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Oakland Hebrew Day School, Contra Costa Jewish Day
School, Tehiyah Day School
Scholarship Support
$115,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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The three Jewish Day Schools in the East Bay collectively
provide scholarships to 35% of our students for a combined
financial assistance budget of $1,084,140. While tuition
revenues and fundraising efforts provide a significant
revenue stream, as enrollments increase scholarship
needs have also increased, due to a higher number of
students requiring financial aid.
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Contra Costa Jewish Community Center
Early Childhood Scholarships for Unaffiliated and
Interfaith Jewish Families; Pre-School Admissions Director;
and Family Outreach
$20,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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To provide need-based scholarships for Jewish families
that would be primarily targeted to interfaith and unaffiliated
families to enable them to enroll their children in
the Center's Nursery School; to hire a part-time Admissions
Director for its Pre-School program. This position will
enable the School to more aggressively pursue its objective
of expanding student enrollment, thus more quickly expanding
this important revenue stream of the Center; and to
create a Sunday Outreach program for families living
in areas surrounding Walnut Creek. Using Sundays at
the outdoor pool, the JCC and the Federation Regional
Office will provide fun, food and entertainment for
parents and children on 6 Sundays to begin to involve
them in the JCC's programs.
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Berkeley Hillel
"510": Twenty-Something Engagement Initiative
$14,390
From the PCE and the Federation
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Berkeley Hillel has developed a new young adult program
that offers social, religious/spiritual, educational,
social action and arts/culture activities. As the program
develops more, they hope to give participants an opportunity
to plan their own programs and volunteer in other ways.
There are plans for classes on Jewish topics, as well
as professional skills development.
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Center for Jewish Living and Learning, Jewish Community
Federation of the Greater East Bay
Engaging High School Students in Jewish Learning: Updating
Our Community High School Core Curriculum
$12,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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To revise and update the Core Curriculum that is currently
being delivered to the almost 700-8th through 12th grade
students enrolled in our Midrasha Jewish Community High
Schools. The primary goal is to provide a curriculum
that is relevant to the concerns and questions of Jewish
teens and engages our students in dynamic Jewish learning.
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Jewish Vocational Services (JVS)
2007 Kohn Summer Intern Program
$ 4,150
From the PCE and the Federation
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For the 2007 Kohn Summer Intern Program. JVS will recruit
and place up to 33 college students from the San Francisco
and JCFGEB areas in eight-week internships in Jewish
communal agencies to develop future leadership for the
Jewish community.
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Contra Costa Jewish Community Center
Ethical Start
$10,500
From the PCE and the Federation
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To purchase and implement the JCC Association's Ethical
Start Program for it's Nursery School. This unique early
childhood curriculum will form the core of the School's
Jewish content programming. It will provide a multi-faceted
program that train teachers and exposes children and
parents to a user-friendly approach to learning Jewish
values based upon the classical Jewish text, "Pirkei
Avot," the "Ethics of Our Fathers."
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Building Jewish Bridges
Finding the East Bay Jews
$10,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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To develop and execute a Marketing and Public Relations
campaign in Contra Costa and Tri-Valley to reach out
to the large unaffiliated population. Respondents to
the campaign will be added to the Federation database
and will be helped to connect with Jewish life in the
area.
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Bureau of Jewish Education of San Francisco , The
Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
Shofar Fellowship: A Call to Leadership for Educators
of Jewish Teens
$ 10,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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"The Shofar Fellowship: A Call to Leadership for
Educators of Jewish Teens" is a yearlong, intensive
professional development fellowship for Jewish teen
educators. The fellowship will strengthen the personal
and professional capacity of educators working with
teens in Jewish settings in the areas of Judaism (and
Israel), Adolescent Development, Organizational Life,
and Programming and Practice.
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Bureau of Jewish Education of San Francisco , The
Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
Shabbat Weekend for Children with Disabilities
and Their Families
$10,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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To subsidize the cost for at least twelve East Bay
families to attend the sixth annual Shabbat Weekend
for Children With Disabilities and Their Families. This
program will enable 30+ families to experience the joys
of Jewish family camp in an inclusive, accepting and
nurturing environment. In most cases, this weekend is
the families' primary connection with the Jewish community.
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Jewish Family and Children's Services of the East
Bay
Holocaust Survivor Management Services
$ 10,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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To expand care management services for the increasingly
frail population of Holocaust survivors whom we serve
in both counties , enabling people to live at home with
improved access to health care, caregiver support and
community contact. These services augment our existing
program of restitution assistance, financial assistance,
and Cafe Europa socialization activities.
