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Congregation Ohev Shalom (COS) |
Congregation Ohev Shalom is a warm, traditional, conservative congregation committed to providing a full spectrum of services for all ages and families. The synagogue facilities include an Education Department with 20 classrooms, media center offering a large audio-video library, youth lounge and sanctuary and social hall.
The congregation offers Religious School for kindergarten through seventh grade. Congregation Ohev Shalom also offers family programs and parent education workshops, including Hebrew study, Adult B’Nai Mitzvah, Torah study and reading, conversion and Scholar-in-Residence program.
The synagogue also offers a Sisterhood and Men’s Club, Seniors Club, Adult and Youth Choir, Ma’Asim Tovim Committee, as well as United Synagogue sponsored Youth Programs: Olim (4-5 Grade), Kadima (6-8 Grade), and USY (9-12 Grade).
Congregation Ohev Shalom proudly operates the only Mikvah in Central Florida, which is open to the entire Jewish community for both conversion and family purity purposes. Ohev Shalom also operates and perpetuates its own cemetery on Old Winter Garden Road in Orlando.
Endowment amount: open
Annual dues provide core funding for every aspect of synagogue life. Various dues levels allow synagogue members certain privileges. Endowing dues through the creation of a Perpetual Annual Donation Endowment (PADE) ensures that members enjoy synagogue life during their lifetime and after for future generations to enjoy.
Endowment amount: $400,000
More than 100 COS youth in fourth – twelfth grades take part in youth groups aimed to provide socialization, religious, cultural, educational and various community mitzvah projects every year. The groups meet once or twice per month providing an informal way for Jewish teens to learn and grow together. Endowment will provide for a youth advisor and offset any additional programming costs currently being paid by the students to participate.
Endowment amount: $300,000
For more than eight years, COS has touched the lives of more than 4,000 people in the community. The multi-day community-wide session features a prominent Jewish thinker and/or leader examining contemporary issues aimed to stimulate thought and encourage action. The seminar offers something for every generation. Endowment will provide for the operating expenses of the annual project.
Endowment amount: $200,000
This three-program series would provide a yearlong musical series at the synagogue celebrating the major Jewish festivals appealing to all generations involved in synagogue life. Endowment will provide for all costs related to concert series.
Endowment amount: $200,000
The 16-week course, held at COS twice per year, has served more than 150 couples since its inception 10-years ago. The course helps inter-faith, unaffiliated and COS members gain a stronger understanding of the Jewish heritage, its rituals and customs. Basic Hebrew is also taught to help participants gain confidence to follow and lead regular prayer services to enhance the religious ritual experience. Endowment will provide for operating expenses of the project including scholarships for participants, book and related curriculum costs, and Hebrew tutors.
Endowment amount: $200,000
The inter-generational, 18-month program provides an extensive education about prayers, rituals and other key areas of Jewish life. Participants meet twice per week to learn how to lead a prayer service, recite Torah and Haftorah. Many students are looking to gain further spiritual enlightenment, experience what a Bar/Bat Mitzvah is like, or wish to add deeper meaning to their own child’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah through participation. Many who have taken the program have gone on to be key leaders of COS.
The Adult B’Nai Mitzvah program, led by the rabbi and cantor, offers both formal and informal education through hands-on learning. This provides COS members with the skills and knowledge to enhance their Jewish experience. The course has served more than 120 people since its inception 12-years ago. Endowment will provide for operating expenses of the project including scholarships for participants, all book and related curriculum costs, and Hebrew tutors for participants.
Endowment amount: $200,000
Jewish singles of all ages are seeking a relaxed and fun environment to meet, learn and worship. Endowment will allow COS to continue and expand its current singles programming. By offering monthly activities to singles, COS will develop better relationships among singles in a venue where real life issues facing singles can be discussed through a Jewish context. Endowment will provide operating support for the effort.
Endowment amount: $200,000
COS provides regular social and informal Jewish educational experiences for families and youth ages toddler through high school. These creative, hands-on and interactive programs are designed to educate families about Jewish life and encourage them to develop their own Jewish family values together.
Innovative programs include the Shabbat Shindig on Friday nights, Tu B’ Shevat and Lag B’Omer picnics for families, the Torah Tots on Shabbat mornings and Jewish story hour for preschoolers. Endowment will provide for all supplies, materials and resources to provide these programs throughout the year.
Endowment amount: $100,000
In honor of the 20 or more teens who take part in a Bar/Bat Mitzvah at the synagogue, the endowment will provide a tefillan other ritual items for members of the synagogue.
Endowment amount: $100,000
For more than 25 years, the synagogue has provided for an intergenerational adult choir that typically performs four to five times annually. Particularly during the High Holiday services, the choir adds depth to the services. Endowment will provide annual scholarship to afford the part-time choir director.
Endowment amount: $100,000
Each year an average of 11 COS kids from 10-15 years of age receive partial scholarships from COS to attend a one- or two-month summer camp experience providing the teens with Jewish lifelong learning and leadership development through integrating experiential learning and living with an atmosphere of friendship. Activities include aquatic sports, outdoor hiking, Judaic lessons and performing arts activities. Endowment will provide annual scholarship for eligible COS teens.
Endowment amount: $100,000
Children with learning, physical and emotional impairments require individual attention to ensure that their learning keeps pace with children that are their peers. A part-time instructor helps students get the attention they need. Endowment will provide for salary support of the special needs instructor.
