Vol.41, No. 4
Adar M-Nisan 5779
April 2019
The Power of Women
Passion, Purpose, and Pie: it’s Never Too Late to Pursue Your Passion
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Thursday, April 11, 7:30 PM at the
Sam Lerner Center for Cultural Arts
The Jewish Federation’s Women’s
Philanthropy engages Jewish women in
the fulfilling work of making the world
a better plaee. We are building and sup
porting Jewish life for today and for
generations to eome. Our eolleetive
philanthropy enriches our own lives
while improving the lives of others. To
celebrate the generosity and power of
women in our community, Women’s
Philanthropy invites you to join us for
our annual Spring Event on Thursday,
April 11. This event recognizes women
who make a minimum gift of $180 or
more the Jewish Federation’s Annual
Campaign. Pearl Society Co-Chairs,
Staci Mond and Elizabeth Ren, are
co-chairing this event, which features
Cathy Barrow, a serial careerist, award
winning food writer, and pie maker.
Cathy will share her journey of how
over the years she has redefined herself
and her career, proving that it is never
too late to pursue your passion. She will
also reveal the delicious new food trend
of slab pies, from her newest book Pie
Squared.
Tickets are $36 and can be purchased
online itwww.jewishcharlotte.org
For inore infonnaiioii contact Ilati'a
Toch, Development Associate, at ilana.
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Women’s Philanthropy
Leadersip Team
Dale Polsky, Chair
Sara Kulbersh and Meredith Baumstein,
Lion of Judah Co-Chairs
Melanie Brown and Debra Van Glish,
Pomegranate Society Co-Chairs
Staci Mond and Liz Ren,
Pearl Society Co-Chairs
Jill Halverstam, Lisa Strause Levinson,
Debbie Porter, and Marisa Zeibert
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Federation Campaign Team Captains Are Making an Impact
The Jewish Federation of
Greater Charlotte raises and dis
tributes funds to support and en
rich the lives of Jews locally, na
tionally, in Israel and worldwide.
While our local Jewish commu
nity is growing, the opportuni
ties and challenges to affect more
Jews throughout our region of the
Carolinas are increasing rapidly.
To fulfill the promise of these op
portunities, Federation is being
asked to fund more - from both
our community’s current Jewish
agencies and new organizations
and initiatives that are launching
every year. Over the past decade.
Federation has doubled the num
ber of agencies and initatives it
funds.
This year. Federation has re
structured its Campaign Cabinet
- the core group of volunteers
that partner with Federation staff
to provide our Jewish commu
nity with the resources we need
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to grow and thrive. The Cabinet
consists of three Teams: The Ask
Team is responsible for secur
ing gifts to Greater Charlotte’s
Jewish community through Fed
eration’s Annual Campaign; the
Connect Team builds Charlotte’s
Jewish community by having
conversations with community
members about Federation’s im
portant work; the Thank Team
expresses gratitude to the Jewish
community’s generous donors -
at every level of giving.
Federation’s Campaign Cabi
net is led by five Team Captains -
Gail Baron, Eliza Carney, George
Cronson, Zach Gerger, and Lisa
Strause Levinson. CJN sat down
with them for an interview recent
ly-
CJN: Please describe your
Team’s role in your own words.
George Cronson: Our team is
here, as we are every year, to ask
our generous donors to continue
to support our important work
and to enlighten others about
what the Federation does and to
ask them to walk with us in our
mission. We ask for increases so
that we can continually support
our growing community.
Zach Gerger: With the new
system in place, I see this “Ask
ers” as the stimulus piece to the
puzzle of the pledge. While the
interaction between the cardhold
er and donor is primary I see the
role as providing the stimulus and
supportive team to help get the
job done.
George Cronson, Eliza Carney, Lisa Strause Levinson, Gail Baron, and Zach
Gerger
Gail Baron: The Connect
team is essentially a group of
Federation messengers. We have
created a more systematic way
of connecting with people that
either don’t know about the great
work of Federation, or may want
to know more. We have been do
ing this for years, but not in an
intentional way, with a cadre of
committed people who will have
meaningful conversations with
various folks and report back to
our campaign team on how we
can better engage the greater
charlotte community in our mis
sion.
Eliza Carney: The Connect
team serves to create dialogue
around and surface the many
ways that Federation impacts the
Jewish community, and to pres
ent opportunities for community
members to deepen their connec
tions with the Jewish community
as a whole.
Lisa Strause Levinson: The
Thank team’s job is to reach out
to as many donors as we can and
take a few minutes to express
our gratitude to our donors for
the support to the Federation’s
annual campaign. Thank team
members have made phone calls,
written personal notes and emails
trying to reach donors. To date,
we have personally thanked al
most 500 donors.
CJN: What impact do you per
sonally feel that Federation has
on the community?
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