Let us help point you in the right direction 2017 IMMEDIATE NEEDS As you determine your distribution allocations for 2017, we present the following requests for your consideration. These are a few of our community’s most pressing needs. Your allocation can make an immediate and signi cant di erence in the well-being of our community.
Camperships B’nai Brith Jewish Community Camp Rady Jewish Community Centre BB Camp was approached by a number of new Canadians The campership program ensures the camp is accessible who wanted to send their child(ren) to camp this past to children of all abilities from families of all nancial summer, but were unable to a ord the fees. To ful ll its means. The Rady JCC Day Camps are inclusive and mandate of Jewish engagement, BB Camp has made a integrated, serving those who face physical and health commitment to advocate on behalf of these families. A challenges. In addition, the Rady JCC provides number of these families recently arrived in Winnipeg camperships to many newcomer families who are and believe that the camp will serve as an important experiencing camp for the very rst time. This number catalyst to build connections, friendships, and continually grows and, in many situations, these self-esteem for their children. Some of these new newcomer families require nancial support for the families live in areas of Winnipeg (St. James, Transcona, entire summer as they have just arrived and are not yet and downtown) that have few other Jewish families. BB employed and do not have a social support network. Camp wants to ensure that these new families feel a Families from Israel, Turkey, Brazil, and other countries sense of belonging and feel supported by a Jewish need support. organization to help initiate these important relationships. NEED ...... $10,000 JFM Campership Fund ...... $5,500 Funding Received to Date ...... $0 NEED ...... $23,600 JFM Campership Fund ...... $13,000 Funding Shortfall ...... $4,500 Funding Received to Date ...... $417 Funding Shortfall ...... $10,183
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Camperships Tuition Camp Massad of Manitoba Camp Gan Israel Gray Academy of Jewish Education - Jewish Child and Family Service - Camp Massad has enjoyed another increase in Camp Gan Israel is committed to providing every Jewish Junior Kindergarten After School Program Tuition for Foster Children registration. This growth has led to an increased need for child with access to their vibrant heritage, and to making Gray Academy’s Junior Kindergarten (JK) program has For the 2017–2018 school year, Jewish Child and Family subsidies. Camp Massad has never turned down a sure that no child is deprived of the joys that s/he so continued to grow. This will be the second year that Service will have three foster children returning to camper, and this year they are subsidizing 66 campers rightfully deserves, regardless of their family’s means. The bursary assistance is available to students entering JK Gray Academy of Jewish Education. Every year Gray to attend Massad for a meaningful Jewish summer camp was in touch with many families who required (a program that receives no funding from the province). Academy is very generous in only charging JCFS the camping experience. Camp Massad requires $5,000 to nancial assistance for various reasons. Some are new to This has helped attract working families with varied minimal amount per child based on their Parental subsidize an additional eight campers. Winnipeg and have not yet established themselves, incomes that might not have previously considered the Contribution Scale, which for the upcoming academic others are currently unemployed, several are single program, and has doubled the after-school care needs. A year is $2,850 per child. JCFS typically allots an additional NEED ...... $5,000 parent families struggling to keep things together, and a small amount of support will help these working parents $700 per child to accommodate incidental and other JFM Campership Fund ...... $2,200 few have unique circumstances that require nancial access the care they need for their children. program expenses that might arise over the course of the Funding Received to Date ...... $2,800 assistance. school year. These could include: uniform replacement, Funding Shortfall ...... $0 eld trips, activities, and/or ceremonial costs (e.g. NEED ...... $8,500 NEED ...... $4,800 graduations). Therefore, JCFS projects a need of $3,550 JFM Campership Fund ...... $4,250 Funding Received to Date ...... $750 Funding Received to Date ...... $0 per child to cover the annual costs of attendance at Gray Jewish Child and Family Service Funding Shortfall ...... $4,025 Academy. In the summer of 2017, Jewish Child and Family Service Funding Shortfall ...... $4,250 sent 11 of their 21 foster children to various summer NEED ...... $10,000 camps. In addition, nine children who are not in foster Gray Academy of Jewish Education Funding Received to Date ...... $10,000 care, but whose families are supported by their child Gray Academy has identi ed seven families who require Funding Shortfall ...... $0 welfare program, were assisted nancially so that their nancial assistance above and beyond what is available kids could attend an enriching session at Camp Massad from the school’s bursary assistance programs. These while the parents received some much needed respite. Of families are either on social assistance or are facing their foster children, two attended the Rady’s GROW extenuating circumstances that have a ected their ability program in Gimli; four attended Camp Massad; one to earn income. With the assistance of the school and attended BB Camp; and two younger children attended your support through the Jewish Foundation, these day camp programs. JCFS receives $400 per foster child families will be able to make monthly tuition payments for summer camp through the provincial child welfare while meeting their family’s basic needs. system. Funding is needing to cover the balance of the costs. NEED ...... $14,000 tFunding Received to Date ...... $7,750 NEED ...... $26,000 Funding Shortfall ...... $6,250 JFM Campership Fund ...... $16,870 Funding Received to Date ...... $255 Funding Shortfall ...... $8,875