Endowment amount: $60,000
Every year for the last 10 years, more than 10 COS teens enrolled in eighth – twelfth grades have received full scholarships from COS to take part in the weekly Beit HaMidrash program. During the school year, Jewish teens meet to develop lifelong friendships, enhance their Jewish identity and deal with society problems facing teens today in a supporting and fostering Jewish environment.
Through Beit HaMidrash, teens further their understanding about the Jewish faith and its teachings through the program that helps to prepare them for college and young adult life. Seniors of the class take part every year in a mission to Washington, D.C. where they meet with representatives and political figures to learn firsthand about issues facing the Jewish world today. Endowment will provide annual scholarship for eligible COS teens.
Hebrew Day School |
The Hebrew Day School of Central Florida offers a progressive environment of educational excellence for children in grades kindergarten through seventh grade. The Hebrew Day School is a bicultural day school where the emphasis is on bringing out the maximum potential in each child.
The atmosphere of the Hebrew Day School is open, warm and individual. The curriculum combines the best of the American and Jewish cultures. The result is a well balanced, mutifaceted child. The Hebrew Day School is accredited by the Florida Council of Indeoendent Schools and the Florida Kindergarten Council. It is a member of the Jewish Day School Community Network.
Endowment Amount: unlimited
Gifts of this nature provide for ongoing support to maintain HDS facilities, provide student scholarship and ensure that a quality formal and informal Jewish education are provided for the future success of tomorrow’s leaders.
Endowment Amount: $250,000
Athletics teaches participants the value of competition, teamwork, and good physical health. Endowment will provide HDS athletic program support through helping to subsidize the costs of team uniforms, entrance fees for league play, officiating costs and transportation to various sports events. Today, HDS offers boys baseball and soccer and girls softball and soccer.
Endowment Amount: $100,000
Endowment will provide for regular field trips to local art organizations in Central Florida enhancing HDS student’s exposure to various art forms and cultural expression furthering the lessons taught in the HDS classroom.
Endowment Amount: $100,000
Endowment will provide a temporary musical artisan to lead educational sessions in the HDS classroom. The artisan will lead students through an educational journey featuring different genres of musical expression. This first-hand experience is aimed to encourage students to further their own personal journey into the field and gain further personal appreciation for the many types of music available today.
Endowment Amount: $100,000
A temporary artisan will lead an educational experience exploring the many types of visual arts and expression in the HDS classroom. Endowment will underwrite this effort.
Endowment Amount: $100,000
Students use the HDS Library for their Jewish and secular studies. The interactive library combines new technologies with volumes of valuable reference materials and books to offer students the resources needed to further their educational endeavors. Endowment will provide for new materials and technology in the library to ensure the best resources are available for each student’s educational success.
Endowment Amount: $100,000
Students use the HDS Science labs for experiments and demonstrations in their school assignments. Science challenges students to think creatively and in a disciplined manner to achieve success in understanding how the world they live in works. Endowment will provide for materials and technology to maintain a state-of-the-art facility.
Endowment Amount: $100,000
Formal and informal Jewish educational experiences provide both parent and child with an opportunity to bond and learn together. Endowment will provide for a regular educational series for various generations to learn and grow together through a unique blend of hands-on activities.
Endowment Amount: $100,000
Endowment will provide for annual resources to maintain the arts or musical opportunities offered to HDS students during the school year. Endowment support will provide for supplies and replacement of items allowing HDS not to increase tuition to pay for these annual expenses.
Endowment Amount: $100,000
Endowment will provide for annual operating dollars to offset the costs of maintaining prayer books, torah portion copies and other items related to the religious activities offered to students at the HDS chapel. Endowment support will provide for maintenance and repair of items allowing HDS not to increase its tuition to pay for these annual expenses.
Endowment Amount: $100,000
Recognition and continuing education for HDS educators ensures that cutting-edge curriculum and instruction can be provided to every HDS student. Endowment will provide an opportunity to recognize valuable HDS teachers and provide them with professional development opportunities that will further their abilities to provide the best educational experience for students.
Jewish Community Center
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The JCC promotes welfare of the Jewish community by providing recreational, cultural, social and educational activities. The JCC serves more than 20,000 people of all ages and diverse economic, social and religious backgrounds every year in Maitland and South Orlando. It allocates approximately $200,000 in scholarship to families annually.
Some of the many programs, services and activities the JCC provides include its Early Childhood Education Center (ECE). The ECE operates year-round child and teen programs with a nationally accredited summer camp along with frequent programs for every age group. The Sports and Wellness Center of the JCC offers an expansive fitness center, aerobics room, outdoor pool and children’s playground.
Endowment amount: unlimited
These endowments are most needed because they allow the JCC to allocate monies where there is greatest need.
Endowment amount: $800,000
Singles men and women of all ages is the one of the largest population in greater Orlando looking fro programs and activities that will engage them into the community. A variety of social, recreational and educational events will be offered throughout the year to meet the needs of all singles.
Endowment will ensure that a full-time staff person is available to develop, coordinate and implement programming for single adults of all ages in greater Orlando.
Endowment amount: $800,000
Involving every age, gender, and family situation in a variety of social, recreational and educational Jewish life is the role of the JCC marketing and outreach coordinator.
Endowment will ensure that a full-time staff person is available to develop, coordinate and implement marketing and outreach for individuals and families in greater Orlando.