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Center for Jewish Living and Learning, Jewish Community
Federation of the Greater East Bay
Providing Jewish Education for all: Preparing Our Teachers
to Serve Students with Special Learning Needs
$ 7,500
From the PCE and the Federation
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To provide training for forty teachers from East Bay
Religious Schools, Jewish Day Schools, and Midrasha
Community High Schools who registered to participate
in the CJLL Special Needs Teacher Training. Training
will include attendance at four Teacher Training Workshops
and one classroom observation and evaluation with a
CJLL learning specialist. Teachers completing the four
2 1/2 hour training sessions and associated assignments
will receive a professional development stipend.
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Jewish Family and Children's Services of the East
Bay
Gateways to the Community
$7,500
From the PCE and the Federation
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To sustain and expand services for East Bay Jews with
disabilities and their families. Current programs serve
Jewish adults and children with developmental disabilities.
We propose to initiate a "warmline" providing
information, referral and supportive counseling, as
well as new programs for parents of Jewish children
with disabilities.
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Midrashot of the East Bay (Berkeley, Contra Costa,
Fremont and Oakland)
Student Financial Aid for Midrasha Programs
$ 7,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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A successful collaborative and inclusive
communal program, Midrasha faces substantial annual requests
for financial aid in order to maintain the Midrasha policy
of never turning away any student for any program because
of an inability to pay for it. |
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Young Leadership Division, Jewish Community Federation
of the Greater East Bay
Chai Initiative
$ 6,500
From the PCE and the Federation
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The Chai Initiative is an extensive outreach program
targeting Jews ages 21 to 45. Designed to strengthen
community connection, Chai invites people to stand up
and be counted as proud community members who can make
a difference. Our hope is that once people realize the
impact they have, they will become donors, thus broadening
the Federation's donor base.
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Shalom Bayit
Love Shouldn't Hurt
$ 6,500
From the PCE and the Federation
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To support "Love Shouldn't Hurt" to provide
peer-led healthy relationships education to 700 Jewish
teens, parents, and youth leaders; train 50 Bay Area
Jewish educators on preventing and identifying abuse;
and publish, market and distribute the first comprehensive
Jewish teen dating violence curriculum in the country.
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Jewish Community Federation, Contra Costa Regional
Office
Fremont Midrasha Transition to Re-Envisioned Program
$ 10,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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To fund the transition of Fremont Midrasha to a new
model that better meets the needs of the community.
The present program has 32 students enrolled. A major
restructuring--with enhanced programming, relocation,
rescheduling, increased staff hours, a stronger marketing
--is expected to result in an enrollment of 75+ students.
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Reutlinger Community
for Jewish Living
The Bedside Program: Palliative and Comfort Care Using
Non-Medical Modalities
$ 5,400
From the PCE and the Federation
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From the first stages of physical decline that necessitates
extended periods of bed rest, a resident participating
in the Bedside Program receives a comprehensive therapeutic
program of life enhancement, psychological support and
hope. In turn, family and friends receive support and
guidance as they cope with End of Life Issues. "The
Bedside Program: Palliative and Comfort Care Using Non-Medical
Modalities" focuses on life and future thinking
at a time when hopelessness and depression may overwhelm
the resident and the family.
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Congregation Netivot Shalom
Netivot Shalom Preschool
$ 5,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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This grant will be used to complete the development
and opening of a new Hebrew-language immersion preschool.
It will supplement existing donations. It will help
finance the cost of a contracted program developer,
the initial advertising to the targeted population,
and the staff research and hiring process.
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Jewish Music Festival
22nd Annual Jewish Music Festival
$ 5,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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The JMF presents a festival every March that includes
concerts of internationally and nationally known artists;
participatory events such as dances, instrumental "jams,"and
a Community Music Day, highlighting local musicians.
Since 2002, we have also conducted a school and community
outreach program, bringing Jewish music to the public
schools and organizations throughout the Bay Area.
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Judah L. Magnes Museum
Coordinator of Family, School, and Teacher Programs
$ 5,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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To promote Jewish culture and education through the
funding of an annual salary for a Coordinator of Family,
School and Teacher Programs at the Magnes – a half
time/20-hour a week position –along with related
expenses of program materials, promotions, outreach
and supply-related expenses, including but not limited
to children’s and computer supplies.
