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Support the 2011-2012 Tzedakah Mutual Fund

In 2011-2012, this fund will be used to support the build of a Judea Reform Congregation / First Presbyterian Church/ Fisher United Holy Church of Christ Habitat for Humanity house.  Construction on the house will begin in 2012; all funds raised through this year's Tzedakah Mutual Fund will help!

What is the Tzedakah Mutual Fund?  Each year, at High Holidays, Judea Reform offers the "Tzedakah Mutual Fund" as a vehicle for congregants to give tzedakah to organizations performing good work in our local community, the nation, and around the world.  Past recipients have included American Jewish World Service, MAZON, SEEDS, Durham Congregations in Action, the World Union for Progressive Judaism, the National Jewish Coalition for Literacy, and IRAC.

Judea Reform Philanthropic Funds

Judea Reform Congregation has a number of philanthropic funds to which you may give tzedakah . Whether to honor or memorialize a loved one or to support a project of the synagogue; these funds allow a donor to direct a gift in a personal way.

For questions about these funds or donating to Judea Reform, please contact Joyce Gordon, Executive Director.

Fund	Purpose	Contribute
Adult Education	To provide funds for adult education programming.
Anshe Mitzvah	To support the Anshe Mitzvah program for adult learning
Arts & Acquisitions	To support the beautification of Judea Reform's facilities
Lou & Marian Blaker College Fund	To memorialize these fine temple leaders, this fund supports our College Contact program
Fred and Helene Broun Lectureship	To memorialize these beloved members of our synagogue, this fund brings a visiting scholar to our pulpit each year
Capital Campaign	To help reduce the debt from the construction of our buildings
Capital Maintenance	For capital investment in the upkeep of our buildings
Caring Community	To support our volunteer in-reach program of assisting congregants during illness, bereavement, births, etc.
Cemetery	For Judea Reform's cemetery land development, beautification, and perpetual care
Chesed Fund	To support worthy causes at the discretion of our Assistant Rabbi.
Endowment	To provide capital from investments for temple operations. The Endowment Fund is a way to contribute to the temple's long-term financial security.
John S. Friedman Fund for the Homeless	To help the homeless in Durham and Chapel Hill
General Fund	To support the ongoing operations of the synagogue
Doris Gilbert Children's Fund	An endowment fund established to memorialize a loving community member. The proceeds support Religious School students and families with financial need, to help cover the costs of tuition, other expenses of religious education, and Jewish camp experiences.
Leadership Development	To support the development of lay leadership
Limud Fund	A discretionary fund for the Education Director of Judea Reform, this fund supports individual student learning in our Religious School and Hebrew School.
Library	For the purchase of new books, periodicals, and for the upkeep of our Library.
Elise and Gordon Light Camp Scholarship	A generous gift from the Light family established this fund to subsidize the cost of any URJ camp or Camp Judaea in NC for our temple youth.
Memorial	A general fund for the temple.
Music	To support our lay cantor corps and music programs
Prayerbooks and Bibles	To keep our prayerbooks bound and in sufficient numbers, and to purchase more Chumashim for our Sanctuary.
Rabbi's Mitzvah Fund	To give direct aid to the poor, develop new temple programs, and support worthy causes.
Religious School	For enhancement of programming and facilities for our temple school.
Social Action	To support our social action projects.
Torah Repair	For repair and upkeep of our Torah scrolls
Youth	To support youth programming and to provide scholarships for teens to attend regional and national enclaves and camps.
Wish List	To support unrestricted needs of the temple: our "wish list" for operating items.

Judea Reform Wish List

You can help us make one of our wishes come true! Take a look at our "wish list" of items to benefit the congregation's programming and operations. You may donate items or designate a monetary gift toward the purchase of one of the items on the Wish List. Help Judea Reform with a wish!

Item	Amount
50+ foot extension cords and power strips	$15 each, or donate directly
Four wire mesh storage bins for organizing kitchen	$100
Spiral bound notebooks	donate directly, or $1.97 each
Four small folding tables for events	$208
12 reams white copy paper	donate directly, or $10/pack
*New* Memorial Garden	$3,600
Four new hearing assistance devices for use in the Sanctuary	$340
Installing a walkway to the playground	$2,415
Sponsorship of monthly Saturday morning Shabbat luncheon	$250
Sponsorship of Congregational Yom Kippur Break Fast	$1,800
Rolls of commercial sized plastic wrap or aluminum foil	$33.50, or donate directly
Jewish puzzles for kids	$15/ea
Cans of paint to repaint high traffic areas	$35 each
Your item here: Contact Executive Director Joyce Gordon!	$??