Endowment amount: $800,000
Involving Jewish teens in a social setting offering a nurturing informal educational environment providing activities which evoke a sense of Jewish identity and community pride is the role of the full-time teen coordinator.
Endowment will ensure that a full-time staff person is available to develop, coordinate and implement programming for young adults throughout the year.
Endowment amount: $800,000
This full-time position will teach parenting classes to child guardians looking for innovative ways to balance the hectic rigors of personal and professional life while providing a nurturing environment for their young children. The director will also aid in the daily activities of the JCC nursery.
Endowment will ensure that a full-time staff person is available to develop, coordinate and implement programming for parents and young youth throughout the year.
Endowment amount: $600,000
Any child enrolled in the ECLC may demonstrate “exceptionalities” or special needs in socialization, attention, comprehension and learning. Identifying and developing coping skills for children facing these types of special needs early in life helps to ensure future successful child development.
The endowment will provide for a guidance counselor skilled in child development and social work. The counselor will with parents and teachers to identify and monitor children demonstrating exceptionalities, provide referral service to certified clinicians specializing in a specific need area of the child, and coordinate a team approach between clinician parent, ECLC staff to assist in implementing a care plan that will help the child overcome development barriers. Currently, the ECLC guidance counselor is working with 20 children.
Endowment amount $500,000
Every November for the last 10 years, the JCC hosts the latest in greatest in Jewish books of all genres along with a fun and enlightening speaker about a current topic of interest. The popular event typically sees hundreds attend each year. The annual Book Fair is a hallmark event at the JCC offering a unique way to unite community together.
Endowment will provide for all costs associated for the event and provide subsidy to ensure moderate ticket prices for attendees ensuring that everyone in the community might attend.
Endowment amount $500,000
For more than 15 years this celebration of the best in Jewish arts, culture and entertainment remains a hallmark program at the JCC. Hundreds attend the programs annually to enjoy the best in entertainment by Jewish artists of any discipline.
Endowment will provide for all costs associated for the mini-series and provide subsidy to ensure moderate ticket prices for attendees ensuring that everyone in the community might attend.
Endowment amount: $260,000
Throughout the year professional conferences are held that provide JCC staff with new and enhanced techniques to further the organization’s community programs and services. Details about the various opportunities to help JCC staff through education are available upon request.
Endowment will underwrite the cost to send JCC staff to professional development conferences and workshops.
Endowment amount: $200,000
Local teenagers between the ages of 13-16 compete with fellow teen amateur athletes from around the globe annually in this Olympic-style competition organized by the national JCC. The informal Jewish education event fosters healthy competition and friendships between Jewish youth. Last year, more than 6,500 teens took part in the games with ten teens representing Orlando’s Jewish community.
Endowment will underwrite all local coaching, scheduling and coordination of the games. Partial scholarships will also be available for Orlando teen athletes to help defray registration, uniform and travel costs.
Endowment amount: $200,000
The “Giant Steps” program offers children ages 3-5 a variety of four or five-week, one-two hour sports programs aimed to develop gross motor (large muscle groups) and perceptual skills, improve balance, promote group interaction and teamwork, enhance concentration, and provide introductory knowledge of the basic rules of sport. More than 100 kids participate annually.
Endowment will underwrite all participant training, program equipment costs and offer some scholarship to participants.
Endowment amount $200,000
Youth age 8-17 meet twice a week year-round in this organized youth basketball program aimed to provide socialization, recreation and team building skills. More than 50 youth participate annually in the program that meets once for practice and once for a game against another team of peers.
Endowment will underwrite all program coordination including referees and equipment. Some scholarship will be available.
Endowment amount: $200,000
The nine-month one-hour after-school weekly session is for youth in kindergarten through seventh grade. A variety of specialized sports are taught teaching children and early teens self-discipline and healthy competition. Each youth receives individual attention that ensures every child accomplishes its own personal goals within their own ability level. More than 100 children take part in the program every year. The academy offers a recreational outlet for latchkey children who are also receiving service at the JCC.
Endowment will provide about 100 children annually full scholarship.
Endowment amount: $200,000
This one week camp offer girls and boys between the ages of 4-16 years of age an opportunity to learn and develop their basketball abilities with a current or former Orlando Magic basketball player. The five-day camp offers participants with both team and individual instruction in a relaxed and fun environment promoting individual improvement in all facets of the game. More than 120 kids participate annually.
Endowment will provide full scholarship to 120 youth annually to take part in the program.
Endowment amount: $200,000
Children, infant to four years of age, enrolled in the 40-week preschool program often demonstrate “exceptionalities” or special needs in socialization, attention, comprehension and learning. Identifying and developing coping skills for children facing these types of special needs early in life helps to ensure future successful child development.
Endowment will provide subsidy for professional counselors to work both with parent and child to help the youth overcome exceptionalities. The counselor will also “shadow” the child while at the ECLC to work one-on one in skill building activities while augmenting the learning experiences offered through the center.
Endowment amount: $125,000
This one week camp offer girls and boys between the ages of 4-16 years of age an opportunity to learn and develop their basketball abilities with a current or former Orlando Magic basketball player. The five-day camp offers participants with both team and individual instruction in a relaxed and fun environment promoting individual improvement in all facets of the game. More than 120 kids participate annually.
Endowment will underwrite all camp coordination and pay for related program costs while offering discounted admission fees.
