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This message has 821 words, and will take about three to four minutes to read. 1) Jewish Federation is a strong manifestation of core Jewish values of tzedakah (charity), g’milut chesed (acts of loving kindness), and kol arevim ze’bazeh (all Jews are responsible for one another). The core of our Annual Campaign is focused on a process through which one Jew asks another Jew to help a third Jew neither of them know. You can magnify that by more than 300 volunteers reaching out to thousands of community members, to help literally tens of thousands of people here in our community and around the Jewish world. 2) Jewish Federation is effective. As I shared last week, The Vancouver Sun ranked Jewish Federation one of the top 20 BC charities. When you read the article, you will see that we have among the lowest fundraising and administrative costs compared with the other charities on the list. Thank you to our volunteers who play a vital role in Jewish Federation’s success! 3) Our impact is both broad and deep. Our 25 local constituent agencies reach thousands of members of our community, providing meaningful services, meeting social and educational needs, and connecting people with Jewish life, culture and community. 4) We help you respond to Jewish needs that you could never reach on your own. Through the Joint Distribution Committee we are helping care for more than 160,000 impoverished seniors in the former Soviet Union, and there are 70 other countries around the world where JDC is active with our support and on our behalf. 5) We build community partnerships and coalitions to tackle needs that no one institution can address on its own. A key approach to our work is convening networks of service providers. On any given day in our offices you might find the day school principals of our community meeting together, or the camp directors, or representatives of agencies serving senior adults, or those working with youth. 6) We help foster our community’s deep relationship with Israel through our extraordinary partnership with the Upper Galilee Panhandle, through our deep philanthropic impact in Israel, and by convening our own community to celebrate and commemorate important events related to Israel, such as Yom Ha’atzmaut and Yom HaZikaron. 7) We are the biggest tent the Jewish community has. Through the Federation process, hundreds of community volunteers engage in governance, fundraising and committee activity - and they represent all walks of Jewish life and expression. And when the community needs to gather together at moments of crisis, it is Jewish Federation that serves as convener. With a focus on unity, but not uniformity, we celebrate the diversity and breadth of our community. 8) We take the long view, through our Planning Council’s work on identifying and closing service gaps in our community, and through the Jewish Community Foundation’s gift planning work with donors to build a philanthropic legacy for our community. 9) Our work is your work, and we couldn’t do it without you! Thank you to the almost 3,000 donors who have already made their gifts to support our community through the 2012 Annual Campaign. If you haven’t yet made your gift, act now to be counted in. Make a secure online gift here or call us at 604.257.5100. Ensure payment by December 28th to receive your 2012 tax receipt. |
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