Annual Report 2018 - 2019
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Y 19 9 19 - 201 Board of Directors 2018-2019 Bottom Row (left to right): Debbie Hoffman, Alex Levine, Lindsay Sawyer Fay, Fay Lynn Katz, Ginna Sapozhnik Middle Row: Lisa Manning, Nathan Weltman, Don Haid, Arieh Kravets, Alex Lifshits, Yale Chochinov Top Row: Marty Greenfeld, Uri Kraut, Murray Gilfix Missing: Elliott Garfinkel, Charles Guberman, Tannis Mindell Who We Are Vision - The Rady Jewish Community Mission - The Rady Jewish Values Centre aspires to be a vibrant Community Centre’s mission Hachnasat Orchim Welcoming and welcoming community where is to be the centre of the Tikkun Olam Repairing the world Jewish culture and values flourish, community providing the best where families and friendships are in Jewish culture, fitness and Ruach Spirit, Energy strengthened, where healthy and wellness programs for all Kehilla Community active lifestyles are encouraged and stages of life. where we contribute to the well-being of the entire community by ensuring our programs and services are available to all. 2 RADY JCC 2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT Message from the President Shalom! wonderful year of celebration that saw the Rady JCC being hosted What an incredible year we have had at the Rady JCC by the Lieutenant Governor, the to report to you. Honourable Janice Filmon, at As you will see in the upcoming pages the Rady Government House and being JCC continues to thrive and serve community with recognized with a Community tremendous passion and enthusiasm. We strive Service Award bestowed by His to create a welcoming environment to connect all Worship Mayor Brian Bowman. members to their Jewish identity in a meaningful As always the Rady’s mission could not be accomplished fashion. It is with tremendous pride that I share on without you, our committed volunteers and donors. behalf of the Board that we continued to pursue We’d also like to recognize the Jewish Federation excellence in community programming while of Winnipeg, United Way of Winnipeg, Province of undergoing a year of significant change. Manitoba, Jewish Foundation of Manitoba, Tallman I would like to recognize the talented and hard Foundation, the Winnipeg Foundation, Manitoba Arts working Jewish community professionals who Council, The Asper Foundation, Consulate General of worked tirelessly daily during our search for a new Israel, TD Bank, National Jewish Outreach Project, and Executive Director. Tamar Barr, Barry Miller, Eleonora Service Canada for their generous support during the Caporalini, Mark Spencer, Robyn Lieberman, Sheldon year. The Rady JCC is grateful for our relationships with Appelle, Laura Marjovsky, Vicki Morton, Joanna Young, our supporting organizations and looks forward to Shirly Pelich and Boris Bursak inspire us all with their continuing the journey of community building with all hard work and leadership. our talented leadership partners. The Executive Director search committee began the Planning for another successful year is well in hand year with the important task of selecting a candidate with Rob Berkowits leading us in our outreach to to lead the Rady JCC in its centennial year. We were seniors, families, children, youth and newcomers. It is thrilled to officially welcome Rob Berkowits to the our privilege to connect as many members as possible team in August. Rob brings a rich history of Jewish regardless of ability or financial circumstances. communal work to the Rady and we are looking We thank the Board of Directors for their advice, vision forward to watching the Rady flourish under his and efforts in a dynamic and busy year. tenure. Thank you to the entire Asper Campus Board & staff for It was business as usual for the Rady while the search everything you do. was underway which saw us host our very successful Ken Kronson Sports Dinner honouring Marjorie We are humbled and excited to be a part of a thriving Blankstein and featuring Alex Rodriguez as our guest Winnipeg Jewish Community. speaker. Our 100th Anniversary committee led by You are the reason our future is bright! Murray Gilfix and Tannis Mindell guided us through a Executive Director – Rob Berkowits The Rady Jewish Community Centre was pleased (Manitoba/Saskatchewan) as to announce the appointment of Rob Berkowits as well as the Executive Director their Executive Director this past August. for Football Manitoba. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Rob has served in Rob’s experience combined both non-profit and corporate sectors in senior with his passions for sport, roles for close to 25 years. Prior to joining the fitness, programming and the Rady, he was the Director of Development & Gift Jewish community will play a Planning for four years at the Jewish Foundation of vital role in leading the Rady Manitoba. Rob previously served as the Executive JCC and its strong contingent of staff into a new Director for the Jewish National Fund of Canada chapter of growth and impact. RADY JCC 2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT 3 Highlights Programming • The Izzy Asper Jazz Series celebrated its 20th • Launch of the Family Concert Series featured season with a Gala Concert