Raffles for Hadassah
This year we will continue to raffle off something at most afternoon and evening meetings. In order for this fundraiser to be successful, we need the support of you, our members. The next time you go to your favorite restaurant, beauty parlor, nail salon, or store, ask for a gift certificate or an item that can be raffled off at a meeting . The monies raised from these raffles, go toward the wonderful projects of Hadassah. If you obtain an item or gift certificate, bring it with you to your next meeting and give it to Margie Kopins, Lorraine Blumenfield, Tessi Tuniman, or Sandi Berger. With 500 members in this unit, how can we not be successful in this endeavor?
The 2006-2007 Annual Contribution campaign
We have had a very successful year thanks to the caring contributors who have generously donated a total of just over $26,000 to our Annual Contribution Campaign. From the kick-off (traditionally at the Membership Dinner in September) to its conclusion at the end of March, this year's campaign, in addition to the various Hadassah projects, focused on raising funds to support human embryonic stem cell research. How satisfying it is to be a part of something with such life-saving potential!
Even though this year's campaign has ended, we will be more than happy to receive additional donations. These will count toward next year's quota. Contributions can still be sent to Janna Walsh. All donations are greatly appreciated and always most welcome! Please note that all first-time contributors will receive a special gift.
- Annual Contribution Co-Chairs, Janna Walsh Enid Waldman
Contributors List
Carol Allmendinger
Lisa Altman
Gloria Ashinsky
Bernice Averbach
Joan Becker
Sharon Behal
Donna Behringer
Naomi (Nikki) Beller
Sandi Berger
Anne Berlin
Sandra Berman
Lori Bernheim
Francine Block
Lorraine Blumenfied
Karen Bosk
Judith Buch
Sara Cantor
Debbie Chong
Joan Citrenbaum
Barbara Cohen
Elinor S. Cohen
Ellen L. Cohen
Ellen R. Cohen
Charlotte Denenberg
Pamela Dick
Barbara Elson
Janice Erlanger
Alice Farber
Soni Feld
Barbara Fineman
Joy Finkel
Barbara Flaumenbaum
Randi Flax
Deena Freedman
Marsha Freedman
Zelda Freeman
Fran Fried
Sheila Friedman
Vivienne Friedman
Arlene Frimark
Dottie Gelenberg
Phyllis Geller
Barbara Gitler
Judy Glazer
Bonnie Gold
Iris Gold
Paula Goldberg
Sylvia Goldberg
Estelle Goldfinger
Marci Goldfiner
Arlene Goldman
Debbie Goodman
Roberta Gordon
Lois Gorodetzer
Phyllis Halpern
Juliette Harvey
Sherry Havier
Sondra Heller
Barbara Kaner
Linda Kanner
Joy Kauffman
Renee Kellis
Lisa Kimmelman
Denise Kolber
Lauren Kolber
Shelley Kolber
Margie Kopins
Carol Kurland
Joyce Laiter
Ruth Laks
Beatrice Langman
Marilyn Lashen
Marlene Laster
Laura Lebenkoff
Sonia Lenzner
Nancy Levine
Sheila Levinsky
Terry A. Levitt
Beverly Levy
Ruth Londoner
Helene Malenbaum
Becky Markowitz
Henny Menacker
Glenda Mendelsohn
Lynda Meshkov
Helen Mintzes
Joyce Moyed
Sheila Musicant
Kaye Paletz
Deborah Pellen
Shirley Milgram Perkle
Mimi Pollack
Barbara Portnoff
Elinor Pressel
Myrna Pressman
Carol Protack
Lynn Raisman
Meryl Reis
Ilene Rockower
Lena Rogachevsky
Arlene Roman
Bernice Rosenthal
Frances Roth
Leslie Rothberg
Linda Rotter
Marilyn Rudnick
Vivian Saftlas
Eva Samachson
Harriet Schaeffer
Andrea Schneiderman
Charlene Schneier
Shelley Targan Schorr
Brenda Schrier
Jill Schwartz
Iris Segal
Paula Segal
Eileen Shestack
Dotty Silverman
Sheryl Silverman
Darcy Silvers
Dorothy Singer
Phyllis Sisenwine
Toby Slomovitz
Nan Smolow
Diana Solomon Millman
Miriam Sperling
Bonnie Spiegler
Adele Spiro
Renee Stanton
Jo Steinhart
Karin Surkin
Andrea Tankin
Bea Tannenbaum
Tessie Tuniman
Marsha Verbit
Audrey Vogenberg
Sharon Waimberg
Enid Waldman
Janna Walsh
Susie Waltuck
Eileen Weinstein
Pearl Weisberg
Brenda Weiser
Joan Weiss
Libby Weiss
Ruth Wexler
Karen Willis
Eileen B. Wolfe
- Annual Contribution Co-Chairs, Janna Walsh, Enid Waldman
L'Dor V'Dor...From Generation to Generation
Your generous gift makes a difference, so get involved! Give from the heart this year. There are lots of wonderful choices. We invite you to recognize your children and grandchildren by listing their names in every Newtown Hadassah bulletin published this year. The cost for each name is $10. }Please send a check, payable to "Newtown Hadassah," to Lynda Klein. We celebrate our children and our children's children!
