At the close of each calendar year, The Friendship Circle launches a campaign called the “$1 For Friendship” campaign. We respectfully call upon our community to consider giving a small contribution of $1- adding up to a substantial community donation. The large donation that results from the $1 For Friendship campaign sustains the 15 weekly [...]
A Special Needs Conference in Review
2010/10/26 By 1 Comment
In the past couple of days, I had the privilege of participating in a wonderful conference in New York City called ADVANCE: The Ruderman Jewish Special Needs Funding Conference. This conference was put on in partnership with the Jewish Funders Network, the Jewish Federations of North America, and Combined Jewish Philanthropy. Its purpose was to bring representatives [...]
An Essay on Volunteerism
2010/08/03 By 1 Comment
There is no shortage of volunteer spirit in America. Over 90 million Americans volunteer more than 20 billion hours a year. I suspect that if the data were available for the Jewish community in isolation, it would be more impressive still. Believe it or not, some folks argue this is not a good thing. They point [...]