Endowment amount $120,000
Throughout the year, working parents and/or caregivers have the opportunity to attend workshops on a variety of child rearing topics suited for any age. The intimate setting and convenient meeting times offer working parents personalized attention and are hallmarks of the initiative.
Once a year, programming includes a daylong lecture with breakout sessions about related educational seminars. This community education underscores the other regular programs offered to the community about new and innovative methods to raising children in today’s society. Past seminar topics include how to effectively discipline a child, fostering a healthy family environment, building a Jewish sense of community and tradition within the family fabric.
Endowment will underwrite all initiative coordination and pay for related program costs while offering discounted admission fees.
Endowment amount: $120,000
The “Giant Steps” program offers children ages 3-5 a variety of four or five-week, one-two hour sports programs aimed to develop gross motor (large muscle groups) and perceptual skills, improve balance, promote group interaction and teamwork, enhance concentration, and provide introductory knowledge of the basic rules of sport.
Endowment will provide 100 youth a full scholarship annually.
Endowment amount $400,000: Four endowments at $100,000 each
More than 4000 youth take part in swimming programs at the JCC each summer. Boys and girls ages 4-12 attend a three-month swim course that teaches youth basic to intermediate swimming strokes, water safety, some simple first aid and CPR available. Certified swim instructors teach all water safety courses.
Endowment will provide 35 full scholarships for youth to gain swimming instruction annually.
Endowment amount $100,000
Pre-school through ten years of age children can take part in a variety of in-house JCC cultural experiences providing exposure to a variety of artistry including puppetry, dance, singing and dancing. Many of the cultural experiences offer interactive activities furthering the cultural experience. This program provides the foundation for future appreciation and involvement in the arts for children to become well-rounded young adults.
Endowment will provide a yearlong series of programs for the children enrolled in any ECLC program without cost to the child.
Endowment amount $100,000
For more than 10 years the four-week, eight-event summer camp for the elderly continues to be a popular summertime activity. Trips to Florida coast, arts and cultural events or festivals and other activities provide recreation and socialization for the community’s aged. More than 40 take part in the camp annually.
Endowment will provide for subsidy all costs related to the camping experience including transportation, staffing and entry fees.
Endowment amount $100,000
Youth age 8-17 meet twice a week year-round in this organized youth basketball program aimed to provide socialization, recreation and team building skills. More than 50 youth participate annually in the program that meets once for practice and once for a game against another team of peers.
Endowment will provide a partial scholarship to underwrite 25% of all program fees for 50 youth annually.
Endowment amount: $100,000
Child drowning is the single highest killer of youth in Central Florida. For more than 20 years, the JCC has offered to boys and girls ages 4-12 a three-month swim course teaching youth basic to intermediate swimming strokes, water safety, simple first aid and CPR. More than 4000 youth take part in the swimming program at the JCC each summer. Courses are also available for parents with small children so both generations can learn basic CPR and water safety. The JCC provides a safe, friendly and convenient environment for parents and youth to learn water safety while offering still other recreational activities on its campus.
Endowment will provide certified instructors and equipment necessary to teach water safety. Partial scholarship will also be available to defray the registration program costs.
Endowment amount: $100,000
The annual event brings a nationally known speaker to lecture and lead workshops to teach parents and/or caregivers with children of any age about innovative methods of child rearing.
Endowment will cover all seminar coordination and pay for related program costs while offering discounted admission fees.
Endowment amount: $100,000
Each year more than 40 families and 120 kids take part in the family camp experience during a long weekend. The camp over the last ten years has provided a recreational activity for every generation to come together and enjoy hiking, biking, fishing, arts and crafts, wagon and horse riding, campfire sing-a-longs and a variety of planned sports games.
Endowment will provide 40 full scholarships to families (two adults and two children) annually.
Endowment amount: $100,000
The nine-month one-hour after-school weekly session is for youth in kindergarten through and seventh grade. A variety of sports are taught teaching children and early teens self-discipline and healthy competition found in sport. Each youth receives individual attention that ensures every child accomplishes its own personal goals within their own ability level. More than 100 children take part if the program every year. The academy offers a recreational outlet for latchkey children who are also receiving service at the JCC.
Endowment will provide all equipment and highly skilled and trained professionals to teach the sports programming. Some scholarship will also be provided annually.
Endowment amount: $100,000
Thousands every year watch the weekend Jewish film series celebrating the best in drama, comedy, romance and documentary Jewish filmmaking. For the last four years, the film series has worked in partnership with the Enzian Theater.
Endowment will underwrite the costs of the film festival and provide some subsidy to ensure that the attendee costs remain minimal.
Endowment amount: $100,000
The annual holiday fair hosted the last ten years at the JCC offers a festive and fun way community members can enjoy Chanukah through intergenerational entertainment and games. In addition, the fair offer an opportunity for attendees to view and purchase exciting and new gifts perfect for giving at the Chanukah.
Endowment will underwrite all program costs associated with the fair and provide some subsidy to ensure that the attendee costs remain minimal.
Endowment amount: $100,000
Each year the JCC holds an annual event recognizing community volunteers for their efforts to strengthen JCC. The event provides likes refreshment and awards to important volunteers who have an impact in the programs/services.
Endowment will underwrite all program costs associated with the event.
Endowment amount: $100,000
Each year the JCC improves its technology for daily operations including its student computer lab, website and office equipment. The student computer lab is updated regularly and serves as an invaluable resource for students to use to complete homework assignments as they wait to be picked up by their parents. Technology also helps JCC staff to operate more efficiently and productively while helping to disseminate information about programs and services offered at the JCC.
