Federation-related

A message from Naomi Newman
2012 Women's Philanthropy Chair

Connections is the event that connects us to our world, families, best friends, acquaintances, and always, to someone new.

Each year, I am delighted and enthralled with this annual brunch that bonds our community of exceptional women. There is no better place to be than around a table of our special ladies at Connections.

As a testament to the needs of our Jewish community, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle announced that it received over $13 million in requests through the first round of submissions for funding through the 2012 Community Campaign.

As 2011 comes to a close, here are Eight Great Reasons to support your Jewish Federation!

8) Your gift helps provide vital support to thousands of people locally and across the globe, helping our extended Jewish family in need and making our community a better, brighter place.

7) You can get a nice tax deduction for your generosity!

Over 70 enthusiastic volunteers gathered at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Sunday, November 13 for the annual community-wide phone-a-thon, Super Sunday. Calls were made to community members with an opportunity to support the Federation as we raise funds for Jewish organizations both locally and across the globe. This year, Super Sunday raised nearly $120,000.

We are pleased to announce the addition of David Chivo as Vice President for the Center for Jewish Philanthropy. David joins the Federation with nearly 20 years of Jewish fundraising service in the Boston area. He brings us a unique combination of dedication to the Jewish community and successful experience in developing and implementing effective philanthropy programs. David is a native of Vancouver, B.C.

Please help us welcome David back to the Northwest.

In our efforts to both "go green" and make the GA experience as useful and effective as possible for attendees, we are pleased to have released an event app. Now available in for iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry, the JFNA General Assembly 2011, Denver, CO app includes interactive program schedules, speaker listings, exhibitor information, maps of the hotel interior and downtown Denver and much more. JFNA is proud to offer this cutting edge technology to our attendees.

In a few weeks, our Jewish Federations movement will be convening at the 2011 General Assembly in Denver, Nov. 6-8, and we are looking forward to an inspiring series of events and speakers scheduled for this dynamic venue.

Once a year, hundreds of people gather together to plug in, power up and make a difference in a single day: Super Sunday, on November 13, 2011 from 9:30am-4pm. It's the Jewish Federation's annual community-wide phone-a-thon, and the impact you can help us make is enormous.

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The Federation has undertaken our biggest change this year... with the introduction of new ways to give.

Donors now have increased ability to connect their passions with meaningful impact in our Jewish community.

At our Campaign Kickoff event, Federation supporters were invited to "Imagine" the vibrant, thriving Jewish community of the future... to "Imagine" a Seattle Jewish community that is so connected and so engaged that people from across the country and around the world will choose to live and work here.