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<strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service<br />
of South Palm Beach County<br />
<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> A<br />
<strong>Difference</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />
People’s <strong>Lives</strong><br />
AnnuAl RepoRt<br />
2007
Architect’s render<strong>in</strong>g<br />
The Future is Now!<br />
We are build<strong>in</strong>g a new senior/social service center <strong>in</strong> Delray Beach!<br />
Thanks to a grant of $2 million from the state, we now have the seed money to build a 20,000 square foot<br />
build<strong>in</strong>g near Temple Anshei Shalom on Atlantic Avenue, west of Jog Road. To meet the ever <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
needs of our community, our new build<strong>in</strong>g will house:<br />
n Expanded Forster <strong>Family</strong> Kosher Food Pantry<br />
n Congregate Kosher meal site<br />
n Counsel<strong>in</strong>g<br />
n Support groups<br />
n The Welcome Home drop-<strong>in</strong> center for chronically mentally ill adults<br />
n Holocaust survivor services<br />
n …And a café for bagels and schmooz<strong>in</strong>g!<br />
Architect Randall Stofft & Dr. Jaclynn Faffer
Message From CEO & President<br />
September 1, 2006 through August 31, 2007 was a year of growth and excitement for <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service (RRJFS).<br />
RRJFS was the recipient of a three year contract from the Area Agency on Ag<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong> the amount of $1.7 million for each of the<br />
three years, nam<strong>in</strong>g us as the lead agency serv<strong>in</strong>g seniors <strong>in</strong> south Palm Beach County. Be<strong>in</strong>g awarded this contract underscores<br />
the community’s confidence <strong>in</strong> us to cont<strong>in</strong>ue to serve the most vulnerable elderly <strong>in</strong> our service area— no matter how<br />
adverse the circumstances. Our scope of services expanded dramatically and we were delighted to form new alliances and creatively<br />
collaborate with organizations rang<strong>in</strong>g from area schools, nurs<strong>in</strong>g homes, foundations and home health care agencies.<br />
Inter-generational programs enable us to comb<strong>in</strong>e our service delivery expertise <strong>in</strong> the areas of teens and seniors. Through a<br />
grant from The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Mart<strong>in</strong> Counties, we are able to expand our successful Teen Connect<br />
program and match teens from Olympic Heights High School <strong>in</strong> Boca Raton with seniors at area assisted liv<strong>in</strong>g facilities. We<br />
were also recognized for our high quality services when Caridad Center asked to to develop their mental health counsel<strong>in</strong>g<br />
program. Thanks to fund<strong>in</strong>g from Hands on Tzedakah, we placed a Spanish-speak<strong>in</strong>g social worker at the Caridad Center, to<br />
counsel migrant workers.<br />
We also want to express our gratitude to an anonymous contributor, whose generous donation will pay for full fellowships<br />
to tra<strong>in</strong> master of social work students to be the future leaders of agencies like our own. We are work<strong>in</strong>g closely with the<br />
Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University <strong>in</strong> New York, to develop the RRJFS South Florida Fellowship for Social<br />
Work Excellence.<br />
By the year’s end we had acquired land <strong>in</strong> west Delray Beach, near Temple Anshei Shalom, to build a 20,000-square-foot senior<br />
center. You can see the architect’s beautiful render<strong>in</strong>g on the fac<strong>in</strong>g page. What a way to end an exhilarat<strong>in</strong>g year!<br />
Of course, none of these excit<strong>in</strong>g projects would have been possible without the extraord<strong>in</strong>ary support of many <strong>in</strong>dividual,<br />
corporate, community and governmental donors who enabled us to reach this new level. We must express a special “thank<br />
you” to our community partners, the <strong>Jewish</strong> Federation of South Palm Beach County, the Area Agency on Ag<strong>in</strong>g, the Children’s<br />
Services Council and United Way for their cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g support. Together, they all allow us to fulfill our mission and pledge to<br />
strengthen our commitment to the 35,000 clients we serve annually.<br />
Every day, through your help, we are mak<strong>in</strong>g a difference <strong>in</strong> people’s lives.<br />
Thank you.<br />
Dr. Ronald Selbst, president Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Ceo<br />
M A k i n g A D i F F e R e n C e i n p e o p l e ’ S l i v e S 1
State Sen. ted Deutch, Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Michael Mullaugh<br />
State Rep. kelly Skidmore<br />
Rep. tim Mahoney<br />
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Michael Mullaugh and palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson Fellowship flyer<br />
Lead Agency Grant Awarded<br />
Rep. Robert Wexler Rep. Ron kle<strong>in</strong><br />
On September 1, 2006, the Area Agency on Ag<strong>in</strong>g designated <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service as the<br />
lead agency serv<strong>in</strong>g seniors <strong>in</strong> south Palm Beach County.<br />
We thank all those government servants who made this possible, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g U. S. Congressmen Tim<br />
Mahoney, Robert Wexler, Ron Kle<strong>in</strong>, State Sen. Ted Deutch and State Rep. Kelly Skidmore.<br />
Depart<strong>in</strong>g RRJFS President Michael Mullaugh honored Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson<br />
with the agency’s Community Recognition Award for help<strong>in</strong>g to fund the Diamond Club, a social group<br />
for people age 75 and older. The club now has more than 150 members. Mullaugh said, “We are grateful<br />
that Commissioner Aaronson embodies the government / non-profit partnership that is essential for<br />
help<strong>in</strong>g seniors.”<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e
Highlights and Accomplishments<br />
We have much to be thankful for this year. This was the year our budget jumped from $5 million annually,<br />
to $7.5 million. To meet our expand<strong>in</strong>g mission and goals, staff <strong>in</strong>creased from 48 to 67. Our services<br />
to an ever expand<strong>in</strong>g population also grew.<br />
n We offered bereavement, Park<strong>in</strong>son’s and cancer<br />
support groups for those <strong>in</strong> need here at the agency,<br />
<strong>in</strong> Delray Beach and various assisted liv<strong>in</strong>g facilities<br />
<strong>in</strong> south Palm Beach County.<br />
n We provided caregivers free support groups.<br />
n We offered free <strong>in</strong>dividual counsel<strong>in</strong>g to caregivers.<br />
With this wonderful program, we helped spouses<br />
who take care of their sick partners, as well as comfort<strong>in</strong>g<br />
people over age 60 who have a child at home,<br />
or who take care of someone who is mentally ill.<br />
n Our cancer and lymphedema support groups helped<br />
373 people over 60 sessions.<br />
n We served Shabbat meals to hundreds of local<br />
families and delivered food bi-weekly to 425 households.<br />
n Through our Café Europa program held twice a year<br />
we gave more than 600 Holocaust survivors an opportunity<br />
to have lunch, enterta<strong>in</strong>ment and socialization<br />
with other survivors. In addition, we provided<br />
assistance to all survivors who needed our services.<br />
n Our community outreach has <strong>in</strong>creased 11% over<br />
the previous year.<br />
Jaime estremera-Fitzgerald, Michael Mullalugh, Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, elder Affairs Sec. Douglas Beach<br />
n We reached thousands of students <strong>in</strong> Palm Beach<br />
County schools, help<strong>in</strong>g them cope with bully<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and anger.<br />
n We provided more than 5,184 <strong>in</strong>dividual and family<br />
counsel<strong>in</strong>g sessions.<br />
n Welcome Home, our daily drop-<strong>in</strong> center for the<br />
mentally ill, has <strong>in</strong>creased participation by 20%. In<br />
addition we provided support groups to the families<br />
of the chronically mentally ill.<br />
n We have more than 400 dedicated, outstand<strong>in</strong>g<br />
volunteers, five of whom have been with us over<br />
25 years. Volunteer activities range from phon<strong>in</strong>g<br />
isolated seniors daily to check <strong>in</strong> on them to giv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
rides to seniors who have no other way to visit the<br />
grocery store or their doctors to be<strong>in</strong>g a big pal for a<br />
child <strong>in</strong> need.<br />
n New grants are up almost $1.8 million, an <strong>in</strong>crease<br />
of 350%. We cont<strong>in</strong>ue to <strong>in</strong>crease and diversify our<br />
fund<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Thank you for your cont<strong>in</strong>ued support and generosity!<br />
M A k i n g A D i F F e R e n C e i n p e o p l e ’ S l i v e S 3
Sheila & Burt Aaronson, terry & Rep. tim Mahoney, Dr. Jaclynn Faffer<br />
Donna & Michael Mullaugh Joey Dee & the Starlighters<br />
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Special Events<br />
the platters Matter<br />
Judy & Manny Rab<strong>in</strong>owitz<br />
Stan & Marilyn Barry, Michael Mullaugh, ivan & l<strong>in</strong>da gefen<br />
More than 350 people attended the <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service November 30th black tie benefit at<br />
The Polo Club <strong>in</strong> Boca Raton. The even<strong>in</strong>g provided an opportunity for the non-profit, non-sectarian social<br />
service agency to raise money for its myriad of programs.<br />
“We were very proud to chair this event, because the work of <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> is so important,” Ivan Gefen<br />
said. He co-chaired with his wife L<strong>in</strong>da and Marilyn and Stanley Barry. The crowd danced to songs such<br />
as The Platters‘ The Great Pretender.<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e
Danc<strong>in</strong>g at RRJFS’ annual gala<br />
Steve Sager, Diane & larry Feldman Dr. Jaclynn Faffer & norman <strong>Rales</strong><br />
Abner & Mildred lev<strong>in</strong>e<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service Executive Director Dr. Jaclynn Faffer said the agency chose the Platters<br />
to enterta<strong>in</strong> because, “Their hit record Only You <strong>in</strong>spired our gala’s theme: ‘Only you’ can make a difference.”<br />
Joey Dee and the Starliters warmed up the audience.<br />
Auction prizes <strong>in</strong>cluded a walk-on role <strong>in</strong> a Hollywood movie, a one hour ride <strong>in</strong> a 1950’s Navy fighter<br />
tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g airplane, Tiffany & Co. and Judith Ripka jewelry; Saks Fifth Avenue shopp<strong>in</strong>g sprees, artwork,<br />
sports memorabilia, gift certificates and vacation packages.<br />
M A k i n g A D i F F e R e n C e i n p e o p l e ’ S l i v e S 5
Arnie & isabel Friedman, Dr. Jaclynn<br />
Faffer & Michael Mulllaugh<br />
Attendees try on their new<br />
leather shoes for size<br />
Golf Tournament<br />
Marilyn & Stan Barry<br />
prize w<strong>in</strong>ner Ron gallat<strong>in</strong>, larry Blair, Alan goldste<strong>in</strong><br />
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One hundred and thirty supporters of <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service enjoyed a golf tournament, barbecue<br />
and cocktail party at the Founta<strong>in</strong>s Country Club <strong>in</strong> Lake Worth, chaired by Isabel and Arnold Friedman of St.<br />
Andrews. The proceeds benefited the programs of RRJFS.<br />
Every player received a pair of leather Hi-Tec golf shoes. Raffle prizes <strong>in</strong>cluded a 42-<strong>in</strong>ch flat-screen, plasma TV;<br />
a $3,000 gift certificate for Judith Ripka jewelry and two $8,000 Regent cruises to Europe, Asia or the Caribbean.<br />
Arnold Friedman said, ”My wife and I have been <strong>in</strong>volved with <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> for about a year and a half and<br />
we’ve come to greatly appreciate and respect how the agency helps the less fortunate. That is one of our<br />
major priorities and <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong>’ goals move <strong>in</strong> the same direction as ours.”<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e<br />
Duffers enjoy a delicious barbecue,<br />
before hitt<strong>in</strong>g the l<strong>in</strong>ks.