Endowment will provide annual income to ensure that the latest technology is available for the JCC members and staff.
Endowment amount $600,000: Six endowments at $100,000 each
Each year the JCC uses operating funds to ensure that its facilities are attractive and in good upkeep. Below are the various areas of interest available for endowment:
Early Childhood Learning Center
Grounds and Beautification
Sports & Wellness
Youth Services
Senior Center
Theater and the Arts
Endowment will provide annual income to ensure the quality of particular areas of the JCC facility be maintained at the highest level. In addition, endowment will ensure that JCC operating dollars can be used for greater programs, services and activities.
Endowment amount $1,800,000: Eighteen endowments at $100,000 each
Currently, each year the JCC awards more than $1.8 million in full and partial scholarship to individuals and families helping them afford the costs of having children take part in the JCC nursery school. These scholarship dollars come from a variety of community sources including the United Way, Jewish Federation, private and corporate contributions. Annual allocations for JCC scholarship are decreasing but the need increases.
Endowment will provide financial resources to provide annual scholarship to individuals, families and youth who are unable to afford the full cost of JCC membership, programs, services and activities within the nursery.
Endowment amount $800,000: Eight endowments at $100,000 each
Currently, each year the JCC awards more than $800,000 in full and partial scholarship to individuals and families helping them afford the costs of having children take part in the JCC summer camp. These scholarship dollars come from a variety of community sources including the United Way, Jewish Federation, private and corporate contributions. Annual allocations for JCC scholarship are decreasing but the need increases.
Endowment will provide financial resources to provide annual scholarship to individuals, families and youth who are unable to afford the full cost of JCC summer camp programs and activities.
Endowment amount $500,000: Five endowments at $100,000 each
Currently, each year the JCC awards more than $500,000 in full and partial scholarship to individuals and families helping them afford the costs of having children take part in the JCC youth programming. These scholarship dollars come from a variety of community sources including the United Way, Jewish Federation, private and corporate contributions. Annual allocations for JCC scholarship are decreasing but the need increases.
Endowment will provide financial resources to provide annual scholarship to individuals, families and youth who are unable to afford the full cost of JCC youth programs, services and activities.
Endowment amount $500,000: Five endowments at $100,000 each
Currently, each year the JCC awards more than $500,000 in full and partial scholarship to individuals and families helping them afford the costs of having children take part in the JCC. These scholarship dollars come from a variety of community sources including the United Way, Jewish Federation, private and corporate contributions. Annual allocations for JCC scholarship are decreasing but the need increases.
Endowment will provide financial resources to provide annual scholarship to individuals, families and youth who are unable to afford the full cost of JCC membership, programs, services and activities.
Endowment amount: $60,000
The two-day weekend conference looks to unite single Jewish people socially, culturally and emotionally. Programming includes a community havdalah service, dance and keynote address from a recognized speaker with related breakout sessions about topics of interest to single Jews.
Endowment will cover all conference coordination and pay for related program costs while offering discounted admission fees.
Endowment amount: $50,000
Each year more than 40 families and 120 kids take part in the family camp experience during a long weekend. The camp over the last ten years has provided a recreational activity for every generation to come together and enjoy hiking, biking, fishing, arts and crafts, wagon and horse riding, campfire sing-a-longs and a variety of planned sports games.
Endowment will cover all program costs and provide some scholarship annually.
Endowment amount: $50,000
Each year more than 150 women of all ages gather for an educational brunch to regarding women’s issues.
Endowment will pay for speaker costs and some subsidy to ensure affordability for attendees.
Endowment amount: $25,000
Endowment amount: $25,000
Endowment amount: $25,000
All three of these annual community events help unite the community during special moments in Jewish life. Each event separately looks to bring people together regardless of age, economic standing, social and/or religious movement affiliation every year around each holiday.
Endowment will cover the cost of all Jewish Holiday programming and pay for related program costs while offering discounted admission fees.
Endowment amount: $25,000
This monthly program for the Jewish community offers people of all ages and relationship with an opportunity to experience the traditions of the Jewish faith in a relaxed and comfortable social environment. The program provides a wonderful way for people to connect to the organized Jewish community and become involved.
Endowment will cover the cost of all programming and pay for related program costs while offering discounted admission fees.
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For more than 10 years, the community theater project unites multiple generations to work, learn and perform together in a variety of popular theater productions. Community players perform contemporary, classic, dramatic, and comedic and romantic plays three times annually. More than 2500 people attend the amateur theater productions annually. Typically, each show is performed six times or more.
Endowment will provide for all costumes and related production costs for the community theater players three-community performances.
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Every year, the benefit production involves more than a thousand community members for one night of amateur variety show performed by community members for the pleasure of community members.
Generations of all ages perform comedy skits, musical recitals, dramatic readings, singing, dancing, fashion shows and much, much more.
Endowment will underwrite the costs of the community theater project and ensure that money raised for the event will be used to provide scholarship JCC programs and services.
Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando (JFS) |
For more than 25 years, JFS has served the Jewish and non-Jewish community. Today, JFS serves more than 5,000 families annually. The agency offers older adult and volunteer services, individual and family counseling, educational programs, resettlement services, emergency financial assistance and a community food pantry. JFS provides vital programs like group therapy for depression and anxiety, support services for children and families experiencing trauma, and family life programs for the entire community. JFS is the Jewish community’s central resource for those seeking assistance for basic human and emotional needs and where they can receive compassion and aid to improve their quality of life.
