Live generously.
It does a world of good.

Your values inspire us. Your strength empowers us.  Your commitment is at the very heart of our community.

You are the Jewish federation: giving to others, taking responsibility, acting with loving-kindness.

Federation is your need to grow the community and its traditions for your children and your children's children. It's your need to provide both immediate comfort and long-term solutions ... to help heal the world, bringing dignity and opportunities where none existed before.  You are the Jewish federation. And your generosity does a world of good.

Please increase your gift to the Jewish federation annual campaign and endow your gift for future generations.
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The Needy
Federation and state cutbacks are just beginning to be felt. 350,000 American Jews live below the poverty line; another 500,000 live in low-income housing. Federation dollars help provide emergency cash assistance, food programs, low-income housing and job placement assistance.

$36 18 flu shots for the needy
$72 one month of hot meals at a community kitchen
$75 one career counseling session
$100  an art program for an autistic preschooler
$365  6-months of diapers for a low-income mother
$500 JCC membership for a needy family

problem} Many people are struggling to get ahead in today's economy.  The struggle adds stress and sometimes abuse.
Solution} This year, 350,000 Americans will get help from Jewish vocational services; another 1.7 million will take part in a federation-supported counseling program.
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The Elderly
A million North American Jews are over 65. The federation leads all humanitarian networks in providing a complete system of senior care. That includes services that let the elderly stay in their homes; adult day care, Meals-on-Wheels and respite care; assisted living and skilled nursing care all the way through to acute medical and end-of-life care.

$60 one day of care for a victim of Alzheimer's
$100 a personal alert monitor for a senior living at home
$150 one month of kosher Meals-on-Wheels for the homebound elderly
$365 one wheelchair
$365 one year of transportation to the doctor or pharmacy
$3300 a one-month subsidy over-and-above Medicaid for one Jewish nursing home resident

problem} One third of all elderly North American Jews live alone.
solution} The federation system is using your campaign dollars to leverage millions more in government grants to provide services to senior citizens who want to stay in their own homes.

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Israel
Unemployment in Israel is in double digits; new layoffs are reported nearly every month.  And it's particularly difficult for new immigrants and Ethiopian Israelis to find work.  The federation community is working with new and existing partners to provide long-term solutions. That includes educational programs and scholarship opportunities; job training and retraining; and new business loans. We're also working to extend the school day to free time for parents with children to take advantage of these opportunities.

$120 a 5-month Hebrew language class for a new immigrant
$365 one month of pre-school for an at-risk Ethiopian Israeli child
$850 one year of after-school activities for one Israeli child
$2750 one-year college scholarship for an Ethiopian Israeli
$5000 one year's rent & basic expenses for a new immigrant family
$7500 one dropout prevention program for 15 at-risk immigrant teenagers

problem} New immigrant teenagers are dropping out of high school at a rate much higher than other Israelis.
Solution} A federation-supported program is mobilizing 1,300 volunteers to individually tutor 1,450 students from the Ethiopian, Kavkazi and Bucharan immigrant communities. 

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The World
240,000 elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union turn to the federation community to provide food, winter relief and comfort.  36,000 Jews in Argentina receive supermarket debit cards, job retraining and/or mortgage subsidies.  In Central & Eastern Europe, we're helping to sustain Holocaust survivors and assist all Jews in reconnecting to their heritage.

$13  one food package in the FSU for an elderly shut-in
$51  a monthly food voucher for one Argentinean family
$120 medicine for an Argentinean newborn
$200 10-day Jewish camp experience for a teenager in the FSU
$500  a hearing aid for an elderly Jew in the FSU
$5000 85 winter-relief packages – blankets, fuel, clothing – in the FSU

problem}  In Argentina, more than 900 Jewish babies under the age of three live in poverty and face the possibility of undernourishment. 
solution} A new federation-supported program – Baby Help – provides medical and food assistance to babies, children and at-risk mothers.

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The Future
Federation is committed to securing the future of the Jewish community, through advocacy and education. Federation scholarships, subsidies and special programs help Jews of all ages and affiliations engage in Jewish life. They also defray the high cost of being Jewish, which can include $10,000 for day school, $1000 for synagogue membership, $700 for summer day camp, and $500 for family membership at the JCC.

$72 one "Tot Shabbat" program at the JCC
$365  tuition at an after-school Jewish studies program for a teenager
$700 a one-week Jewish summer camp scholarship
$1000 a stipend for Jewish day school teacher to study in Israel
$2000 a trip to Israel for one teenager
$8000 a one-year Jewish day school scholarship

problem} Jewish students are struggling to fight Anti-Semitism on their college campuses. 
solution} More than 400 federation-supported Hillels and other programs are giving them the tools.

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The federation community represents an extraordinary network of domestic and overseas agencies and partners – all supported by your gifts to the Jewish federation's annual campaign and endowment program. 

Overseas Partners

The Jewish Agency for Israel impacts thousands of Jewish lives every year.  The Jewish Agency's partnership with the federation community makes it possible to bring Jews home to Israel on aliyah, to give them hope for a better future. Our partnership provides educational programs, youth villages, and a broad array of opportunities for higher education for young immigrants struggling to make a life in this new dynamic country.  The Jewish Agency's partnership with the federation community provides dignified, enriching living environments for senior citizens.  It strengthens Israel's periphery and empowers weaker populations, by connecting Israeli and Diaspora communities through Partnership 2000.  And together, we develop and enhance Jewish Zionist education in communities in North America and around the world.

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, with financial support from the federation community, sponsors programs of relief, rescue and renewal and help Israel address its most urgent social challenges.  Whenever and wherever a Jewish community is threatened, JDC offers rescue. For Jewish communities in distress, JDC offers aid.  Since the fall of communist regimes, JDC has been helping European communities rebuild Jewish life. JDC  provides assistance to the State of Israel as it addresses the social service needs of  children-at-risk, struggling immigrant populations, the elderly and the disabled. And in times of crisis – natural disasters, war, famine – JDC offers aid to non-Jews to fulfill the Jewish tenet to repair the world.

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Live Generously
It does a world of good.