Addison Reserve “Mitzvah Crew” Seder s<strong>in</strong>g-along gift cards from the polo Club<br />
Neighbors Help<strong>in</strong>g Neighbors<br />
Thanks to these very generous and hard work<strong>in</strong>g neighbors for help<strong>in</strong>g to accomplish the <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong><br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service mission!<br />
Addison Reserve<br />
Forty volunteers packed 250 goodie bags for RRJFS’ elderly clients at a Passover model Seder. This<br />
“Mitzvah Crew” stuffed the bags with food they bought and delighted clients with a surprise $25 gift<br />
card from CVS.<br />
Addison Reserve’s Don and Sharon Kabat, Harriet Mironov and Barbara Fe<strong>in</strong>gold organized the project<br />
and obta<strong>in</strong>ed a gift from Ste<strong>in</strong>berg Global Management of Boca Raton. After lunch, Sharon Kabat played<br />
piano while the crowd danced and sang Yiddish songs.<br />
polo Club<br />
The Polo Club of Boca Raton donated $5,000 to RRJFS to buy gift cards so its youngest clients could<br />
purchase shoes, sweaters and school supplies. The club’s Community Relations Committee, co-chaired<br />
by Ronni Brockman and Nate Miller, raised the funds so families with f<strong>in</strong>ancial difficulties could shop at<br />
Target, Wal-Mart and Simon Malls.<br />
One n<strong>in</strong>e-year-old girl had refused to attend school because she was the only child without supplies. Her<br />
mother told RRJFS, “Now she can hold her head up high and enjoys school.”<br />
St. Andrews<br />
Several dozen volunteers regularly deliver food to low-<strong>in</strong>come families. In addition, the state honored<br />
two St. Andrews residents, Herbert & Judith Levy as “Florida’s Grandparents of the Year.”<br />
Below: Dr. Jaclynn Faffer,<br />
Ronni Brockman, nate<br />
Miller, Joy goldste<strong>in</strong><br />
M A k i n g A D i F F e R e n C e i n p e o p l e ’ S l i v e S 7
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer’s 10th Anniversary Mark Cherny, employee of the year Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Michael Mullaugh<br />
grandchild’s draw<strong>in</strong>g of levys deliver<strong>in</strong>g food<br />
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Awards / Celebrations<br />
It was a banner year for <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service. In the same 12-month period the state of<br />
Florida honored three of the agency’s volunteers with prestigious prizes.<br />
The state awarded Sandy Kle<strong>in</strong>, a 25-year-volunteer and founder of the “Diamond Club,” a social group<br />
for people over age 75, “State Volunteer of the Year.”<br />
The state honored Judy and Herbert Levy as “Florida’s Grandparents of the Year,” for deliver<strong>in</strong>g food<br />
to RRJFS clients. The Levy’s 12-year-old grandson, Dylan, nom<strong>in</strong>ated them with a draw<strong>in</strong>g of the three<br />
br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g meals to a home dur<strong>in</strong>g a ra<strong>in</strong>storm.<br />
The Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service praised RRJFS for tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the<br />
chronically mentally ill participants who visit its daily drop-<strong>in</strong> center, to be volunteers to help K<strong>in</strong>g’s Po<strong>in</strong>t<br />
with hurricane read<strong>in</strong>ess. The Welcome Home attendees stuffed bags with handy items for the next big<br />
storm for every apartment <strong>in</strong> the development.<br />
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer celebrated her 10th anniversary as CEO, and Mark Cherny, supervisor of outreach and<br />
community services, was named “RRJFS Employee of the Year.”<br />
Mazel Tov to all our w<strong>in</strong>ners!<br />
Marcy Bezark, lucy Saucier &<br />
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer with volunteer<br />
Florida plaque<br />
Marcia Schmier, Judith levy, Dr. Ronald Selbst<br />
Alyson & Robyn langley with RRJFS token of<br />
appreciation<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e<br />
Sandy kle<strong>in</strong>, Florida<br />
volunteer of the year
Testimonials<br />
“please Accept My heartfelt gratitude”<br />
Mr. Horowitz has been an absolute delight...he has always<br />
acted professionally and diligently. His attention to detail has<br />
been most impressive. His knowledge…has proven to be enormously<br />
valuable resource to my parents…he has been <strong>in</strong>strumental<br />
<strong>in</strong> allow<strong>in</strong>g my Mother and Father to cont<strong>in</strong>ue to live on their<br />
own.”<br />
“You should be very proud of the much needed service that<br />
you provide to the community.”<br />
M C<br />
Pr<strong>in</strong>ceton, NJ<br />
I am writ<strong>in</strong>g to tell you how helpful the CareL<strong>in</strong>k program has<br />
been to our family…It allowed us to keep my father-<strong>in</strong>-law <strong>in</strong> his<br />
Century Village home for as long as possible. Howard Horowitz<br />
was exceptionally car<strong>in</strong>g, helpful and experienced. He frequently<br />
visited and called me with a detailed report…he was k<strong>in</strong>d and<br />
he was professional. He always followed through…I am grateful<br />
that <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service was there to help.<br />
E S<br />
St. James, NY<br />
Please accept my heartfelt gratitude of appreciation for hav<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the expertise, professionalism, <strong>in</strong>sight, understand<strong>in</strong>g and car<strong>in</strong>g<br />
for provid<strong>in</strong>g social services for my father. I s<strong>in</strong>cerely appreciate<br />
your …super herculean efforts towards my father’s care and<br />
needs.<br />
I H<br />
Bellmore, NY<br />
howard horowitz, RRJFS Senior Services<br />
In the last 13 years, CareL<strong>in</strong>k has helped hundreds of families around the country, who are concerned<br />
about their elderly relatives <strong>in</strong> south Palm Beach County and need RRJFS to provide personal care. Here<br />
is what some of them had to say:<br />
Mr. Horowitz’s positive attitude and will<strong>in</strong>gness to help<br />
my brother <strong>in</strong> his time of need, truly deserves the term, “Client<br />
Satisfaction.” He is a model for others to emulate. I thank <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
<strong>Family</strong> Service for employ<strong>in</strong>g a talented person with a will<strong>in</strong>gness<br />
to cooperate coupled with a passion for car<strong>in</strong>g assistance.<br />
J R<br />
Budd Lake, NJ<br />
As my mother’s 30-year-battle with cancer was beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
slip <strong>in</strong>to its f<strong>in</strong>al stages, we were fortunate to have found you as<br />
a friend...to wend our way through the choices of nurs<strong>in</strong>g homes,<br />
home health aides and support for my father. You were consistently<br />
helpful and you were always respectful of my parent’s<br />
needs while be<strong>in</strong>g honest with their children.<br />
L P A<br />
Delmar, NY<br />
Words alone will never be able to thank you enough for all<br />
your k<strong>in</strong>dness and courtesy <strong>in</strong> help<strong>in</strong>g us to provide proper care<br />
for my mother. You helped guide us so that we could make the<br />
right decisions that afforded my mother her dignity to her very last<br />
day. For this we will always be <strong>in</strong>debted to you and the services of<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service.<br />
Without your presence <strong>in</strong> our lives I don’t know how we would<br />
have handled the problems we <strong>in</strong>curred with my mother…you are<br />
my angel on earth…Words alone will never be able to thank you<br />
enough for be<strong>in</strong>g there with us.<br />
K D<br />
West Bloomfield, MI<br />
M A k i n g A D i F F e R e n C e i n p e o p l e ’ S l i v e S 9
Ma. elena, James & Alfredo De la pena<br />
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Dr. Marv<strong>in</strong> Schiller, Miriam Babbitt<br />
Arvis kadish Susan Mackey<br />
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Mental Health Services<br />
This year, we offered 5,184 cl<strong>in</strong>ical sessions. We also ran 9,217 hours of caregiver and bereavement<br />
support groups, while our cancer and lymphedema support groups served 373 people over 60 sessions.<br />
Welcome home<br />
Joanne Fiedler<br />
thank you card for<br />
anti-bully<strong>in</strong>g talk<br />
This year, Welcome Home, our daily drop-<strong>in</strong> center <strong>in</strong> Delray Beach, had 3,000 visits from the chronically<br />
mentally ill, an <strong>in</strong>crease of 14 percent from the year before. More than 70 different people availed<br />
themselves of occupational therapy, socialization, encouragement and support. They enjoyed out<strong>in</strong>gs to<br />
Lion Country Safari, the Palm Beach Zoo, Morikami Museum and elsewhere. Welcome Home’s visitors<br />
learned how to make friends, apply for work and deal with anger and isolation. In do<strong>in</strong>g so, they proudly<br />
grew <strong>in</strong> self esteem and <strong>in</strong>dependence.<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e
Food pantry recipient with Cara Zimmerman<br />
Sara Soued from goldman Sachs<br />
at gould house<br />
Senior Services<br />
kate Smelson, Dianne Matthew<br />
Fay Feder, Joe & Sandy kle<strong>in</strong>, Sol & ida Bemben, all 25-year volunteers<br />
On September 1, 2006, the Area Agency on Ag<strong>in</strong>g, under the state Department of Elder Affairs, designated<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service as the lead agency serv<strong>in</strong>g seniors <strong>in</strong> south Palm Beach County.<br />
We had 13,523 care management contacts. This is <strong>in</strong> addition to our services for Holocaust survivors and<br />
support groups for the public.<br />