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The Jewish Community Foundation
Jewish High School Scholarships
$ 5,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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To make scholarship dollars available for East Bay
families seeking to send their children to Jewish Community
High School of the Bay, awarded through the Community
Jewish Day School Scholarship Fund of the Jewish Community
Endowment Fund in San Francisco.
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The Jewish Community Foundation
Jewish High School Scholarships
$
From the PCE and the Federation
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To make scholarship dollars available for
East Bay families seeking to send their children to Jewish
Community High School of the Bay, awarded through the
Community Jewish Day School Scholarship Fund of the Jewish
Community Endowment Fund in San Francisco. |
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Congregation B'nai Torah
Building Bridges to Brentwood
$ 3,200
From the PCE and the Federation
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To provide Jewish religious, cultural and
social activities in the growing Brentwood Community.
Through this project, Congregation B'nai Torah, currently
located in Antioch, will extend its reach further east,
by providing easy access to welcoming events for Jews
in the Brentwood community. |
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Jewish Community Federation, Contra Costa Regional
Office
Aging Resources Reference Guide
$ 3,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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Quality aging services are available, but
access is hindered by lack of information. This grant
funds publishing a guide to Jewish aging services and
is a project of the regional Consortium on Aging. The
guide will give key contact people and end-users centralized
information to facilitate connecting those in need and
their families with services. |
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Israel Center, Jewish Community Federation of the
Greater East Bay
The Contra Costa International Film Festival
$ 2,500
From the PCE and the Federation
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The expansion of outreach to the Tri-Valley
region and the loss of the traditional theatre (with the
subsequent major increase in rental fees at our new venue)
has resulted in significantly increased expenses for 2007.
"Bridging funding" will provide funding until
new major donors are identified. |
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Jewish Community Relations Council of the Greater
East Bay
Advocating for Jewish Students in the Public Schools
$ 2,250
From the PCE and the Federation
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The East Bay JCRC is frequently contacted
by parents who need support in the public schools relating
to Jewish holiday observances, questionable curriculum
and subtle/overt anti-Semitism. Having just created a
brochure that includes a calendar and guide to the Jewish
holidays, the JCRC is poised to meet with key school administrators
and distribute this brochure to educators in both Alameda
and Contra Costa Counties. Funds are needed to produce
the brochure and implement this outreach program. |
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Congregation Beth Emek
S'more Judaism in the Woods
$ 2,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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To reinstitute the Community Youth Shabbat
Retreat. This retreat at Camp Newman is for affiliated
and unaffiliated 3rd thru 7th graders of the community.
The retreat brings youth together in a neutral and relaxed
environment to start a bond that will benefit our community
as students approach youth group and Midrasha experiences.
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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
2007 Festival - East Bay
$ 2,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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To underwrite the production and promotion
of the 2007 Jewish Film Festival in the East Bay, building
on the expanded Berkeley programming of the 2006 Festival
and resulting enthusiasm and energy generated in the Berkeley
community. Festival programming will include film, as
well as filmmaker Q&A/discussion sessions and festival
events. |
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JGate
JGate's Welcome Home Project
$ 2,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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To reach out to Jews, their families and
others who seek connections to Jewish life and community
to invite them to "homey" Shabbat dinners. We
will follow up afterwards to extend the personal connection
and help them take next steps towards finding their "home"
in the Jewish community. |
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Temple Beth Torah
Daughters of Miriam Seder (community women's seder)
$ 1,500
From the PCE and the Federation
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To plan an east Bay Women's Community Seder,
for women and their daughters, living in the 580/680/84
Tri-Valley/Tri-City corridor. With this subsidy, the 2007
Seder cost of admission can be reduced and therefore more
generations of women can benefit from sharing this experience
together. |
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Oakland Hebrew Day School
Development Office Support and Materials
$ 5,000
From the PCE and the Federation
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As the OHDS development office continues
to upgrade its communications strategies, database management
capacity and volunteer training, various support services
and materials are necessary. This grant will have help
OHDS to broaden and deepen its donor base and achieve
fundraising goals. |
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Israel Center, Jewish Community Federation of the
Greater East Bay
Israel at 60
$ 5,500
From the PCE and the Federation
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To underwrite the initial phase of outreach
and community building to raise Israel at 60 consciousness
in the East Bay. The creation of an Israel at 60 committee
and the convening of advisory groups will enhance Israel-related
programming and facilitate the identification of effective
tipping-point/decision-making individuals who will work
to strengthen Israel-East Bay ties. |