Endowment amount: unlimited
These endowments are most needed because they allow the JFS to allocate monies where there is greatest need.
Endowment amount: unlimited
Demand far outweighs the amount of subsidy JFS can provide to low-income families seeking financial assistance to pay rent, utilities, medications, and other basic human needs. More than $200,000 is provided annually to individuals and families. Additional resources are needed to help people secure the finances, receive counseling and develop coping skills to rebuild their lives.
Endowment will ensure that subsidies for basic human needs are available to financially qualifying community members.
Endowment amount: $1,000,000
Building and enriching family life for adults and children through adoption services is a new program JFS hopes to establish through endowment. JFS will work to place a child in a loving permanent home. Through extensive home visits with potential parents, evaluations are used to help decide fitting and permanent adopted child placements. JFS will work in cooperation with other state and international agencies on a case-by-case basis.
Endowment will ensure that subsidies for staff and adoption costs are available to qualifying community members.
Endowment amount: $500,000
Volunteers are the heart and soul of JFS, and its ongoing community efforts. Each year, JFS provides over 6,000 hours of volunteer services to assist people in need throughout the greater Orlando area. Volunteer activities for the elderly include friendly visitations to the homebound, transportation assistance or companionship for shopping and medical appointments. The Teen Council and B’Nai Mitzvah projects are venues for younger volunteers to help the community. Volunteers also provide assistance with clerical and pantry duties.
Endowment will ensure that all volunteer outreach, recruitment, training, placement and recognition will be coordinated, forever benefiting communal agencies and members.
Endowment amount: $500,000
These programs help families strengthen relationships in a step-family setting, counsels single parents and offers advice and reflection to couples considering marriage. Helping people cope with the feelings of loss and depression after a relationship ends is just one example of the family life counseling provided in this endowment.
Other programs include “Love Sessions” which looks at ways spouses can energize and strengthen their marriage. Esteem and Stress Management courses are also available to help people develop coping styles to ensure that relationships within the overall family dynamic flourish even when other life influences occur. Each program develops a dialogue among participants to improve communication and develop relationship-enhancing techniques to build bridges to provide for a more meaningful family life.
Endowment will provide course subsidy for participants with a highly trained professional.
Endowment amount: $200,000
This collaboration and outreach effort is designed to use a group format to educate and support women of all ages. It’s “Ask the Expert” workshops feature a volunteer expert speaker to help women who want more information and support as they prepare for and manage challenging times in their lives. Topics include, but are not limited to, health and healing, aging, legal and financial concerns, relationships and personal growth, home and car repair and technology.
“Woman to Woman” focus groups include monthly Rosh Hodesh groups. These spiritual and bonding gatherings, held to celebrate the Festival of the New Moon, are held at more than one location.
Endowment will subsidize program coordination costs including educational resources, materials and supplies.
Endowment amount: Twelve endowments at $150,000 each
Every month, more than 100 one-hour counseling sessions are provided to individuals and families. Everyday stresses can be overwhelming and lead to a break down in an individual and/or family’s emotional foundation. JFS’s mental health counselors, clinical social workers, marriage and family experts and other certified JFS therapists help clients identify goals and barriers while working together to learn effective ways to respond to life challenges. Personalized counseling is typically offered in areas of parenting, interpersonal relationships, changing family dynamics, stress management, depression and anxiety.
Endowment will ensure that counseling services and subsidies for service are available to community members in need.
Endowment amount: Fifteen endowments at $100,000 each
The challenges facing children and their families today are met through the KidsKonnect program that provides free, in-school support groups for children of divorce. The program began in 1999 with start up funding from the Orlando Sentinel Family Fund and has grown to serve 40 public schools each year.
The program has helped children feel better about themselves and their families. Parents report that after participating in the group, their children have a better understanding about the family situation, can express feelings more easily and handle problems with increased positive ability. Teachers also report more positive behaviors in the classroom, such as decreased anger outbursts, attention and fewer crying spells.
Most importantly, the children themselves express gratitude for being able to talk to someone about problems, learn that other kids have divorced families too, and to know that they did not cause the divorce.
Endowment will ensure that counseling services and subsidies for service are available to community members in need.
Endowment amount: Ten endowments at $100,000 each
This divorce support group service for children assists more than 600 children ages 5-12 involved in divorce every year. Trained counselors hold confidential small group sessions at JFS to help children understand divorce and cope with feelings of anger, frustration, worry, loneliness and sadness that may result from the breakup of their family. Through the use of age appropriate therapeutic techniques, KidsKonnect helps to rebuild the child’s self-esteem and teach positive ways to express feelings in order to help them adjust to their parent’s separation or divorce. Parents are encouraged to join in the child’s healing process by attending a parent workshop that provides support, education and information on how to help their children cope with divorce.
Endowment will subsidize the cost for 280 participants every year. Each participant will receive a voucher to attend eight sessions of the KidsKonnect program.
Endowment amount: Twelve endowments at $100,000 each
Every month, licensed social workers currently provide 40 sessions to elderly individuals or their families having difficulty with the life transitions of an older adult. Counseling, support and assessment are provided at no cost or on a sliding fee scale to help choose appropriate care for short and long term care. Counseling and case management are offered to improve end-of-life care, coping with death and dying, bereavement and grief, and other changes associated to aging.