M A k i n g A D i F F e R e n C e i n p e o p l e ’ S l i v e S 11
Mike Bryskier, Magda Reichbe<strong>in</strong>d enjoy Café eruopa<br />
James Bachner, author and survivor of<br />
Auschwitz, Warsaw ghetto & Dachau<br />
Abraham Weber<br />
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State Rep. kelly Skidmore,<br />
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer<br />
yefem We<strong>in</strong>er<br />
Café europa guest<br />
Services For Holocaust Survivors<br />
volunteer nate Miller, right, reunited hungarian holocaust survivors,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g eugene kohan<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service provided vital life susta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g services to 150 holocaust<br />
survivors, 47 of whom came to us for help this year. RRJFS assisted with grocery shopp<strong>in</strong>g, laundry,<br />
cook<strong>in</strong>g, housekeep<strong>in</strong>g, personal care and transportation to doctors.<br />
n RRJFS also provided $24,000 <strong>in</strong> emergency grants to needy survivors; who range from 75 – 85 years<br />
old, to help cover the costs of hear<strong>in</strong>g aids, dental work, personal emergency alerts and hous<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
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Agnes glick, Joan ens<strong>in</strong>k Joseph Stone, ester & isaak lenczicki of poland and germany<br />
Alex Moscovic, Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Dr. Ronald Selbst, State<br />
Rep. kelly Skidmore, State Sen. ted Deutch.<br />
State Sen. ted Deutch greets a<br />
Café europa guest<br />
Musician<br />
n RRJFS hosted two very successful Café Europas, luncheons for 600 people, who sit at tables from their<br />
home countries and reconnect with friends and relatives they have not seen <strong>in</strong> 60 years.<br />
n RRJFS also helped survivors receive restitution from their countries of orig<strong>in</strong>, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g an experienced<br />
volunteer who assists them with complicated paperwork.<br />
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Cliff & Jill v<strong>in</strong>er donated for 90 children to attend Camp Breakaway<br />
Camp Breakaway<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Assistance Center<br />
As the needs of our community grew, <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service <strong>in</strong>creased the number of people<br />
it assisted and the funds it disbursed. Last year, we helped 1,000 people and disbursed $350,000--an<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease of 14% from the prior year.<br />
Camp Breakaway Celebrates its 10th year<br />
Camp Breakaway<br />
Camp Breakaway Zale preschoolers donate to kosher food pantry<br />
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Sy gr<strong>in</strong>er delivers food.<br />
(photo courtesy of South<br />
Florida Sun-Sent<strong>in</strong>el)<br />
n Camp Breakaway attracted 90 children, an <strong>in</strong>crease of 21%. Altogether, this Poconos camp, founded<br />
<strong>in</strong> 1998, has fulfilled the dreams of more than 1,000 children.<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e
enny Almonte-nunez<br />
(photo courtesy of South<br />
Florida Sun-Sent<strong>in</strong>el)<br />
hands on tzedakah helps Caridad<br />
Thanks to a generous donation by Hands on Tzedakah, we placed a part-time, bil<strong>in</strong>gual social worker at<br />
Caridad Center. S<strong>in</strong>ce March 2007, she has counseled 330 migrant workers and farm laborers from three<br />
dozen countries.<br />
Food, Medic<strong>in</strong>e, Compassion<br />
Ron gallat<strong>in</strong> of hands on tzedakah<br />
n Forster <strong>Family</strong> kosher Food pantry served 525 people, a 17% <strong>in</strong>crease from the prior year and delivered<br />
200 frozen Shabbat meals per week, a 33% <strong>in</strong>crease.<br />
n Silverste<strong>in</strong> Fund assisted 67 <strong>in</strong>dividuals and distributed $47,361 represent<strong>in</strong>g a 57% <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong><br />
funds distributed.<br />
n We<strong>in</strong>berg prescription Assistance, dur<strong>in</strong>g the fall of 2006, bought vital medications for 18 people<br />
and distributed $4,100.<br />
n v<strong>in</strong>er Compassionate Care program – disbursed $184,500, represent<strong>in</strong>g a 29% <strong>in</strong>crease, assist<strong>in</strong>g<br />
151 children, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the Camp Breakaway kids.<br />
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Joan Siegel helps caregivers at Century village<br />
Michael okun, April neuhaus, David kirschner<br />
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Children’s out<strong>in</strong>g at Butterfly World<br />
Volunteer Services<br />
highlights<br />
<strong>in</strong>tern Jorie Scholnik<br />
leon handler, Bob Wolfson, Rabbi Sidney goldste<strong>in</strong><br />
Robyn langley donated a trip for RRJFS families to Butterfly World<br />
n Thanks to a grant from Volunteer Florida, RRJFS developed a neighborhood hurricane preparedness<br />
program <strong>in</strong> K<strong>in</strong>gs Po<strong>in</strong>t <strong>in</strong> Delray Beach, utiliz<strong>in</strong>g 95 volunteers.<br />
n When RRJFS was designated the lead agency serv<strong>in</strong>g seniors <strong>in</strong> south Palm Beach County, we started<br />
a new Telephone Reassurance Program specifically for wait listed clients and staffed by volunteers.<br />
n We launched “Teen Connect,” an <strong>in</strong>tergenerational program <strong>in</strong> which high school students from Donna<br />
Kle<strong>in</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> Academy made weekly “sunsh<strong>in</strong>e calls” to homebound senior citizens. The teens and seniors<br />
also met at a fun luncheon.<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e
<strong>in</strong>tern Allison Reiter at Arden Courts Bea gordon, Danielle Zfat & Mayor Spiro<br />
Volunteer List 2006-2007<br />
25 + years<br />
Ida Bemben<br />
Sol Bemben<br />
Fay Feder<br />
Joseph Kle<strong>in</strong><br />
Sandy Kle<strong>in</strong><br />
15 - 24 years<br />
Abe Beckerman<br />
Helen Bernsteen<br />
Evelyn Cohen<br />
Hal<strong>in</strong>a Gartenberg<br />
Albert Grozbean<br />
Leon Handler<br />
Shirley Lippsett<br />
Joseph Newman<br />
Felice Picker<br />
Robert Wolfson<br />
10 - 14 years<br />
Dee Abrams<br />
David Badner<br />
Deborah Baron<br />
Idey Elias<br />
Eleanor Ellentuck<br />
Eileen Forst<br />
Ronald Gilford<br />
Harvey Goldberg<br />
Miriam Goldberg<br />
Joan Goldwasser<br />
Al Grant<br />
Barbara Grant<br />
Hanna Hirsch<br />
Murray Kurland<br />
Irv<strong>in</strong>g Leitner<br />
Udell Malakoff<br />
Harold Marcus<br />
Rivian Marcus<br />
Debbie Nemiroff<br />
Sue Rob<strong>in</strong>s<br />
Lily Rosenthal<br />
Marilyn Rudnick<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e Schlessberg<br />
Norman Schlessberg<br />
Marcia Schmier<br />
5 - 9 years<br />
Sandi Adler<br />
Herbert Furash<br />
Larry Lewis<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e Smith<br />
Carol Ann Artes<br />
Coleman Ga<strong>in</strong>sburg<br />
Reena Makover<br />
Janet Ste<strong>in</strong>er<br />
Selma Baris<br />
Dvora Ga<strong>in</strong>sburg<br />
Deborah Meisel<br />
Sol Stiss<br />
Zeke Better<br />
Helen Gallant<br />
Nathan Miller<br />
Therese Stiss<br />
Florence B<strong>in</strong>der<br />
Gus Goldste<strong>in</strong><br />
Lucille Moss<br />
Sydelle Tannenbaum<br />
Norma Blei<br />
Paul<strong>in</strong>e Grabel<br />
Diana Naishtut<br />
Rabbi I. Tennenberg<br />
Nancy Bonomo<br />
Margot Halpern<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> Nemovicher<br />
Mel Turetzky<br />
Sidney Brodsky<br />
Florette Henner<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da Queen<br />
Susan Ullman<br />
Marlene Butler<br />
Joseph Henner<br />
Judith Roif<br />
Margaret Villanova<br />
Danielle Cohen<br />
Larry Heyman<br />
Sanford Sadja<br />
Oscar Warner<br />
Esther Cohen<br />
Josh Hilsenrath<br />
Candace Sakolove<br />
Gloria Waterman<br />
Pearl Cohen<br />
Mara Huber<br />
Al Schmier<br />
Marilyn Weigensberg<br />
Alisa Desmond<br />
Daniel Itzler<br />
Pearl Schneider<br />
Marilyn We<strong>in</strong>traub<br />
Mark Deutsch<br />
Beverly Kassirer<br />
Edith Schumacher<br />
Doris Weiss<br />
Irv<strong>in</strong>g Diamond<br />
Howard Kr<strong>in</strong>sky<br />
Cantor E. Shapiro<br />
Mary Weiss<br />
Sally Eckerle<br />
Margie Lassoff<br />
Irene Sholk<br />
Bette Wohlgemuth<br />
Annette Fent<strong>in</strong><br />
Polly Lesser<br />
Norman Sholk<br />
Marv<strong>in</strong> Zale<br />
Doreen Fishk<strong>in</strong><br />
Herbert Lev<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Dr. Sol Shorr<br />
Marsha Zidel<br />
Audrey Frankel<br />
Saul Lev<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Arlene Siegelwaks<br />
1 - 4 years<br />
Rella Adler<br />
Judy Goldste<strong>in</strong><br />
Harold Marron<br />
Rub<strong>in</strong> Shafran<br />
Maria Alterman<br />
Blanche Gordon<br />
Thelma Mickelson<br />
Vivian Shapiro<br />
Esther Beck<br />
Estelle Green<br />
Ida Milkman<br />
Clifford Shay<br />
Jean Berner<br />
Harry Green<br />
Shirley Mor<strong>in</strong><br />
Sadie Siegel<br />
Fred Cantor<br />
Celie Halzel<br />
Donna Mullaugh<br />
Sydelle Sher<br />
Bobbi Cohen<br />
Rebekah Israel<br />
Shirley Nadel<br />
Jack Sigal<br />
Melissa Coyne<br />
Carol Kahn<br />
Margie Neidus<br />
Fay Silverman<br />
Carol Crosby<br />
Saul Kahn<br />
Al Prottas<br />
Phyllis Simon<br />
Barbara Diamant<br />
Gloria Kam<strong>in</strong>etzky<br />
Ellen Pollack<br />
Esther Smith<br />
Shirley Diamond<br />
Dr. Arlene Kaplan<br />
Ed Rab<strong>in</strong>owitz<br />
Brenda Solomon<br />
Rose D<strong>in</strong>off<br />
G<strong>in</strong>ette Kravet<br />
Mimi Rab<strong>in</strong>owitz<br />
Harriet Srour<br />
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l<strong>in</strong>da Queen<br />