featuring the live performances by professional artists for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. entire family. These interactive, engaging and sometimes educational concerts represented • Tarbut: Festival of Jewish Culture welcomed musical genres including the Winnipeg acclaimed journalist and award-winning author Symphony Orchestra and the University of Rabbi Irwin Kula. Manitoba Percussion Ensemble. • Tarbut Festival welcomed 600 students from • First year of Rady JCC Parenting Series: Raising diverse neighbourhoods and different schools Resilient Children drew in 30 families. for workshops with Tarbut performers. • 400 participants in grades 5 & 6 participated in • The largest Winnipeg International Jewish Film Strictly Tweens. Festival had an attendance of 4,500, presented 31 screenings and hosted eight Talk Backs and • 30 Youth represented Winnipeg at the BBYO Receptions with directors and special guests. International Convention in Denver, CO. • The Rady JCC presented Puzzle Israel, an • Youth Connect (grades 7 & 8) off-site events experience that brought three young Israel reached record numbers. chefs to Winnipeg showcasing Israeli cuisine. • Kids Night at the J for children in grades 2-4 sold 300 people experienced hands-on cooking out at each program. workshops, Israeli cuisine and wine dinners, teen and family events. • Chanukah in Transcona – over 200 people attended. The Rady received an award from National Jewish Outreach Project/Chanukah Across America. • 400 people attended a family picnic in St. Vital as part our outreach efforts. • First-ever dance for adults living with intellectual disabilities was held. 75 people attended. • First–ever Boomers to Zoomers Forum held with 100 people attending talks about fitness, downsizing, travel and finances. • Specialty programs such as Parkinson’s Exercise Program, Minds in Motion (Early to Middle onset Alzheimer’s/Dementia,) PACE (People with Arthritis can exercise) continue to serve a much-needed purpose for program participants. 4 RADY JCC 2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT Early Learning Centres Fitness and Health • Professional Development Day- All educators • Additional state of the art cardio equipment was attended the Manitoba Child Care Association added to the facility this past summer. (MCCA) Conference in May to learn more about • The first ever Harry Warren Pickleball The Reggio Amelia Approach in teaching young Tournament took place last March. The sold out children. event had over 40 participants. • In June, an ‘End of the Year’ celebration was held • Several players from the Rady Badminton Club and provided an opportunity for parents to come finished near the top in several tournaments. celebrate their child’s last days at the Rady. One or two players will move on to participate in • We continued our Intergeneration Program with National events. what our children affectionately call our “babas”. • Over 5,000 swimmers registered for Aquatic This program involves older adults coming programs with many sessions at maximum regularly to do various activities with all the capacity. children including cooking, baking, reading and music. • Personal training experienced a significant increase with more sessions booked than the • We started our journey of Tikkun Olam – Repair previous year. of the World by focusing our programming on sustainability. We introduced the children • Pilates program participation doubled in class to composting and continued to teach and size. implement reducing, recycling with an emphasis on re-using. • A Climbing Wall program for teens and adults was incorporated. • Our waitlist continued to be around 800 children long and enrollment at both locations was at full capacity with the exception of a few school age spaces at our main location. • Nora Kaufman came for her annual visit at our main location, Kaufman Child Care Centre in November to celebrate Shabbat with the children (2018). RADY JCC 2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT 5 Financials The complete 500 - Five Donald Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 2T4 financial statements, Tel: (204) 284-7060 including notes to the Fax: (204) 284-7105 financial statements www.bookeandpartners.ca and the independent auditors’ report, are available upon request by contacting Report of the Independent Auditors on the Summary Financial Statements the Rady JCC Finance To the Directors of office. The Y.M.H.A. Jewish Community Centre of Winnipeg, Inc. Opinion The accompanying summary financial statements, which comprise the summary statement of financial position as at August 31, 2019 and the summary statements of operations and changes in fund balances for the year then ended, are derived from the audited financial statements of The Y.M.H.A. Jewish Community Centre of Winnipeg, Inc. (the "Organization") for the year ended August 31, 2019. We expressed a qualified audit opinion on those financial statements in our report dated December 3, 2019. In our opinion, the summary financial statements are a fair summary of the audited financial statements, on the basis described in the Management's Responsibility for the Summary Financial Statements section of our report.