From Audrey Vogenberg:
Sydney Erin & Cole Joseph Richter
From Lorraine Blumenfield: Rachel, Erica &
Leah Messler, Joshua & Michelle Berg, Benjamin & Rebecca
Flesch
From Eileen B. Wolfe: Zachary Joseph Wolfe
From Estelle Goldfinger: Hallie Bilker
From Joan Weiss: Saul, Alanna & Darrian
Weiss
From Nancy M. Miller: Ella Abigal Miller
From Florence Cargan: Madison, Rebecca, Cassidy
& Abba Cargan, M.D.
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A Gold Mine of a Fundraiser!
Do you still have the mate of the earring that fell down the sink? Or a silver bracelet that your daughter swore she must have and would treasure all her life? Or that broken chain that you will never wear?
Our Hadassah group is collecting any precious metals you no longer want or need. We are looking for gold, platinum, palladium or sterling items. They may be silver chains, class rings, gold-filled earrings, or sterling silver flatware. It does not have to be pure anything, even fillings and dentures are OK. Please bring your items to any meeting.
For more information, contact Marsha Freedman.
Beautiful Certificates
Hadassah has many
beautiful certificates that can be sent for any life cycle event.
The minimum cost is $18.00. For a certificate of $25.00 or more,
Arlene Frimark
will calligraphy your personal message. To order a certificate,
contact Alice Farber.
Honor and Memory Cards
An Honor or Memory
card can be sent for any occasion or life cycle event. To place
an order,
please contact Phyllis Halpern and send her a check payable to
Newtown Hadassah for $10.
Hadassah Greeting Cards
Hadassah greeting
cards are not only beautiful, they are one of our biggest
fundraisers.
Cards are available for Sympathy, Mazel Tov, Wedding,
Anniversary, Baby, Birthday,
Get Well, Bar and Bat Mitzvah, Thank You, and Retirement. Cards
are $3 each or 7
for $18. If you would like a card sent , the cost is $3.50.
All cards can be
ordered from:
Alice Farber
Margie Kopins
Barb Kaner
Save Your Grocery Store Receipts
Send your Acme
receipts from any Acme to Diane Ellison
or bring them to any meeting or event. Diane or Margie Kopins
will collect them. Hadassah receives a percentage of the total
purchase.
To sign up for
Genuardi’s, go to www.escrip.com.
Enter our group ID number 2352000. Click on Newtown Hadassah
and enter your info on the next screen. You can also sign up at
any store,
just ask customer service for the form. The amount is
automatically credited
to Hadassah at checkout. No matter how you do it, it’s an
easy way
to earn money for Hadassah.
'Fun' Raisers
Some ideas for “fun” raisers have been suggested. They are:
1. House Tour- five or six women would showcase their home
2. Saturday night dessert party
3. Craft Show
4. Progressive Dinner
5. Dinner and show at Casablanca Restaurant
6. Spa Day
7. Any other suggestions??
If you would be interested in volunteering for one or more of these “fun” raisers, email Sandi Berger.
DOUBLE YOUR
MONEY!
DOUBLE YOUR POWER!
DOUBLE YOUR REWARD!
Your donation counts
DOUBLE with our MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM!
You will be helping Hadassah protect children at risk and
expanding cutting-edge medical research!
What’s the angle?
We’re offering 100% interest on every dollar you donate THROUGH THIS PROJECT since your check will be matched by a special donor, up to $1000. Your $18 becomes $36...your $50 is matched to become $100. What a deal!
AND...consider this a special way to begin the New Year. Add your name to the list of Matching Fund Donors whose Major Gifts have been matched to enable us to send $6000 to our National Treasury. Celebrate a special event - birth of baby, graduation or anniversary, or recovery from an illness. Join with family members to memorialize a loved one who has passed away. Please contact Margie Kopins for details to begin this year’s fund as a Major Donor.
OUR BULLETIN NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!
Everyone of our 500
members love to read our bulletin,
but did you ever think about how expensive it is to process
this masterpiece? It now costs $750 for each issue we mail.
The money we raise for Hadassah goes to Hadassah; therefore,
we need a special generous contribution from each of you
allocated specifically for the bulletin.
This is where you
come in. If each of you could send us a donation
of whatever you could spare, and then some, this certainly would
defray our costs. We suggest $18-$36-$54 or a spectacular $100,
or any amount you want to give to enable us to continue to print
our fantastic bulletin. Your name will appear each month as a
contributor.