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, ethel Sanders & Mae good at Banyan place<br />
Doris Fields gives rides to seniors<br />
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Volunteer Services (cont.)<br />
teen Connect<br />
Marilynn We<strong>in</strong>traub<br />
Wendy legum, Bette Wohlgemuth, Marcia Schmier, Jane Cornell<br />
n Thanks to the Hans and Mary Stratmann Intergenerational Fund of the Community Foundation for<br />
Palm Beach and Mart<strong>in</strong> Counties, we hired a part-time staffer to expand Teen Connect, a program<br />
which matches high school students with seniors for telephone “companionship.” We began recruit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Olympic Heights High School students to phone RRJFS clients, members of our Diamond Club and<br />
residents from Banyan Place, Veranda Club and the Homewood Residence.<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e<br />
teen Connect poster
Volunteer List 2006-2007 (cont.)<br />
Muriel Dubrow<br />
Cynthia Kushl<strong>in</strong><br />
David Rill<br />
Gertrude Stern<br />
Irv<strong>in</strong>g Falick<br />
Victor Kweller<br />
Barbara Rish<br />
Dorothy Turf<br />
Frances Feldman<br />
Barbara Lester<br />
Eleanor Rosen<br />
Matthew Weiler<br />
Beatrice F<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Gene Lester<br />
Harriet Rosen<br />
Janet We<strong>in</strong>traub<br />
Sylvia Fireman<br />
Abe Levy<br />
Shirley Rosen<br />
Morris Weiss<br />
Judith Fogel<br />
Joseph Levy<br />
Stanley Rosen<br />
Helen Wendl<strong>in</strong>ger<br />
Herbert Fogel<br />
Lenora Levy<br />
Mollie Ross<br />
Richard Wendl<strong>in</strong>ger<br />
Judith Friedman<br />
Lee Loewenste<strong>in</strong><br />
Alan Salko<br />
Judith Wener<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> Furman<br />
Susan Lyman<br />
Shirley Schreiber<br />
Miriam Wetzler<br />
newcomers<br />
Natalie Abramson<br />
Arlene Furash<br />
Katie Port<br />
Anita Schulman<br />
Lillian Brickman<br />
Seymour Gold<br />
Elliot Porwich<br />
Barbara Schwartz<br />
Shirley Bronsky<br />
Irw<strong>in</strong> Goodman<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e Re<strong>in</strong>er<br />
Eugene Schwartz<br />
Doris Cantor<br />
Marjorie Goodman<br />
Patricia Rosen<br />
Charlotte Sichel<br />
Anne Cohen<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da Herman<br />
Phyllis Rosen<br />
GiGi Siegel<br />
St. Andrews Food Delivery project<br />
Lee Baker<br />
Bert Bronheim<br />
Robyn Chwatt<br />
Joseph Corber<br />
Charles Dann<br />
Alice Flateman<br />
Leo Geller<br />
Raymond Goldberg<br />
Rona Goldberg<br />
Judy & Morris Gurevitch<br />
Arlene Roogow<br />
& Sara Soued,<br />
gould house<br />
Adele Haymes<br />
Joyce Howard<br />
Morton Kaufman<br />
Daniel Keisman<br />
Larry Lazarus<br />
David Leader<br />
Herbert & Judith Levy<br />
Barbara Lipton<br />
Beverly Miller<br />
Louis Nussbaum<br />
Anne Cohen, Ann Speier<br />
Adele Denton<br />
Judith Hirshman<br />
Saul Rosen<br />
Nad<strong>in</strong>e Slaven<br />
Harriet Durmask<strong>in</strong><br />
Rose Kahan<br />
Sydelle Rosen<br />
Kim Smith<br />
Leonard Durmask<strong>in</strong><br />
Selma Kessler<br />
Sharon Roth<br />
Delores Solomon<br />
Larry Egort<br />
Herbert Leifman<br />
Michele Rudnick<br />
Sandra Tepl<strong>in</strong><br />
Jeanne Feldman<br />
Andrea McCutcheon<br />
Millicent Rudnick<br />
David Weisberger<br />
Ellie Feldste<strong>in</strong><br />
Goldie Miller<br />
Marge Ruff<br />
Lorra<strong>in</strong>e Weisman<br />
Doris Fields<br />
Victoria More<strong>in</strong>es<br />
Brandon Saldsman<br />
Daniel W<strong>in</strong>es<br />
Miriam Fields<br />
James Rosenberg<br />
*Terry Rub<strong>in</strong>ste<strong>in</strong><br />
Marilyn Safenowitz<br />
Sidney Sche<strong>in</strong>berg<br />
Stephanie Schuster<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e Schwartz<br />
Johanna Shafran<br />
Bea & Mart<strong>in</strong> Sherw<strong>in</strong><br />
Judith Speizman<br />
Harold Ste<strong>in</strong><br />
Ellen Polack<br />
Rose Sapad<strong>in</strong><br />
Harvey Zivitz<br />
Carol Friedsam<br />
Jean Polack<br />
Natalie Schneiderman<br />
Apologies to those whose years of service<br />
may not have been calculated correctly.*<br />
Jane & Irw<strong>in</strong> Thomases<br />
Jeanette & Sherman Vogel<br />
Seymour We<strong>in</strong>ste<strong>in</strong><br />
Arl<strong>in</strong>e Witenste<strong>in</strong><br />
Raymond Zimmerman<br />
* <strong>Lives</strong> <strong>in</strong> Woodfield.<br />
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Anne & norman<br />
Jacobson<br />
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In Appreciation<br />
The mission of <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service mandates that we make our programs and services<br />
available to all liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> south Palm Beach County. Each and every gift we received <strong>in</strong> 2006-2007 supported<br />
more than 35,000 children, <strong>in</strong>dividuals and families who turned to us for assistance. Every contribution<br />
helped make a tangible difference <strong>in</strong> the lives of people who need it most: the frail and <strong>in</strong>firm, children<br />
from s<strong>in</strong>gle-parent homes, caregivers of loved ones, the isolated elderly, the bereaved, the chronically<br />
mentally ill, families experienc<strong>in</strong>g serious f<strong>in</strong>ancial difficulties, Holocaust survivors and so many others.<br />
We extend our s<strong>in</strong>cere thanks to the follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dividuals, foundations and companies who contributed<br />
to our achievements by giv<strong>in</strong>g so generously to help us expand our efforts. We are pleased to acknowledge<br />
you and may your generosity serve as an <strong>in</strong>spiration for others <strong>in</strong> our community to open their<br />
hearts and offer a help<strong>in</strong>g hand for many years to come.<br />
Our Donors<br />
The follow<strong>in</strong>g list represents gifts between Sept.1, 2006 – Aug. 31, 2007.<br />
$50,000 and above<br />
Marilyn & Stanley Barry<br />
Evie & Ronald Krancer<br />
Norman <strong>Rales</strong><br />
Edith & Mart<strong>in</strong> Ste<strong>in</strong><br />
Jill & Cliff V<strong>in</strong>er<br />
Shirley & Barton Weisman<br />
$15,000 - $49,999<br />
Diane & Lawrence Feldman<br />
Meryl & Ronald Gallat<strong>in</strong><br />
Anne & Norman Jacobson<br />
Mildred & Abner Lev<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Judy Levis Markhoff & Paul Markhoff<br />
Eleanor Silverste<strong>in</strong><br />
$10,000 - $14,999<br />
Erma & Harold Brode<br />
Isabel & Arnold Friedman<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da R. & Ivan R. Gefen<br />
Hands on Tzedakah, Inc.<br />
Sherry & Lawrence Kalish<br />
Carole & Barry Kaye<br />
Julie & David Kirschner<br />
Bess Myerson<br />
Nancy & Marv<strong>in</strong> Schiller<br />
Donna & Paul Segal<br />
Irene & Sol Silver<br />
We Care CVE<br />
norman <strong>Rales</strong><br />
$5,000 – $9,999<br />
Honey & Ronald Blau<br />
B’nai Torah Congregation<br />
Boca Raton Community Hospital<br />
Karola & Aaron Epste<strong>in</strong><br />
Marcy & William Forster<br />
Goldman Sachs & Co.<br />
Karen & Stephen Irw<strong>in</strong><br />
Myrna & Daniel Keisman<br />
Donna & Jeffrey Lamm<br />
Beatrice Mayer<br />
Deborah & Frank Morgenstern<br />
Dorothy Nadolny<br />
Madel<strong>in</strong>e & Eugene Pargh<br />
Lawrence Phillips<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e<br />
Ron krancer & Dr. Jaclynn Faffer
Our Donors<br />
Judith & Maynard Rab<strong>in</strong>owitz<br />
Ropes & Gray LLP<br />
Harry Schwartz<br />
Jean & Charles Shacter Philanthropic Fund<br />
Nita & Norman Shapiro<br />
Anna & Andrew Waldman<br />
Jerry Wolens<br />
$2,500 - $4,999<br />
Lorra<strong>in</strong>e & Jerome Aresty<br />
Jane & Alan Cornell<br />
Peggy & Phillip DeZwirek<br />
Direct Nurs<strong>in</strong>g Care Services Inc.<br />
Ken & Jeanne Fibus<br />
Camille & Steve Fish<br />
Dorothy Konrad<br />
Susan & David Kreisman<br />
Gail & Keith Kronish/Gutterman Warheit<br />
Memorial Chapel<br />
Wendy & Wayne Legum<br />
Billi & Bernard Marcus<br />
Stephanie & William McCauley<br />
Beverly & Marv<strong>in</strong> Miller<br />
Donna & Michael Mullaugh<br />
Millicent Nathan<br />
The Polo Club of Boca Raton<br />
Proskauer Rose LLP<br />
Miriam & Donald Rich<br />
Steve Sager<br />
Sidney Sche<strong>in</strong>berg<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da & Ronald Selbst<br />
Lisa & Rand E. Shapiro<br />
Tenet Healthcare Foundation<br />
The George and Frances Armour Foundation Inc.<br />
Bette & Paul Wohlgemuth<br />
$1,000 - $2,499<br />
Sandi & Robert Adler<br />
Albertsons, Inc.<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da & Albert Anikste<strong>in</strong><br />
Jill & Richard Barry<br />
Bernste<strong>in</strong>, Kaplan & Krauss LLC<br />
Joy & Eugene B<strong>in</strong>kovitz<br />
Michele & Laurence Blair<br />
Brenda & Harvey Blatt<br />
B’nai Israel Congregation<br />
Helene & Elliot Brody<br />
Judi & Craig Donoff<br />
Laura & Edward Edelman<br />
Estate of Sylvia E. Wolens<br />
Barbara & Jeffrey Fe<strong>in</strong>gold<br />
Janice & Stuart D. Flaum<br />
Ina Rae & Neil Fox<br />
Sheila & Stanley Frank<br />
Marcy & Mart<strong>in</strong> Freedman<br />
Laurie & Michael Frenchman<br />
Florence & Barry Friedberg<br />
Stanlee & Steve Friedman<br />
Carol & Ronald Friedsam<br />
Joan & Joseph Garde<br />
David Geller<br />
Eileen & Leo Geller<br />
Ellen & Raymond Goldberg<br />
Phyllis & Gerald Golden<br />
Amy & Alan Goldste<strong>in</strong><br />
Sarah & Eric Gordon<br />
Jeanne & Jay Green<br />
Myrna & David Gross<br />
Barbara & Ronald Grudberg<br />
Bonnie & Barry Halper<strong>in</strong><br />
Faye Halpern<br />
Adele & Edward Haymes<br />
Helen & Herman Gimbel Charity Fund<br />
Richard Hendler<br />
Holocaust Survivors Club Boca Raton<br />
