18enriching the quality of life of older adults
Daniel RuthI have a gre<strong>at</strong> deal of exciting newsto share with you in this issue ofJewish Senior Living, including severalmilestones about <strong>899</strong> <strong>Charleston</strong>,our senior living community under<strong>construction</strong> on the Taube KoretCampus for Jewish Life in Palo Alto.Firstly, I am very pleased to announce th<strong>at</strong> the newproject will be named Moldaw Family Residences<strong>at</strong> <strong>899</strong> <strong>Charleston</strong>, thanks to a significant andvery generous contribution by Stuart and PhyllisMoldaw. The Moldaws are dedic<strong>at</strong>ed supporters ofthe Jewish Home of San Francisco, and Stuart hasserved on the Home’s board of trustees. It has beenStuart’s long-standing dream and goal to have asenior residence on the South Peninsula to servethe area’s large Jewish popul<strong>at</strong>ion. We are thrilledth<strong>at</strong> Stuart and Phyllis have made this commitmentand th<strong>at</strong> they will be involved in this leading-edgeresidence for older adults.Moldaw Family Residences <strong>at</strong> <strong>899</strong> <strong>Charleston</strong>is one part of a larger str<strong>at</strong>egy adopted by ourboard last year as a result of the Jewish Home’scomprehensive str<strong>at</strong>egic visioning initi<strong>at</strong>ive. Our‘Vision St<strong>at</strong>ement’ calls on us to become a regionalresource for senior adults, to provide life-enrichingprograms and services along with communityconnections, in an environment th<strong>at</strong> reflects thesocial, cultural, and spiritual values of Jewishtradition. I believe you will find th<strong>at</strong> Moldaw FamilyResidences fulfills this vision as our first foray intoregionaliz<strong>at</strong>ion.Situ<strong>at</strong>ed on a campus th<strong>at</strong> includes the Oshman FamilyJewish <strong>Community</strong> Center, Moldaw Family Residencesoffers an inviting, multi-gener<strong>at</strong>ional ‘neighborhood.’Residents will have access to JCC programs, as well asspecific activities within their own apartment buildings.Future residents are choosing from a variety of units <strong>at</strong><strong>899</strong> <strong>Charleston</strong>, each designed with amenities to supporthealthy aging.“Philanthropic support from individualssuch as the Moldaws and members of thecommunity … enable us to bring our visionto reality, ensuring th<strong>at</strong> we are responsiveto the desires and needs of older adults.”Philanthropic support from individuals such as theMoldaws and members of the community, who have madecommitments to Moldaw Family Residences and the JewishHome, enable us to bring our vision to reality, ensuring th<strong>at</strong>we are responsive to the desires and needs of older adults.With your particip<strong>at</strong>ion, we will continue to provide st<strong>at</strong>eof-the-artfacilities, services, and programs th<strong>at</strong> reflect theadvances influenced by demographic trends and the lives ofour community’s seniors.As Jewish Senior Living goes to press, our communityhas raised 95 percent of the minimum fundraising goal forthe Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life’s capital campaign,or $134 million of the $140 million target. I say ‘minimum’because if we can raise more, we will be able to lower ourlong-term debt and thus better serve the community.Construction of Moldaw Family Residences is progressingon schedule with a completion d<strong>at</strong>e of September 9, 2009.The total project mass is 310,000 square feet, comprised ofsix four-story buildings. If you happen to stop by the site,you will see th<strong>at</strong> concrete work is nearly complete, andwindow and other glass install<strong>at</strong>ions are underway.You may also be interested to know th<strong>at</strong> the budget forthe entire Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life is $307 million,making it the largest and most successful fundraisingcampaign in the history of the Bay Area Jewish community –and possibly the largest project undertaken by any Jewishcommunity in this country.We are thrilled to be a viable and dynamic part of thiswonderful new center for Jewish life on the South Peninsula.We thank you for the essential part you are playing th<strong>at</strong>ensures our ability to provide Bay Area elders with theongoing services they need and deserve today, and those wemay plan and implement for future years.Daniel RuthPresident & Chief Executive Officer,Jewish Home of San Franciscosummer 2008Jewish Senior Living5