Updated October 2017 Let us help point you in the right direction 2017 IMMEDIATE NEEDS
Camperships Tuition Camp Massad of Manitoba Camp Gan Israel Gray Academy of Jewish Education - Jewish Child and Family Service - Camp Massad has enjoyed another increase in Camp Gan Israel is committed to providing every Jewish Junior Kindergarten After School Program Tuition for Foster Children registration. This growth has led to an increased need for child with access to their vibrant heritage, and to making Gray Academy’s Junior Kindergarten (JK) program has For the 2017–2018 school year, Jewish Child and Family subsidies. Camp Massad has never turned down a sure that no child is deprived of the joys that s/he so continued to grow. This will be the second year that Service will have three foster children returning to camper, and this year they are subsidizing 66 campers rightfully deserves, regardless of their family’s means. The bursary assistance is available to students entering JK Gray Academy of Jewish Education. Every year Gray to attend Massad for a meaningful Jewish summer camp was in touch with many families who required (a program that receives no funding from the province). Academy is very generous in only charging JCFS the camping experience. Camp Massad requires $5,000 to nancial assistance for various reasons. Some are new to This has helped attract working families with varied minimal amount per child based on their Parental subsidize an additional eight campers. Winnipeg and have not yet established themselves, incomes that might not have previously considered the Contribution Scale, which for the upcoming academic others are currently unemployed, several are single program, and has doubled the after-school care needs. A year is $2,850 per child. JCFS typically allots an additional NEED ...... $5,000 parent families struggling to keep things together, and a small amount of support will help these working parents $700 per child to accommodate incidental and other JFM Campership Fund ...... $2,200 few have unique circumstances that require nancial access the care they need for their children. program expenses that might arise over the course of the Funding Received to Date ...... $2,800 assistance. school year. These could include: uniform replacement, Funding Shortfall ...... $0 eld trips, activities, and/or ceremonial costs (e.g. NEED ...... $8,500 NEED ...... $4,800 graduations). Therefore, JCFS projects a need of $3,550 JFM Campership Fund ...... $4,250 Funding Received to Date ...... $750 Funding Received to Date ...... $0 per child to cover the annual costs of attendance at Gray Jewish Child and Family Service Funding Shortfall ...... $4,025 Academy. In the summer of 2017, Jewish Child and Family Service Funding Shortfall ...... $4,250 sent 11 of their 21 foster children to various summer NEED ...... $10,000 camps. In addition, nine children who are not in foster Gray Academy of Jewish Education Funding Received to Date ...... $10,000 care, but whose families are supported by their child Gray Academy has identi ed seven families who require Funding Shortfall ...... $0 welfare program, were assisted nancially so that their nancial assistance above and beyond what is available kids could attend an enriching session at Camp Massad from the school’s bursary assistance programs. These while the parents received some much needed respite. Of families are either on social assistance or are facing their foster children, two attended the Rady’s GROW extenuating circumstances that have a ected their ability program in Gimli; four attended Camp Massad; one to earn income. With the assistance of the school and attended BB Camp; and two younger children attended your support through the Jewish Foundation, these day camp programs. JCFS receives $400 per foster child families will be able to make monthly tuition payments for summer camp through the provincial child welfare while meeting their family’s basic needs. system. Funding is needing to cover the balance of the costs. NEED ...... $14,000 tFunding Received to Date ...... $7,750 NEED ...... $26,000 Funding Shortfall ...... $6,250 JFM Campership Fund ...... $16,870 Funding Received to Date ...... $255 Funding Shortfall ...... $8,875
Updated October 2017 Let us help point you in the right direction 2017 IMMEDIATE NEEDS
Other Jewish Child and Family Service - Seniors’ Transportation Immigrant Children with Special Needs There are many wonderful programs and services in our The Jewish Child and Family Service settlement program community that enhance the lives of seniors. That said, has several families who come to them seeking help with many of our seniors have no safe, reliable way to get to very specialized needs for their children. The current where they need to go. Every year, the Jewish Foundation caseload includes children living with autism, some who receives funding applications from various organizations have experienced terrorism-related trauma in Israel, to address seniors’ transportation needs. It is a growing and children with mental or physical health issues need as demand for service far exceeds supply. You can requiring specialized services. There are several improve the lives of our community’s elders. newcomer children with special needs or who are having greater than expected di culties with socialization. In NEED ...... $74,500 JFM Seniors' Transportation Fund...... $52,487 these cases, some specialized lessons/programs or the Funding Received to Date ...... $17,154 support of a one-to-one aide would be very bene cial. Funding Shortfall ...... $4,859 These important supports are not a ordable for these families, who are new to Canada and in the process of integrating and establishing themselves.
NEED ...... $5,000 Funding Received to Date ...... $5,000 Funding Shortfall ...... $0
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Updated October 2017