Lorra<strong>in</strong>e & Alv<strong>in</strong> Holzer<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> & Alfred Jacobson<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Federation of SPBC<br />
Helen Kaplan<br />
Rose Kaufman<br />
Marcia & Howard Kent<br />
Heidi & Mark Kle<strong>in</strong>er<br />
Sara Jo & Arthur Kobacker<br />
Morton Kornreich*<br />
Mimi & Leonard Leeds<br />
Audrey & Alan Lev<strong>in</strong>son<br />
Barbara & Randolph Lipton<br />
Helen Londo<br />
Cynthia & George Marks<br />
Elizabeth & Sheldon Maschler<br />
Mellon Private Wealth Management<br />
June & Monte Nathanson<br />
Northern Trust<br />
Charlotte & Richard Okonow<br />
The Ostroff Group<br />
Natalie Pelav<strong>in</strong><br />
Gilbert Raphael<br />
Renaissance Assisted Liv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Sergio Rok<br />
Barbara & Jeffrey Rosenberg<br />
Phyllis & Harvey Sandler<br />
Irv<strong>in</strong>g Sands<br />
Gail & James Satovsky<br />
Marcia & Albert Schmier<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e & Israel Schwab<br />
Helene & Roy Schwedelson<br />
Ellen Shapiro<br />
Olivia & Gerald Shapiro<br />
Hally & Mark Shaw<br />
Jacquel<strong>in</strong>e & Neal Shear<br />
Sara She<strong>in</strong>berg<br />
Sylvia & Lewis Sheketoff<br />
Beanie & Robert Silverste<strong>in</strong><br />
Jaclynn Faffer & Leonard Silverste<strong>in</strong><br />
Joyce & Allen Sos<strong>in</strong><br />
Fran & Stuart Ste<strong>in</strong>berg<br />
SunTrust Bank<br />
Amy & Barry Taney<br />
Temple Beth El<br />
Temple Emeth<br />
The Gardens<br />
Toppel <strong>Family</strong> Foundation<br />
Marshall Turk<strong>in</strong><br />
Diane & Jon Vogel<br />
Sherman Vogel<br />
Lenore & Herbert Wachtel<br />
Suzanne & Joel We<strong>in</strong>ste<strong>in</strong><br />
Reg<strong>in</strong>a & Allan Weitzman<br />
Arl<strong>in</strong>e & Jules Witenste<strong>in</strong><br />
Young Israel of Deerfield Beach<br />
M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation<br />
$500 - $999<br />
Adit & Jonathan Agus<br />
ALF Consult<strong>in</strong>g Inc.<br />
Judy Bailyn<br />
Gloria & Leon C. Baker<br />
Tami & Richard Bane<br />
Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.<br />
Steve Bedowitz<br />
Annie Bergner<br />
Sharon & Melv<strong>in</strong> Berman<br />
Rita & Leonard Bernste<strong>in</strong><br />
Mary E. Bertera<br />
Joy & Richard Blakeman<br />
Nancy Bonomo<br />
Barry Broder<br />
Annette & Leo Brown<br />
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Our Donors<br />
Helen & Mark Cohan<br />
Carol & Michael Cohen<br />
Lucille & Howard Cohen<br />
Barbara & Arnold Cohen<br />
Franc<strong>in</strong>e Cole<br />
Comerica Bank<br />
Norma & Mark David<br />
Jane Davis<br />
Sandy & Howard Davis<br />
Delray Orthodox Synagogue<br />
Donna Kle<strong>in</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> Academy<br />
Judith & Melv<strong>in</strong> E<strong>in</strong>sidler<br />
Helen Eisenberg<br />
Sherry & Kenneth Endelson<br />
Dale & Edward Filhaber<br />
Brenda & Michael F<strong>in</strong>ci<br />
F<strong>in</strong>esse Novelty Corp<br />
Forum F<strong>in</strong>ancial Corporation<br />
Marcia & Richard A. Fox<br />
Stacia & Fred Gefen<br />
Lynn & Michael Gefen<br />
Anne & Robert G<strong>in</strong>sburg<br />
Alice & Barry Glassman<br />
Ronda & David Gluck<br />
Libby & Stanley Goldberg<br />
Lois Goldberg<br />
Naomi Golieb<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da & Steven Goodste<strong>in</strong><br />
Marjorie & Stanley Greenbaum<br />
Beverly & Maurice Gross<br />
Barbara & Howard Grossman<br />
Marsha & Mark Harris<br />
Jerry Herbst<br />
Susan & Alan Jacobs<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da & Bernard Kasten<br />
Michele & David Katzman<br />
Kenco Communities<br />
Alice & Ira Kent<br />
Sandra & Aaron Knopp<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Carolyn & Peter Koslow<br />
Madel<strong>in</strong>e & Philip Lax<br />
Hyla & Stuart Lev<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Ellen & Jerome Levitt<br />
Barbara & Gerald Lew<strong>in</strong><br />
Ellen & Bernard Liebman<br />
Franc<strong>in</strong>e & Harvey Lifton<br />
Light Bulbs Unlimited<br />
Joyce & Michael Lipsich<br />
Laura & Steven Lit<strong>in</strong>sky<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da & Herbert Littman<br />
David Locksh<strong>in</strong><br />
Helen & Carl Marbach<br />
C<strong>in</strong>dy & Stuart Markowitz<br />
Beatrice Hagelberg & He<strong>in</strong>z Marx<br />
Carlyn & Lothar Mayer<br />
Andrea & Jerry McCutcheon<br />
MDVIP, Inc.<br />
Arlene & Robert Merson<br />
Jerry Milgram<br />
Judy & Jack Miller<br />
Beatrice Allis & Alan M<strong>in</strong>ion<br />
Toby & Stanley Muss<br />
Sonia & Israel Neiman<br />
Vicki & Garry Newman<br />
Paula & Gary Nork<strong>in</strong><br />
Dolores & Allen Parmet<br />
Gail & Stefan Pasternack<br />
Maryl<strong>in</strong> Pr<strong>in</strong>ce<br />
Sandra & Aaron Rappaport<br />
Rusti & David Reiter<br />
Rose & James Rob<strong>in</strong>son<br />
Leslie & Dennis Rogers<br />
Rob<strong>in</strong> Rose<br />
Laurie & Mitchell Rubenste<strong>in</strong><br />
Lorrilyn & Robert Saex<br />
Stephanie & Steven Schuster<br />
Alice & Milton Schwartz<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e & Mart<strong>in</strong> Schwartz<br />
Segel Foundation<br />
Harriet & Bernard Shavitz<br />
Esther Sherman<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> & Leonard Sholes<br />
Rosalie & Leonard Silberman<br />
Rochelle & Barry Smith<br />
Nancy & Lewis Solomon<br />
Ann Freedman & Robert Spoont<br />
Donna & Brian Steck<br />
Phyllis & Howard Taranow<br />
Arlene & Mart<strong>in</strong> Tash<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> Taubman<br />
Pat Thomas<br />
Jane & Irw<strong>in</strong> Thomases<br />
Tiffany & Co.<br />
United Way of Palm Beach County<br />
Wachovia Wealth Management<br />
Ina & Warren Wagner<br />
Lynne & Bruce Warshal<br />
Helene & Stephen Weicholz<br />
Vicki & Victor We<strong>in</strong>ste<strong>in</strong><br />
Karen & Mart<strong>in</strong> Weisfeld<br />
Betty & Harvey Weiss<br />
Karen & Howard Weiss<br />
Serena & Richard Werber<br />
Annemarie W<strong>in</strong>ter<br />
Susan & Marv<strong>in</strong> Wische<br />
Rosal<strong>in</strong>d & Larry Wolfe<br />
Paula & Stuart Yurman<br />
Betty Z<strong>in</strong>man<br />
$250 - $499<br />
Sheila & Burt Aaronson<br />
Berkshire Trust Advisory<br />
Fran & Jerome T. Butw<strong>in</strong><br />
Anne Chern<strong>in</strong><br />
Cresthaven East<br />
Loretta & Herbert Cron<br />
Herb Douglas<br />
Valerie Dalw<strong>in</strong> Etra<br />
Abe Fe<strong>in</strong>berg<br />
Alan Shawn Fe<strong>in</strong>ste<strong>in</strong><br />
Matis Feit<br />
Jennifer & Brett Forman<br />
Mildred & Daniel Forsythe<br />
Mart<strong>in</strong> Frank<br />
Stanley Friedman<br />
Herbert Futoran<br />
Renee Gant<br />
Nancy & Gregory Gefen<br />
Rona & Steven Geller<br />
Jill Genson<br />
Faye & Irw<strong>in</strong> Gerber<br />
Marcia Glanz<br />
Bonnie & David Gold<br />
Goldste<strong>in</strong> Lew<strong>in</strong> and Co.<br />
Ilene W. & Thomas F. Gordon<br />
Roberta Gotlieb<br />
Sandra & Kenneth Greenblatt<br />
Gregory’s F<strong>in</strong>e Jewelry<br />
Ellen & Michael Hartz<br />
Karen & William Herbstman<br />
Heritage Park Retirement Community<br />
Milli Hershman<br />
Rita & Thomas Herskovits<br />
Jerome Hirsch<br />
Ellen & Ron Hoffner<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da Hrichak<br />
Susan & Robert Igiel<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> War Veterans of The USA<br />
Helen Kaplan<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e
Our Donors<br />
Gail & Daniel Katz<br />
Sandra & Gary Kerner<br />
Betty & Jon Kimmel<br />
Sheila & Donald Kirshner<br />
Dori & Ron Kle<strong>in</strong><br />
Lori & Darryl Kogan<br />
Audrey & Alan Lev<strong>in</strong>son<br />
Barbara & Irv<strong>in</strong>g Levy<br />
Loretta & Neil Litten<br />
Tom Mandia<br />
Edward Marks<br />
Barbara & Jeff Mart<strong>in</strong><br />
Merrill Lynch<br />
Mignano Tree Care, Inc.<br />
Rhoda More<strong>in</strong><br />
Leland Morris<br />
Marsha & Michael Noller<br />
Professional Learn<strong>in</strong>g Center Inc.<br />
Alfred Rauchman<br />
Regents Park, Inc.<br />
Deana & Hyman Richman<br />
Alan Roberts<br />
Millie Rosenberg<br />
Betty & Elliot Herb Ross<br />
Barbara & Joel Roth<br />
Carol Rothenberg<br />
Joseph Roux<br />
Janice & James Rub<strong>in</strong><br />
Arlene & Edward Ruff<br />
Diane & B. Benjam<strong>in</strong> Saketkhou<br />
Ethel Sanders<br />
Susan & John Saril<br />
Ellen Sarnoff<br />
Sherry & Ed Schiff<br />
Rose & Ira Schy<br />
Phyllis & Clifford Seresky<br />
Beatrice & Sidney Shames<br />
Leslee & Daniel Shooster<br />
Signature Interiors, Inc.<br />
Richard Silverman<br />
Jay Sles<strong>in</strong>ger<br />
Bill T. Smith<br />
Barbara & Joel Stone<br />
Deborah Voelker<br />
Evelyn & Stanley Weiss<br />
Dorothy Wizer<br />
$100 - $249<br />
Debra Abrams<br />
Susan Ad<strong>in</strong><br />
Rhoda & Albert Alexander<br />
Susan Amerl<strong>in</strong>g-Stern<br />
Louise & Edward Aptaker<br />
Ashkenazy and Agus Ventures LLC<br />
Aston Gardens Chapter, ARMDI<br />
Arnold Bagel<br />
Annette & Stuart Ba<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Arnold Bangel<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> & Ronald Baron<br />
Royce Battleman<br />
Hilda Berner<br />
Harriett Kogod & Jack Bobb<br />
Jack Boeko<br />
Judith & Murray Braunste<strong>in</strong><br />
Eileen & Robert Breakstone<br />
Marilyn & Sidney Brodsky<br />
Delores & Irv<strong>in</strong>g Caplan<br />
Classic Residence by Hyatt Boca<br />
Edith & Melv<strong>in</strong> Clayman<br />
Stephanie Landa & Michael Cohen<br />
Jean & Leon Cohen<br />
Alisa & G. Richard Cohen<br />
Peter Corpel<br />
Barry Cott<br />
Sandra & Donald Cra<strong>in</strong><br />
Jane & James Davidson<br />
Jeroldean Dommert<br />
Florence & Jack Donsky<br />
Michael Dopk<strong>in</strong><br />
East Coast Medical Associates<br />
Diane & Lloyd Eisenberg<br />