Thank you so much for your participation.
Please do help us
and send your contribution, made payable to
Newtown Hadassah to Brenda Weiser or to Sheila Musicant.
TODAH RABAH!
- Estelle Goldfinger
Give a Youth Aliyah child a gift of a bar or bat mitzvah
A bar or bat mitzvah gift of $500 enables a student from Ramat Hadassah Szold in Israel and his/her family to participate in Hadassah's Joy of Judaism program. This program supports activities focusing on the traditions, culture and customs of Judaism. The program's motto, "...and you shall teach your children diligently," is taken directly from the Torah.
Your gift can be made in honor or in memory of a loved one, to celebrate a special occasion or to help teach tzedakah to a bar or bat mitzvah child in America by sharing a portion of their celebration gifts received from their family and friends.
This gift will provide individual bar or bat mitzvah lessons, traditional Judaic attire and an appropriate outfit for the occasion. It will enable a student from Ramat Hadassah Szold to celebrate with pride their bar or bat mitzvah with family and friends.
You will receive a beautiful inscribed certificate sutable for framing in grateful acknowledgment of your important gift. For more information, contact Joan Becker.
JNF Blue Box
The clink of those nickels, dimes and quarters as you empty your purse into your Blue Box is the sound of music to Hadassah, a supporter of the projeccts of JNF. If you place a dollar a week into your box, you'll have $52 collected toward your pledge. All JNF contributions made through Hadassah count toward our group's assigned quota, which is $42,500 this year.
To obtain a Blue Box, contact Sheila Musicant.
Join ‘Legacy for the Generations’
Include Hadassah in your will, and you will be honored during your lifetime with an elegant silver and enamel pin while setting an example of tzedakah for future generations.
Every click counts...
Newtown Hadassah is now a charity affiliate of The Jewish Exchange. What this means is that when you register on the site (it's free) and purchase items using Newtown Hadassah's code - NWTNH - The Jewish Exchange will donate 5% of your total purchase back to us. (Be sure to notify us at write2sell@comcast.net so that we can keep track of our members' and others' purchases.) That's right - spread the word, because anyone who enters our code earns money for Newtown Hadassah! You also can automatically add Newtown Hadassah to your selected charity list, and every time you make a purchase we'll benefit... and you won't have to re-enter our code each time. The Jewish Exchange features books, art, software and much more.
By banking with Firstrust Bank, Hadassah will receive cash bonuses through a program called Affinity Banking, a partnership between Firstrust Bank and Hadassah. If 10 or more members participate, Firstrust will make a donation, based on account type, for each new deposit account opened when Affinity Banking is mentioned at the opening of a new account.
Firstrust will continue to contribute, on an ongoing basis, for funds that remain on deposit through an annual percentage contribution. The ongoing annual contribution will be equal to 1% of the total interest earned for ALL accounts credited to Hadassah. This contribution is made by Firstrust Bank and does not affect any interest earned by you.
Additionally, there is a $25 customer bonus for direct deposit of payroll, pension or Social Security to a new Firstrust checking account. All individual account information and transactions are kept strictly confidential.
New Yahrzeit Payment
Plan
Who will say kaddish for your loved one? Hadassah
offers a perpetual yahrzeit
that includes a beautiful certificate for the family and the
annual recitation of the
kaddish in the name of your loved one in the chapel of Hadassah
Hospital, known
for its Chagall stained-glass windows. The man or woman for whom
kaddish is
recited does not need to be a Hadassah member.
A new payment plan for yahrzeit
orders is very simple. You can pay by check or credit
card: either $100 each month for 10 months, $250 quarterly for a
year, or $1000 in one
payment. Each deeducction serves as a donation, and the donor
receives a tax letter
each time a deduction is made.
Your purchase of a perpetual
yahrzeit in Israel counts as your annual contribution to
Hadassah for the year and also counts toward Newtown Hadassah's
assigned quota.
You can send your order form to Janna Walsh. For more information, contact Bea Tannenbaum.
UNITED WAY
Did you know that your United Way contribution can go to
Hadassah?
United Way contributions that are matched by the company you work
for
can be donated directly to Hadassah.
Here's what to do:
1. On the donation form from your company, cross out the code for
United Way
& insert Hadassah's address:
Hadassah, 50 W. 58th St., NY, NY 10019
2. At the bottom of your form, request an acknowledgement from
Hadassah.
3. Fax a copy of your United Way form to Bella at Hadassah:
212-303-8018.
On the fax cover sheet, please include your name, address, phone
number and
NEWTOWN HADASSAH.
4. Any questions, please call Bella at Hadassah: 212-303-8058.
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TAX INFORMATION
Membership fees (annual, life or associate) are not
considered to be tax deductible contributions by the Internal
Revenue Service.