TEMPLE NER TAMID

DIRECTED-GIVING OPPORTUNITIES

The leadership of Temple Ner Tamid is full of ideas but is limited by our operating budget. Please help implement these initiatives by considering a gift to one or more of these items. Directed giving offers an opportunity to support an aspect of the Temple for which you have a special passion.

Your gift supports our mission to help people of all ages and backgrounds grow Jewishly, through Torah (Study), Avodah (Worship) and Gimilut Chasadim (Acts of Lovingkindness).

Programs

Scholar-in-Residence – A weekend of Torah study and stimulating conversation with an accomplished, engaging Jewish scholar is planned for the weekend of October 16-18.

          Approximate Cost: $5,000 annually

Community-Wide Religious Programs – Wake-Up Shabbat and the community Seder. Funding will keep these community-wide events affordable to all members.

          Approximate Cost: $2,000 for each program

Food for Families in Mourning – Chesed (caring) committee expenses, specifically food platters for approximately twenty families per year sitting shiva.

          Approximate Cost: $1,200 annually

Havdalah Cafés & Shoresh concert – Underwriting some or all of the costs of one of these events keeps the prices reasonable for the attendees and ensures that events will appeal to a large group of people.

          Approximate Cost: $1,000

Celebrate TNT – Our annual major fund-raising event will honor the 30th anniversary of Ner Tamid along with the merger with Beth Sholom Reform Temple on its 50th anniversary. Sponsorship of some of the costs of the event will help ensure the success of the event.

          Approximate Cost: $5,000 (donations of any amount will assist in this goal)

Pathway for Peace – We will be inaugurating our Pathway to Peace, a new brick walkway leading to the main entrance of the Temple. You will be able to personalize bricks for $180 or $360.

Scholarships

Funds are needed to provide scholarship assistance for programs that train our future leaders: Israel trips, URJ summer camps, the Confirmation class trip to Amsterdam, The March of the Living Tour (Israel and Poland), and the CAJE (Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education) conference for teachers and teenage leaders. The conference cost is $1,000/teacher, $700/teenager.

          Any amount is welcome

Operational Needs

Ongoing Facility Needs – A fund for general upkeep is needed to prevent large problems in the future.

          Approximate Cost: $15,000 annually

Marketing Materials – Professionally written, designed and printed package, which depicts the rich experience of membership in the Temple Ner Tamid community.

          Approximate Cost: $1,500

Shoresh – Installation of path for riding small bicycles ($3,200); create a children’s section for the synagogue’s library ($3,500).

          Approximate Cost: $6,500

Gifts of all sizes are welcome and will be acknowledged in Temple Topics. Naming opportunities are also available for gifts of $10,000 or above.

Questions may be directed to:

Marge Grayson , VP, Planning & Development,

973-744-2474, mngrayson@gmail.com

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