Elizabeth Olivas Inc.<br />
Bea & Lee Engel<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> Englander<br />
Beatrice Epel<br />
Rena & Lewis Fagen<br />
Raymond Fields<br />
Sandra & Arthur Fishman<br />
Susan & Robert Floum<br />
Franc<strong>in</strong>e & Norman Freedman<br />
Howard Freedman<br />
Shirley & Norman Friedman<br />
Sheila Furr<br />
Garber & Goodman Advertis<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Beth & Michael Gellar<br />
Diane & Bernard Gimbel<br />
Gimbel Hold<strong>in</strong>g Co.<br />
Dan G<strong>in</strong>sberg<br />
GlaxoSmithKl<strong>in</strong>e Foundation<br />
Carolyn & Edgar Goldenberg<br />
Mervyn Golder<br />
Marilyn & Bernard Goldman<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e & Albert Goldste<strong>in</strong><br />
Lisa & David Goodman<br />
The Gould House<br />
Greenbriar Womens Club<br />
Greenleaf Ladies Club<br />
Brigitte & Richard Greenwald<br />
Judith & Gordon Grenn<br />
Joan & David Grossman<br />
Lotte & Alfred Gruen<br />
Guttman <strong>Family</strong> Foundation Inc.<br />
Amy Habie<br />
Colman Hanish<br />
Harry Hauptman<br />
Samuel Heer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Nancy C. Mart<strong>in</strong> & Fred J. Henler<br />
Suretta & Bruce Hollander<br />
Carla & Paul Honig<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> & Laurence Howard<br />
Helen & Jack Itkow<br />
David Joseph<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e & Harold Kaplan<br />
Carol Kaye<br />
Arlene Borsky & Arnold Kle<strong>in</strong><br />
Jill & Loren Kle<strong>in</strong>man<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e & Melv<strong>in</strong> Kofsky<br />
Goldie Lang<br />
Helen & Earle Laver<br />
Jeannette & Philip Lazarus<br />
Roberta & Paul Leeds<br />
Carol & Harvey Leff<br />
Susan & Gary Lefferts<br />
Sylvia & Allen Leffler<br />
Carolann & Steven Leffler<br />
Dorothy Lestner<br />
Phyllis & Norman Leventhal<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e & Herbert Lev<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Susan & Gregory Levy<br />
Sally & Lawrence Levy<br />
Goldie & David Lieber<br />
Lifton <strong>Family</strong> Foundation<br />
Alyssa & Marc List<br />
Peggy & Robert Madan<br />
Beatrice & He<strong>in</strong>z Marx<br />
Franc<strong>in</strong>e & Aaron Mendelson<br />
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Our Donors<br />
Mendelson Enterprises Corp.<br />
Macky & Jerry Milgram<br />
David Miller<br />
Maruka Mirochnick<br />
C<strong>in</strong>dy & Isadore Moore<br />
The Morn<strong>in</strong>gstar <strong>Family</strong> Foundation<br />
Susan & Richard Nagler<br />
Stanley Nova<br />
Sidney Owitz<br />
Edith Peiser<br />
Phillip Cohen Receivable Trust<br />
Plat<strong>in</strong>a S<strong>in</strong>gles Club<br />
Estelle Plous<br />
Shirley Polen<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da & Bennett Politzer<br />
Carole & David Pollay<br />
David Pomerantz<br />
Joan & Samuel Prizant<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da & Lorence Queen<br />
Rab<strong>in</strong> Hadassah of Valencia Lakes<br />
Helene Rais<strong>in</strong><br />
Barbara & Frederic Reitman<br />
C<strong>in</strong>dy & James Robb<strong>in</strong>s<br />
Helen Ross<br />
Jerome Roth<br />
Norman Rothman<br />
Freda Sacks<br />
Sa<strong>in</strong>t Andrew’s School<br />
Eileen & Ira Salk<br />
Sherman Salovitz<br />
Natalie & Eugene Sandler<br />
Eva & David Schapiro<br />
Rose & Samuel Schreier<br />
Betsy & Rick Schuster<br />
Adrienne & Leon Schwartz<br />
Amy & Michael Selzer<br />
Senior Home Companions<br />
Louise Sernoff<br />
Gerolyn Shapiro<br />
Beverly & Alv<strong>in</strong> Shapiro<br />
Shari’s Place<br />
Sybil & Marshall Sigel<br />
Andrew Gross & La<strong>in</strong>ie Simon<br />
David Simon<br />
Janie & Eric Simon<br />
Mimi & Carmi Slomovitz<br />
Shirley Sokolsky<br />
Delores Solomon<br />
Susan & Elliott Solomon<br />
Hadas & Jason Stagman<br />
Marcia & Donald Stone<br />
Gerald<strong>in</strong>e Stregevsky<br />
Lila Subotky<br />
Mel<strong>in</strong>da & Avi Tansman<br />
Charlotte & Bernard Tarshis<br />
Temple Anshei Shalom<br />
Suzanne & Eugene Terry<br />
Turnberry Isles Women’s Club<br />
Susan & Mark Vaimberg<br />
Visit<strong>in</strong>g Angels<br />
Cor<strong>in</strong>a & Stuart Waldman<br />
Rita & Gordon Waldorf<br />
Jane & Samuel Wasserman<br />
Beverly & Harold Wax<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> We<strong>in</strong>berger<br />
Judy & Robert We<strong>in</strong>ste<strong>in</strong><br />
M<strong>in</strong>di & Mark Weisenbloom<br />
Morton-Decease & Eleanor Weissman<br />
Arlene & Murray Westreich<br />
Jackie & Alv<strong>in</strong> Wheeler<br />
Rosalyn & Sidney Wiener<br />
Hayden Wirshba<br />
Barbara & Jay Wiston<br />
Women of Vizcaya<br />
Laura & Mark Yell<strong>in</strong><br />
Etta & Raymond Zimmerman<br />
under $100<br />
Marcia & Darryl Aarons<br />
Naomi & Samuel Abramovitz<br />
Dee Abrams<br />
Rosalyn Abrams<br />
Mack Alexander<br />
Rhoda & Michael Ambach<br />
Henny & Raphael Aronson<br />
Muriel & Irv<strong>in</strong>g Aronson<br />
Carol Ann Artes<br />
Sharon & Brent Barash<br />
Deborah & Kenneth Baron<br />
Moss Baxt<br />
Harriet & Alv<strong>in</strong> Benjam<strong>in</strong><br />
Leslie & Dean Benzion<br />
Sheila & Michael Berloff<br />
Anita & Sam Berman<br />
Rose Bernste<strong>in</strong><br />
Lillian Bernste<strong>in</strong><br />
Mary Besk<strong>in</strong><br />
Beverly Foundation<br />
Norman Birenbaum<br />
Saul Birnbaum<br />
Judy Blackman<br />
Helene & Marv<strong>in</strong> Blauste<strong>in</strong><br />
Milton Blaut<br />
Norman Blomberg<br />
Marjorie & Melv<strong>in</strong> Blum<br />
Gloria Bober<br />
Lydia Botfeld<br />
Cathy Bowers<br />
Andrea Bresky<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> Brizel<br />
Barbara & Karl Brodsky<br />
Phyllis Brucker<br />
Miriam Bruno<br />
Leah & Lee Bud<br />
Miriam Burhans<br />
Natalie & Bernard Carlow<br />
Dora Carter<br />
Fred Charatan<br />
Judith Chason<br />
Carolyn Chernoff<br />
Joan & J. Michael Cochran<br />
Rhea & Sanford Cohen<br />
Annette & Erw<strong>in</strong> Cohen<br />
Douglas Cohen<br />
Samuel Cohen<br />
Harriet Cohen<br />
Irv Cohen<br />
Tamar & Scott Comiter<br />
Carol & Charles Craig<br />
Ella & Robert Crane<br />
Florence Creson<br />
Joanne Crown<br />
Etti & Ludwig Cziment<br />
John De Gaglia<br />
Helen Mary De Monte<br />
Delray Villas Men’s Club<br />
Irv<strong>in</strong>g Diamond<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e & Alan Diamond<br />
Barbara & Marv<strong>in</strong> Dicker<br />
Evanne Dixon<br />
Barbara Eisenstark<br />
Edmund Elk<strong>in</strong>s<br />
Sylvia Ettenger<br />
Robert Eyges<br />
Frances Feigen<br />
Marian & Sanford Fe<strong>in</strong>man<br />
Esther & Norman Fe<strong>in</strong>tuck<br />
Judith Feist<br />
Dorothea & Steven Feldman<br />
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Our Donors<br />
Esther & Deneal Feldman<br />
Frances Feldman<br />
Doris Fields<br />
Carole & Al F<strong>in</strong>kelste<strong>in</strong><br />
M<strong>in</strong>a & David F<strong>in</strong>kelste<strong>in</strong><br />
Alice Flateman<br />
Floral Lakes Mens Club<br />
Roberta Forman<br />
Corrie & Jerry Fox<br />
Hela<strong>in</strong>e Friedberg -Hoffman<br />
Peter Friedmann<br />
Florence & Elwood Fuerstman<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e & Fred Gardner<br />
Rita & Gerald Gare<br />
Michael Garlick<br />
Jane & Jack Garrett<br />
Henry Gartner<br />
Sharon Geltner<br />
Patricia & Robert Gillman<br />
Adrienne & Robert G<strong>in</strong>sberg<br />
Judith G<strong>in</strong>sburg<br />
Matilda Glick<br />
Sonia Selma & Stanley Goldberg<br />
Sandra & Louis Goldberg<br />
Burniece & William Goldetsky<br />
Frances & Daniel Goldman<br />
Shelley & Howard Goldste<strong>in</strong><br />
Golson Leeds Inc.<br />
Natalie Goodglass<br />
Henry Goodman<br />
Elayne & Burton Goodman<br />
Harriet & William Gottlieb<br />
Barbara & Albert Grant<br />
Pamela & Steven Greenbaum<br />
Mary & Stanley Greenblath<br />
Louise & Sidney Greenswag<br />
Arlene Gritz<br />
Dorothy & Paul Grob<br />
Harriet Gross<br />
Wendy & Danny Gruby<br />
Anita Grundman<br />
Ilona Grunfeld<br />
Arlene & Stephen Guss<br />
Edith & Albert Haimes<br />
Jeanne & Edgar Handman<br />
M. Delia & Steven Hank<strong>in</strong><br />
Harmony Elder Services, Inc.<br />
Anita & Richard Harris<br />
Charlotte & Bruce Harris<br />
Judith & Michael Herman<br />
Phyllis & Sanford Hersh<br />
Hillel Day School of Boca Raton<br />
Libbie Hoff<br />
Eydie & Ira Holz<br />
Toby & Mart<strong>in</strong> Horowitz<br />
Elizabeth & Sidney Horowitz<br />
Rose Horowitz<br />
Doris Jacober<br />
Freda Jacobs<br />
Gloria & Arnold Jacobs<br />
Jack Jaffe<br />
Marilyn Jaffee<br />
Jan & Bill Jiler<br />
Joys of Yiddish Club<br />
Mae Kahan<br />
Maida & David Kahn<br />
Esther Kantor<br />
Joanne & Murray Kaplan<br />
Muriel Karp<br />
Renee & Mart<strong>in</strong> Kastner<br />
Deanna & Henry Katz<br />
Mala Grundberg & Morris Katz<br />
Richard J. Katz<br />
Leonard Katz<br />
Miriam Katz<br />
Norman Keane<br />
Joseph Keen<br />
Irene & Edward Kellerman<br />
Lillian Kent<br />
Joyce Kerensky<br />
Zelda & Joseph Klaiman<br />
Judith & Bernard Kle<strong>in</strong><br />
Edith Klimberg<br />
Barnette Koch<br />
Betty & Eli Koppel<br />
Frances & Adam Kossek<br />
Vera Krakauer<br />
Hannah Krakauer<br />
Myra & Joseph Kr<strong>in</strong>sky<br />
Sandra & James Kronengold<br />
Leonard Kulick<br />
Susan & Roberto Kurcbart<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e & Julius Kurtz<br />
Arthur Landesman<br />
Leonaard Landwehr<br />
Sandra & Morton Laveter<br />
Sylvia Lawson<br />
Stan Layne<br />
Ronnie & Samuel Leder<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> & Harvey LeFrock<br />
Betty & Barry Leif<br />
Mollie Leiken<br />
Ester & Isaak Lenczicki<br />
Howard Leon<br />
Belle & Nathan Lescher<br />
Nauma Lev<strong>in</strong><br />
Eugenia Lev<strong>in</strong><br />