Endowment will ensure that counseling services and subsidies for service are available to community members in need.
Endowment amount: $100,000
The frail elders served by the Older Adult Services program are coping with difficulties related to physical and emotional isolation, depression, loss of independence and family conflicts. Counselors assist with easing some of their pain by making regular visits to offer emotional support and caring.
Bereavement Support and Caregiver Support groups provide a place of comfort to those who need to learn practical coping strategies as well as feel less alone in the difficult situations they are facing. Yad l’Hesed, Jewish Hospice Program, runs in collaboration with Hospice of the Comforter. The program focuses on meeting the needs of patients and families coping with life limiting illnesses. Training and support to the hands-on caregivers so they feel comfortable in the homes of Jewish families in our community is provided.
Endowment to this program will provide additional psychosocial services to these families by a Jewish counselor and provide a rabbi to assist with a patient’s spiritual needs at end of life. Endowment will also ensure that counseling services and subsidies for service are available to community members in need.
Endowment amount: $100,000
It’s not uncommon for individuals or families to go through difficult times. Asking for help can sometimes be awkward. Volunteer JFS Family Advocates are there to be confidential liaisons to help community members secure financial subsidy to enable participation in Jewish culture and education. Organizations JFS works with include the Hebrew Day School, Beit Hamidrash, the Jewish Community Center (preschool, aftercare and daycamp) and area synagogues. Volunteer financial advisors are also available to help clients develop sound family budgets.
Endowment will ensure that funds are available to be allocated to those most financially in need without a recipient’s having to repay the subsidy provided.
Endowment amount: $100,000
More than 40,000 meals are provided to hungry families and individuals within the Orlando community, regardless of age, sex, race, religion or place of national origin every year. Annually, volunteers deliver more than 100 kosher holiday meals to elderly and homebound clients living in the Orlando area.
Holiday Connection meal deliveries are provided for Rosh Hashanah, Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas, Purim, Passover and Easter.
Endowment will ensure that food, on an emergency basis, and holiday meals are available to those in need in the greater Orlando area.
Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando (JFGO) |
The mission of JFGO is to promote Tikun Olam, justice in an imperfect world, to enhance the Jewish community's eternal links with the State of Israel, and to provide financial and human resource assistance to Jews in need wherever they are - in Central Florida, in Israel and throughout the world.
JFGO supports efforts to strengthen Jewish identity; promote positive relations with the community at large; plans and coordinates with its constituent agencies based upon the needs and priorities of the community; develops and educates leaders; raises funds for the Jewish community for the short and long term; allocates funds according to the Jewish community's needs and priorities established through it's decision-making process.
Endowment amount: unlimited
These endowments are most needed because it allows JFGO to allocate monies where there is greatest need.
Endowment amount: $3 million
The full-time professional will assist area educators in Jewish education curriculum development and programming. In addition, the professional will provide educational resources through lesson plans, activities and programs that will allow local Jewish educators to enhance their efforts in the religious and day schools. Planning and conducting continuing education seminars for area Jewish educators will also be a principal responsibility of the professional.
Endowment will help subsidize the programs making them free or at substantially low-cost to ensure maximum community participation.
Endowment amount: $2 million
The full-time professional will coordinate and develop all Israel-based programming and activities for the greater Orlando Jewish community. The Shaliach is an Israeli citizen stationed in a host community for two years. The goal of the Shaliach is to further the understanding and commitment that a local Jewish community has for the people, land, history and culture of Israel. This is accomplished through educational and interactive programs throughout the year. The multi-faceted activities are aimed to appeal to multi-generations.
The Shaliach program has been used for many years in other Jewish communities throughout the United States with great success. The Shaliach program has in other communities created a new awareness about Israel and its importance in Jewish life. It also has promoted increased travel, trade, business and educational exchanges from the host community to Israel.
Endowment will help subsidize the programs making them free or at substantially low-cost to ensure maximum community participation. Endowment will provide the salary support and related expenses of the professional.
Endowment amount: $1 million
This annual program for contributors of the Jewish community offers an opportunity to learn about community needs, understand how annual contributions are making a difference in the Jewish world and enjoy an evening of education and entertainment. The program provides a wonderful way for people to connect to the organized Jewish community and become more involved.
Endowment will make the monthly program free of all by subsidizing program costs including meals and admission fee.
Endowment amount: $1 million
Provides an incentive for Jewish teens and their families to save for an Israel trip. Studies have demonstrated that youth who visit Israel are more likely to stay Jewish and become actively involved in the organized Jewish community.
Endowment will allow JFGO to pay for 1/3 of the total cost of the Israel trip with the remaining portion to be paid by the teens and/or their family. More than 50 young adults are anticipated to benefit from the program annually.
Endowment amount: $500,000
This annual program for major contributors of the Jewish community offers an opportunity to learn about community needs, understand how annual contributions are making a difference in the Jewish world and enjoy an evening of education and entertainment. The program provides a wonderful way for people to connect to the organized Jewish community and become more involved.
Endowment will make the program free for all by subsidizing program costs including meals and admission fee.
Endowment amount: $400,000
Local Jewish educators will have a central library and resource center to exchange best practices, develop and augment curriculum, develop interactive lessons plans and learn new ideas or methods to enhance the Jewish education offered to area youth. Texts, audio/visual hardware and software with related supplies will be available for every educator.
