish identity strong. The whole family was active in their synagogue in Raleigh; his father even served as president of the eongregation. The drive to temple was an hour each way, but for years they were there three times a week. Building and maintaining a Jewish community has always been a priority for his family. On the other hand, I wasn’t ac tive in any part of Miami, Florida’s Jewish community. My mother was a southern Jew from Montgomery, Alabama and my father was bom to Russian Jewish immigrants in Boston, Massachu setts. Both grew up engaged in their Jewish communities; but in a city the size of Miami, Jews seemed to be ever-present creating less need to search for community. It wasn’t until I joined NFTY (North American Federation of Temple Youth) in high school that I started learning more about Ju daism. My involvement in NFTY took me to Camp Coleman as a counselor where I met Harrison. Our Jewish Community’s Newest Legacy Gifts We thank the following individuals/families who have recently in formed our community, through Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community (FCJC) or one of the ten Create Your Jewish Legacy com munity partners, that they have created a legacy gift to support the fu ture of Charlotte’s Jewish community or added an organization to their legacy plan. There are now 337 individuals/families throughout our Jewish community who have included a local Jewish organization in their legacy plans creating 697 unique legacies. Charlotte’s Jewish community now has estimated future gifts of more than $24 million. We welcome our newest donors into our community’s Book of Life Society: Anonymous (1) Anthony and Brooke Amo Susan P. Bessey Barry H. Brodsky Arlene and Gary (OBM) Davis Loren Leah Gelber Harry Lerner David and Brenda Levin Lisa and Fred Shporer Ruth Ann and Tom Smith Shalom Park was a major fac tor in our family’s move to Char lotte. We moved here and promptly got involved. We be came members of the JCC. Our children started out at the Char lotte Jewish Preschool. We joined a temple, where our children at tend religious school and Annie became a Bat Mitzvah. After Har rison’s parents and grandmother moved to Charlotte, we were grateful for Jewish Family Serv ices’ offerings. Most recently, Harrison’s grandmother joined his grandfather in the Hebrew Ceme tery. In almost eight years of in volvement, we have seen just how much it takes to keep the commu nity balanced. So, we both work on committees, sit on boards, and volunteer every year for Federa tion’s Super Sunday. We want to do everything we can to keep Charlotte’s Jewish community thriving. We can’t imagine Charlotte without Shalom Park; we want this special place to be around for every Jew who ar rives in Charlotte. The Create Your Jewish Legacy program of fered us the perfect opportunity to give beyond our current means, and even beyond the time when we are physically able. With this final act of tzedakah, we hope to leave a Jewish legacy, not only for our community, but as an endur ing example for our children. ^ Create Uout^ewish OLe^ac^ An FCJC program (Bxrwnve/vcva£ Free Estimate Bonded & Insured 980-819-4088 CLEANI where Cleaning Is Fit For A King. 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