Blanche & Abe Lev<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Claudia & Gary Lev<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Franc<strong>in</strong>e & Steven Lev<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Mary Levitz<br />
Richard Levy<br />
Lillian & Robert Lichtman<br />
M & E Lieberman<br />
Jan Lieberman<br />
Claire Lieberman<br />
Phyllis & Mart<strong>in</strong> Lieberman<br />
Shirley & Mart<strong>in</strong> Liederman<br />
Ann & Marc Loder<br />
Jacalyn & Ira Lome<br />
Maria Longo<br />
Leonard Luck<br />
Lydian Private Bank of Palm Beach<br />
Hansi Lynfield<br />
Eileen Mack<br />
Hilary R. Mackisey<br />
Lois & David Magid<br />
Diane & Meyer Malakoff<br />
Joy Malkoff<br />
Barbara Mann<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Beverly & Paul Mapes<br />
Stefa & Morry Markuse<br />
Gail Marx<br />
Florence Medl<strong>in</strong>sky<br />
Seena & Samuel Mickelson<br />
Michele Migdal<br />
Ida & Abraham Milkman<br />
Thelma & Eugene Miller<br />
Elizabeth Miller<br />
Denise & David Millison<br />
Mary Ann & Stanley M<strong>in</strong>ster<br />
Barry Mittelman<br />
Diane & Joel Morris<br />
Phyllis & Myron Moscovitz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Social Club<br />
Marilyn & Stuart Nadelbach<br />
Sab<strong>in</strong>a & Noah Neiman<br />
Lee Newman<br />
Jesse M Njiru<br />
Not for Women Only<br />
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Our Donors<br />
Elizabeth Olivas<br />
Gail Oren<br />
Judi Oxman<br />
Nicole & Leslie Pachter<br />
Papanicolaou Corps for Cancer<br />
Lester Pesk<strong>in</strong><br />
Pfizer Foundation Match<strong>in</strong>g Gifts Program<br />
P<strong>in</strong>es of Delray Men’s Club<br />
Alexis & Barry P<strong>in</strong>ken<br />
Plat<strong>in</strong>a Queen of Clubs<br />
Perrie Alyssa & Ira Plitt<br />
Betty & Bruce Polansky<br />
Doris Polsky<br />
Hela<strong>in</strong>e & Roger Pomerance<br />
Joyce & Stanley Preiser<br />
Kalman Pszenica<br />
Ra<strong>in</strong>berry Bay Solo Club<br />
Norma & Paul Raphael<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e & Sidney Rappaport<br />
Celia & Milton Raps<br />
Sheila Reich<br />
Lisa Reichardt<br />
Elena Reichman<br />
Cecil Rennick<br />
Esther & Sol Resnik<br />
Judith Richman<br />
Susan & Mort Richter<br />
Barbara R<strong>in</strong>gel<br />
Deborah & Joseph Rischall<br />
Sue & Ira Rob<strong>in</strong>s<br />
Beatrice Rocker<br />
Reva Rogoff<br />
Mary Rolider<br />
Arlene Roogow<br />
Susan & Arthur Rosen<br />
Joan Rosenberg<br />
Nancy & Carl Rosenkrantz<br />
Gloria & S. David Rosenzweig<br />
Susan & Arthur Rosenzweig<br />
Carol & Arthur Roth<br />
Rosalyn & Joel Rottman<br />
Audrey & Jack Ruda<br />
Thelma & Morris Russo<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service Employees<br />
Irene & Henry Sachs<br />
Patricia Safer<br />
Millicent & Eli Salnick<br />
Julius Salzbank<br />
Annette & Burton Sanfilippo<br />
Judith & David Satlof<br />
Rhoda & Malcolm Scharf<br />
Beatrice & Irv<strong>in</strong>g Schneider<br />
Florence & Howard Schubert<br />
Hynda & David Schuman<br />
Carolyn & Richard Schwartz<br />
Harriet & Ron Schwartz<br />
Helene & Sidney Seligson<br />
Lorra<strong>in</strong>e & Stephen Shapiro<br />
Betty & William Shapiro<br />
Sydelle & Leslie Sher<br />
Adele & Seymour Sh<strong>in</strong>der<br />
Sol Shmulewitz<br />
Ellen Joan & Herbert Shore<br />
Sandra & David Shore<br />
Eleanor & Millard Shulman<br />
Marilyn Sietz<br />
Heath Silberfeld<br />
Rosalie & Mart<strong>in</strong> Silverman<br />
Beatrice & Alv<strong>in</strong> Silverste<strong>in</strong><br />
Myra & Merle S<strong>in</strong>ger<br />
Lydia S<strong>in</strong>ger<br />
Anne & Aaron S<strong>in</strong>ger<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e S<strong>in</strong>ger<br />
Beverly & Samuel Sisisky<br />
Carol & Irv<strong>in</strong>g Smokler<br />
Irene & Ivan Snyder<br />
Sylvia Sommerfield<br />
Phyllis & Eugene Squires<br />
Diana Ste<strong>in</strong><br />
Eugene Stern<br />
Joan & Harvey Stetson<br />
Eileen & Harvey Stone<br />
Meryl & Harvey Strackman<br />
Joan Strauss<br />
Mitchell Strauss<br />
Leona & Norman Strauss<br />
Bernice & Harold Struhl<br />
Susan & Mark Tabor<br />
Rochelle & Neil Tell<br />
Temple Beth Shalom<br />
Temple Beth Shira<br />
Claudia & Steven Thaler<br />
Diana & Morton Tob<strong>in</strong><br />
Hilda Turch<strong>in</strong><br />
Evelyn & Joel Udell<br />
Alex Varnai<br />
Betty & James Wachtel<br />
Marsie Wallach<br />
Alice & Robert Wanderman<br />
Oscar Warner<br />
Joseph Wasch<br />
Gloria & Michael Waterman<br />
Susan We<strong>in</strong>ste<strong>in</strong><br />
Robert S. We<strong>in</strong>ste<strong>in</strong><br />
Patricia & Matthew Weiss<br />
Marjorie Weiss<br />
Mary Weiss<br />
Marietta Weitz<br />
Marilyn & Edward West<br />
Westchester of Boynton Hadassah<br />
Whisper Walk S<strong>in</strong>gles Club<br />
Rhoda Wilkenfeld<br />
Gerard Witt<br />
Ilene & Peter Wohlgemuth<br />
Deborah & Gilbert Wolfenson<br />
Women at Waterberry<br />
Women’s American ORT Boynton Beach<br />
Women’s American ORT, Inc.<br />
Edith F<strong>in</strong>k & Anna Zaidel<br />
Sue Zarch<strong>in</strong><br />
Herman Ziegler<br />
Sandra & Warren Zimelis<br />
Sidney Zimmerman<br />
Cara & Kenneth Zimmerman<br />
Genia & David Zwirn<br />
* of blessed memory<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e
F<strong>in</strong>ancial Report<br />
Assets<br />
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 774,887<br />
Program Receivables, Net 44,014<br />
Beneficial Interest <strong>in</strong> Assets Held By Others 6,305,373<br />
Grant and Other Receivables 1,015,135<br />
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets 96,959<br />
Property and Equipment 57,965<br />
Pre-construction Costs 44,599<br />
total Assets $ 8,338,932<br />
Support<br />
Revenue<br />
Total Revenue and Support: $7,600,919<br />
expenses<br />
Total Functional Expenses: $6,954,072<br />
liabilities and net Assets<br />
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 256,131<br />
Deferred Revenue 241,551<br />
total liabilities 497,682<br />
net Assets<br />
Unrestricted $ 2,364,342<br />
Temporarily Restricted 2,552,491<br />
Permanently Restricted 2,924,417<br />
total net Assets $ 7,841,250<br />
total liabilities and net Assets $ 8,338,932<br />
temporarily permanently<br />
unrestricted Restricted Restricted total<br />
Pledges, Grants and Contributions $ 2,792,459 $ 1,326,952 $ 2,318 $ 4,121,729<br />
Fundrais<strong>in</strong>g Events 778,861 778,861<br />
Less: Fundrais<strong>in</strong>g Event Expenses (178,756) (178,756)<br />
Federation Allocation 1,678,503 1,678,503<br />
Federation F<strong>in</strong>ancial Assistance 40,520 40,520<br />
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 688,960 (691,587) 2,627 0<br />
total Support $ 5,800,547 635,365 4,945 $ 6,440,857<br />
Revenue<br />
Program Revenue, Net $ 580,620 580,620<br />
Investment Income 266,843 173,796 440,639<br />
Other Revenue 138,803 138,803<br />
total Revenue 986,266 173,796 0 1,160,062<br />
total Support and Revenue $ 6,786,813 $ 809,161 $ 4,945 $ 7,600,919<br />
expenses<br />
Program Services $ 6,034,866 $ 6,034,866<br />
General and Adm<strong>in</strong>istrative 713,991 713,991<br />
Fundrais<strong>in</strong>g 205,215 205,215<br />
total expenses $ 6,954,072 0.00 0.00 6,954,072<br />
Change <strong>in</strong> Net Assets (167,259) 809,161 4,945 646,847<br />
net Assets - Beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of year $ 2,531,601 1,743,330 2,919,472 7,194,403<br />
net Assets - end of year $ 2,364,342 $ 2,552,491 $ 2,924,417 $ 7,841,250<br />
Sept. 1, 2006 – Aug. 31, 2007<br />
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Cather<strong>in</strong>e Zieman of northern trust and friends<br />
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer with polo Club’s Ronni Brockman, nate Miller & Joy goldste<strong>in</strong><br />
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Thanks to Our Generous Funders<br />
Thanks to our fund<strong>in</strong>g partners who provided the follow<strong>in</strong>g grants, total<strong>in</strong>g $4.5 million. Their generosity<br />
makes it possible for <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service to offer numerous community and social service<br />
programs, which improve the quality of life for south Palm Beach County’s most vulnerable residents.<br />
Thank you for your vital support!<br />
grants<br />
Area on Ag<strong>in</strong>g – Palm Beach/Treasure Coast<br />
The Conference on <strong>Jewish</strong> Material Claims Aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
Germany<br />
California Community Foundation<br />
Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County, Inc.<br />
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Mart<strong>in</strong><br />
Counties<br />
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)<br />
Hands on Tzedakah<br />
Harry & Jeanette We<strong>in</strong>berg Foundation<br />
Jack & Marilyn Pechter Foundation<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Federation of South Palm Beach County<br />
edith & Mart<strong>in</strong> Ste<strong>in</strong><br />
ivan & l<strong>in</strong>da gefen, Marilyn & Stan Barry<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Funders Network<br />
Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson /<br />
Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation<br />
South Florida Sun-Sent<strong>in</strong>el<br />
State of Florida – Department of Elder Affairs<br />
State of Florida – Department of F<strong>in</strong>ancial Services<br />
State of Florida – Governor’s Commission on<br />
Volunteerism and Community Service<br />
Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation<br />
United States Department of Health and Human<br />
Services<br />
United Way of Palm Beach County<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e
Jeanette Rosenthal, kaitl<strong>in</strong> kirsner Betty Rosen, lauren Friedman<br />
Endowments<br />
Jack C. AlexanderTelephone Reassurance Program<br />
Endowment Fund<br />
Anton-Bobick Endowment Fund<br />
Sara & Herman Cohn RRJFS Endowment Fund<br />
