While our Annual Campaign provides a strong safety net, the needs during these times are outstripping our ability to respond. By funding one or more of the needs on the list, you can make a difference.
If you have any questions, please contact Lauren Klein at 410-369-9278 or lklein@associated.org.
In the seven weeks following October 7, antisemitic incidents on campuses increased by 700%. The four Baltimore Hillels have responded by creating more opportunities for students to come together as a community through vigils, Shabbat meals, educational programs, volunteering and safe spaces to process emotions and concerns. Funding will underwrite a Shabbat dinner at one of the four local campuses.
Baltimore Hillels
Economically vulnerable individuals and families may be eligible to receive short-term financial assistance for purposes including preventing hunger, avoiding utility shut-offs or averting eviction. Those receiving assistance through Jewish Community Services’ (JCS) Financial Stability Program also benefit from case management, beginning with a comprehensive needs and eligibility assessment to ensure they are accessing all available public benefits and resources for regaining stability, identifying challenges and developing budgeting and money management skills. Your gift will provide one month of emergency rental assistance for one household.
Jewish Community Services
Domestic violence and elder abuse often involve forms of financial abuse so severe that many clients come to CHANA with little more than the clothes on their backs. Funding is critical to help clients to meet their basic needs, in the form of Visa debit cards, gas cards and gift cards to local grocery and retail stores. Your gift will provide individuals and families with urgently needed financial help on their journey of breaking free from the cycle of abuse.
CHANA
The AMEN Teen Volunteers project, which has received numerous national prizes in Israel, has made a significant impact in Ashkelon, supporting over 7,300 teens volunteering there on a weekly basis. This past year their work has been responsive to the war: entertaining and feeding children in shelters when there are sirens and running programs for children and teens in an underground movie theater. Funding will support games and supplies for programs facilitated by AMEN Teens in the shelters.
The Associated
Mental health remains one of the pressing health crises of our time. To disseminate knowledge and skills that improve self-care and foster well-being, JCS Prevention and Wellness educators deliver psychoeducational programs to groups of varying ages on a wide range of issues: stress, anxiety, depression, bullying, substance use, grief, caregiving and living with a disorder. Funding will support prevention and wellness sessions at local schools. Jewish Community Services
The Associated provides funding for security across its five campuses and works closely with law enforcement and the Secure Community Network to keep Jewish Baltimore safe. Since October 7 we have added more guards and expanded the role of the Director of Security, who advises Associated facilities, liaises with local and national law enforcement and consults with all Jewish institutions in the Baltimore Region to ensure security measures are in place. Funding will help offset the cost of security personnel.
The Associated
CHAI’s Senior Home Repair and Benefits team helps older adults remain safe and independent by providing services and information essential to healthy and successful living. Home Repair Technicians improve residents’ quality of life through accessibility modifications, weatherization and additional home maintenance. Funding will help support home repairs for older adults.
CHAI
The Shinshinim are young Israelis who come to Baltimore following high school and prior to their army service to work as informal educators at schools, synagogues, camps, the JCC and Associated programs and events. With every interaction and relationship, the Shinshinim share their knowledge about Israel and its culture and people. Since October 7, the Shinshinim have played important roles in numerous programs across the community, helping bring Baltimore and Israel closer together through this challenging time. Funding will support program supplies for interactive educational sessions facilitated by the Shinshinim. Jewish Educational Services
From immersive, year-long cohorts to drop-in volunteer programs, 4Front provides engaging opportunities for Jewish teens. Programming infuses Jewish content, service opportunities and mentorship with a focus on leadership and social justice, helping teens discover who they are, what they care about and what they’re capable of achieving. Participants in the Social Innovation Fellowship, one of 4Front’s signature programs, learn about social entrepreneurship as an expression of Jewish values, developing an entrepreneurial mindset and skills while working on a team to create their own social enterprise. Funding will help support the participation of one teen in the program.
4Front at the JCC
Children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors receive storytelling training from Teach the Shoah in partnership with the Baltimore Jewish Council’s (BJC) Holocaust Remembrance Commission. Building vignettes from their families’ stories and coming to understand their own experiences as part of their families’ Holocaust stories empowers descendants to tell those stories in schools and in the community through BJC’s Holocaust Survivors Speakers Bureau. This work helps ensure that Holocaust testimony can continue to be shared beyond the last generation of survivors. Funding will support Holocaust Speakers Bureau training and other program costs.
Baltimore Jewish Council
Live captioning at events and gatherings increases the communal inclusion and participation of those with partial and total hearing loss. AI speech recognition tools translate what is being said into a visual print display in real time. Funding will provide tablets, stand-up protective cases, auto-captioning software and other assistive technology for increasing access to events.
Macks Jewish Connection Network
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