torah fund - The Jewish Theological Seminary

TZEDAKAH BOX STRATEGIES
Let Tzedakah Flow
Like a Mighty River
The Torah Fund Tzedakah Box is an effective tool to
include in your campaign planning.
Susan Leviton, artist and fellow Women’s League
member, envisioned a tzedakah box that would be a
work of art, enhancing the beauty of Shabbat and
tefillot.
The beauty of the design and the inspiration of the
wording will encourage women to keep the box on
display, and serve as a reminder of their new or
renewed commitment to Torah Fund and the
perpetuation of Conservative/Masorti Judaism.
STRATEGIES FOR USING THE TZEDAKAH BOX
• At the opening sisterhood meeting, after the Torah Fund report, present all the
women with a Torah Fund Tzedakah Box.
• At the sisterhood Annual Paid-Up Membership event, after the Torah Fund
report, present all the women with a Torah Fund Tzedakah Box.
• During the first week of Hebrew school and preschool, present the students
with tzedakah boxes as gifts to take home. Insert the new Torah Fund
brochure, which explains the benefits of participating in the campaign. Follow
up with an event later in the year.
• Celebrate support of and participation in the campaign by having a Break-the-
Bank Brunch at the end of the year. The women are instructed to bring their
Torah Fund Tzedakah Boxes, and during the brunch they are to open their
boxes and count their money, and then are solicited to dig a little deeper.
• During sisterhood presentations to bar and bat mitzvahs, include the tzedakah
box.
• Use the boxes as a sisterhood presentation at child namings.
• Put them into new member kits from sisterhoods and congregations.
• Use them as centerpieces for events.
• Include them in displays of Torah Fund cards and materials at all meetings.
• Display them in Judaica shops.
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