Edward Eisen In-Home Supportive Services<br />
Endowment Fund<br />
Karola & Aaron Epste<strong>in</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service<br />
Endowment Fund<br />
Forster <strong>Family</strong> Kosher Food Pantry<br />
Rose Golden Indigent Care Endowment Fund<br />
Richard J. Goldste<strong>in</strong> Memorial <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service<br />
Endowment Fund<br />
Lisa & David Goodman Endowment Fund<br />
Edward S. Gould Fund for Special Needs for Gays and<br />
Lesbian Clients<br />
Edward S. Gould Fund for Outreach for Elderly<br />
Lesbians and Gay Men<br />
Abraham & Rita Hazelcorn RRJFS Endowment Fund<br />
Holocaust Survivors Endowment Fund<br />
I Have a Dream Fund<br />
Eli & Hilda Kr<strong>in</strong>zman Scholarship Endowment Fund<br />
Roxane Frechie Lipton JFS Endowment Fund<br />
Madel<strong>in</strong>e and Eugene Pargh Kosher Food Pantry<br />
Endowment Fund<br />
Jason Pavao Memorial Endowment Fund<br />
Michael Pelav<strong>in</strong> RRJFS Staff Endowment Fund<br />
Rabbi Joseph & Anne Pollack Chapla<strong>in</strong>cy Endowment<br />
Fund<br />
David Pollen JFS Fund<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service Endowment Fund<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service Fund for Children<br />
with Rett Syndrome<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service Director’s<br />
Endowment Fund<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service Outreach Program<br />
Michelle Rothholz Memorial Endowment Fund<br />
Berenice Brenn Schankerman Endowment Fund<br />
Harold & Julia K. Segall Memorial Endowment Fund<br />
Louis Shapiro JFS Endowment Fund<br />
Dorothy & Sidney Schuman <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Service<br />
Endowment Fund.<br />
Sidney & Eleanor Silverste<strong>in</strong> In-Home Supportive<br />
Services Endowment Fund<br />
Delores & Ralph Solomon Endowment Fund for<br />
Children with Special Needs<br />
Special Projects Fund<br />
Jeffrey Brian Turk<strong>in</strong> Memorial RRJFS Endowment<br />
Fund<br />
Clifford & Jill V<strong>in</strong>er <strong>Family</strong> Compassionate Care<br />
Program Endowment Fund<br />
Edith Wasserbard Endowment Fund<br />
Gladys We<strong>in</strong>shank Endowment Fund<br />
Morton J. We<strong>in</strong>ste<strong>in</strong> Memorial Endowment Fund for<br />
the Sight Impaired<br />
Mary Weiss Fund <strong>in</strong> Memory of Sigmund Weiss<br />
Sidney and Jacquel<strong>in</strong>e Wolg<strong>in</strong> RRJFS Emergency<br />
Services Endowment Fund<br />
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Alan goldste<strong>in</strong><br />
Officers & Board<br />
2006-2007 officers<br />
president<br />
Dr. Ronald Selbst<br />
vice presidents<br />
Larry Blair<br />
First Vice President<br />
Ivan Gefen<br />
Vice President, F<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
Resource Development<br />
Stanley Barry<br />
Vice President, Capital<br />
Projects<br />
Dr. Marv<strong>in</strong> Schiller<br />
Vice President, Board<br />
Development<br />
Alan Goldste<strong>in</strong><br />
Vice President, Programs<br />
Board of trustees<br />
Sandi Adler<br />
Jerome Altheimer<br />
Joy B<strong>in</strong>kovitz *<br />
Harold Brode<br />
Jane Cornell<br />
Judi Donoff<br />
Barbara Fe<strong>in</strong>gold<br />
honorary Board Members<br />
David Katzman **<br />
Millicent Nathan<br />
Clarice Pressner<br />
Judy Rab<strong>in</strong>owitz and Jane Cornell<br />
treasurer<br />
Keith Kronish<br />
Secretary<br />
Marcia Schmier<br />
immediate past<br />
president<br />
Michael Mullaugh<br />
president emeritus<br />
Karola Epste<strong>in</strong><br />
Diane Feldman<br />
Sheila Frank<br />
Arnold Friedman<br />
Ronald Gallat<strong>in</strong> **<br />
Ronda Gluck<br />
Karen Irw<strong>in</strong><br />
Norman Jacobson<br />
<strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>Rales</strong> ***<br />
Eleanor Silverste<strong>in</strong><br />
Ilene Wohlgemuth *<br />
Daniel Keisman<br />
David Kirschner<br />
Wendy Legum<br />
Marv<strong>in</strong> Miller<br />
Charlotte Okonow *<br />
Madel<strong>in</strong>e Pargh<br />
Natalie Pelav<strong>in</strong><br />
* Past Presidents<br />
** Executive Committee<br />
*** Of Blessed Memory<br />
Sheila Frank<br />
Judy Rab<strong>in</strong>owitz *<br />
Steve Sager<br />
Dr. Allen Sos<strong>in</strong><br />
Mart<strong>in</strong> Ste<strong>in</strong><br />
Amy Taney<br />
Andrew Waldman<br />
Bart Weisman<br />
R u t h R A l e S J e W i S h F A M i l y S e R v i C e<br />
Dr. Ronald Selbst<br />
keith kronish, Alan goldste<strong>in</strong>, Ron gallat<strong>in</strong>, larry Blair and David katzman
Damas<strong>in</strong>o taperi lisa hartste<strong>in</strong> patty Shukat Cathy Bowers<br />
Jesse njiru<br />
Audrey Schattner Joan-Director<br />
Staff<br />
Adm<strong>in</strong>istration<br />
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer ........................Chief Executive Officer<br />
Orlando Cabrera ..........................Director of Operations<br />
Anne Chern<strong>in</strong>, MSW, MBA ....... Director of Community Relations<br />
& Government Affairs<br />
Sharon Geltner ............................Communications Director<br />
Jason Merrick, CPA, C.A. ...........Chief F<strong>in</strong>ancial Officer<br />
Cl<strong>in</strong>ical & Senior Services<br />
Enny Almonte-Nunez, LCSW .....Social Worker<br />
Orly Beldner, Psy.D ......................Social Worker<br />
Marissa Blanco, MS, MHC ........Case Manager<br />
Cathy Bowers, CSA, MSA, RG .. Case Manager<br />
Joan Ens<strong>in</strong>k, LCSW ..................... Director of Cl<strong>in</strong>ical &<br />
Senior Services<br />
Judith Friedman, MA ..................Occupational Therapist<br />
Robyn Hallow, BA .......................Case Manager<br />
Patricia Hartog, LCSW ................Program Director<br />
Howard Horowitz, LCSW ........... Director of Case Management<br />
Laurie Intondi, LCSW ..................Case Manager<br />
Jacque Kaplan, LCSW ................Social Worker<br />
Tulla Katehis, LCSW ...................Social Worker<br />
Debbie Lipson, LCSW .................Social Worker<br />
Jill Lurie, MSW ...........................Social Worker<br />
Dianne Matthew, LCSW ............Social Worker<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da Miller, MS,Ed.MSW,MPA .Case Manager<br />
Lauren Moret ...............................Intern<br />
Shari Picart-Mull<strong>in</strong>gs ..................Intern<br />
Kathy Porges, MSW ...................Case Manager<br />
Lois Purdham ...............................Case Aide<br />
Esther Rachelson, EdS ................Case Manager<br />
Arlene Roogow ...........................Case Manager<br />
Cynthia Roon, MSW ...................Case Manager<br />
Lucille Saucier, LCSW .................Project Director<br />
Gayle Savage Silverman ............ Case Manager<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da Schiff, LCSW .....................Social Worker<br />
David Schlagter, LCSW ..............Social Worker<br />
Patricia Shukat, LCSW ...............Social Worker<br />
Leonard Silverste<strong>in</strong>, Ph.D ...........Group Facilitator<br />
Mahogany Smith ........................Case Manager<br />
Carol Spr<strong>in</strong>g, LCSW ....................... Case Manager Supervisor<br />
Heather Summers .......................Program Director<br />
Lila Vaughn, MSW ......................Case Manager<br />
Larry Young, MSW......................Case Manager<br />
Community Services<br />
Lauren Barnett .............................Volunteer Assistant<br />
Marcy Bezark, M.Ed.................... Director of Volunteer Services<br />
Mark Cherny, LCSW ................... Supervisor of Outreach &<br />
Community Services<br />
Rabbi Sidney Goldste<strong>in</strong> .............. Director of Chapla<strong>in</strong>cy<br />
human Resources & <strong>Family</strong> Assistance Center<br />
Sy Gr<strong>in</strong>er.......................................Transportation Assistant<br />
Beth Lev<strong>in</strong>e .................................. H R & <strong>Family</strong> Assistance Center<br />
Coord<strong>in</strong>ator<br />
Cara Zimmerman ........................Food Pantry Assistant<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial Resource Development<br />
Margie Walden ...........................Director of Development<br />
Lisa Hartste<strong>in</strong>, MHS ...................Grants Coord<strong>in</strong>ator<br />
Jenifer Marquart ......................... Assistant Development Director<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial Services<br />
Diane Kramer ..............................A P Supervisor<br />
Patricia Monti ..............................Bill<strong>in</strong>g Coord<strong>in</strong>ator<br />
Jesse Njiru ...................................Senior Accountant<br />
Audrey Schattner, CPA, C.A. .....Fiscal Support<br />
Rebecca Swets ...........................Data Specialist<br />
Damas<strong>in</strong>o Taperi .........................Guardianship Assistant<br />
Support Staff<br />
Joan Director ...............................Receptionist/Secretary<br />
Francesca Dom<strong>in</strong>guez ................Executive Assistant<br />
Eleanor Kahlowsky .....................Adm<strong>in</strong>istrative Assistant<br />
Selma Landsman ........................Secretary<br />
Melissa Marnell ..........................Bookkeeper/Secretary<br />
Liz Miller .......................................Secretary<br />
Elv<strong>in</strong> Salazar ................................Ma<strong>in</strong>tenance Technician<br />
Vanessa Small .............................Secretary<br />
Errol Solomon ..............................Support Services Clerk<br />
Joy Tur<strong>in</strong> .......................................Office Manager<br />
Annette Smith .............................Clerical Assistant<br />
Pearl Zaffr<strong>in</strong> .................................Part-time Office Clerk<br />
(This list is current as of May 1, 2008.)<br />
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