Endowment will purchase all materials for the center annually and allow for free use of the materials by Jewish educators.
Endowment amount: $260,000
Regular continuing education seminars will be held throughout the year to ensure that new ideas, methods and techniques are available to local educators to use and adapt for the classroom. Continuing education conducted locally is the most cost-effective way the Jewish community can ensure that a vast majority of local professionals will receive the resources to provide quality Jewish education.
Endowment will make the programs free or substantially low-cost to ensure maximum participation.
Endowment amount: $200,000
Funding will provide for yearlong educational programming for Jewish women of all ages and professions to foster community awareness, leadership and support of the activities of the Jewish community locally and abroad.
Endowment will make the program free for all by subsidizing program costs including meals and admission fee.
Central Florida Hillel |
Central Florida Hillel provides programming for more than 3000 students at both Rollins College in Winter Park and University of Central Florida in Orlando. The mission of Central Florida Hillel is to maximize the number of Jewish students doing Jewish activities with other Jewish students. Programs and activities offer a range of social, spiritual and educational opportunities.
Endowment amount: unlimited
These endowments are most needed because they allow Hillel to allocate monies where there is greatest need.
Endowment amount: $600,000
This 11-month fellowship pays for a full-time staff liaison that works directly with the student body to develop new programs, engage and empower new students in Jewish campus life and create peer-to-peer relationships between students.
Endowment will provide the salary support and related expenses of the professional.
Endowment amount: $200,000
Every month, one Ruach and one Oneg Shabbat are held throughout campuses providing students with a traditional Shabbat service and meal. The programming offers a non-threatening way for Jewish students to continue to worship and develop their own Jewish identity away from home. Services are held to provide comfort for any student regardless of their Jewish observance. Typically, 100 students or more attend the two monthly Shabbats.
Endowment will provide all programming and coordination costs to assist students in becoming active in Jewish campus life.
Endowment amount: $200,000 (various giving levels available)
These endowments offer eight annual Jewish holiday programs providing Jewish students an environment to gather for religious worship, socialize at events with a holiday theme, volunteer for projects that help benefit those less fortunate in the community, learn more about contemporary issues and concerns facing Jews today through discussion groups.
This endowment will provide all programming and coordination costs to assist students in becoming active in Jewish campus life.
Endowment amount: $10,000
Each year students help to plant trees in area parks in honor of the holiday.
Endowment amount: $15,000
Annually, 50 students participate in the sukkah building where students gather to celebrate the holiday in their unique way through “Pizza in the Hut” or “Sushi in the Sukkah” events.
Endowment amount: $30,000
The Holocaust Memorial event and Israel Independence Day are commemorated on campus through memorial programs that provide opportunities for students to learn the history of these two important times in Jewish history through discussion of contemporary issues of the day.
Endowment amount: $30,000
The annual costume party is a fun time for students to get creative and meet each other in a relaxed atmosphere.
Endowment amount: $35,000
Each year, more than 100 students participate in the Chanukah party and raffle. Students also help collect toys and coordinate other volunteer projects that help less fortunate youth during the holiday season.
Endowment amount: $40,000
Hillel accommodates 500 students every year through the various services and the annual break-the-fast event. The organization also matches students with local families allowing the two parties to celebrate the holidays together.
Endowment amount: $40,000
More than 100 students take part in the campus seders. Hillel also helps pair students with local Jewish families to help them celebrate the holiday in a family setting.
Endowment amount: $100,000
An average of 70 students participate in these weekly programs that range from social to educational and everything in between. Programming is coordinated for students with particular interests, like Hillel Movie Club and Hillel Athletes. Organized activities like theses provide opportunities for Jewish students to meet and develop friendships with other Jewish students throughout the year.
Endowment will provide all programming and coordination costs to assist students in becoming active in Jewish campus life.
Endowment amount: $50,000
Occurring once every semester, Hillel holds a welcome program providing students with information and referrals to secure resources they will need for campus life. Hillel also offers a mentor program partnering upper-class men with incoming freshmen helping the new college students acclimate to university life while being introduced to new friends and classmates.
Endowment will provide all programming and coordination costs to assist students in becoming active in Jewish campus life.
Jewish Senior Housing Council of Greater Orlando
Since 1968, Kinneret has operated a senior adult independent living facility. The HUD subsidized housing offers support services for eligible low-income elderly. More than 300 residents live in the downtown Orlando high-rise apartments where the average annual income is $7355 after medical expenses for year. More than 30,000 kosher meals are prepared annually for the residents through Kinneret’s kosher kitchen and dining facility. A full-time social worker and activities director offer programs and services to provide the highest quality of physical, spiritual and social life for the aged.
The organization has a working partnership with Westminster Care of Orlando through its Jewish Pavilion. Here Jewish elderly receive skilled nursing home care when they can no longer live independently. These residents can receive care and attention within a Jewish atmosphere.
Plans are underway for a market-rate senior housing facility in north Seminole county. The new facility will offer many of the same amenities that Kinneret currently provides plus many more.
Endowment amount: unlimited
These endowments are most needed because they allow Kinneret to allocate monies where there is greatest need.
Endowment amount: $1,400,000
This endowment is crucial to providing nutritious, kosher daily meals to the elderly adults. Many residents have difficulty affording food for three daily meals. Still others, are too frail to prepare a meal. The food subsidy program pays for the majority of each resident’s meal costs and helps to ensure a well-balance and healthy diet.
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