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. S/he would be with us from Friday night through Sunday morning.

          Approximate Cost: $8,000 annually

Community-Wide Religious Programs – Large-scale Religious Living programs such as the annual Shabbaton and community Seder. Funding will keep these community-wide events affordable to all members.

          Approximate Cost: $2,500 annually

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

Joshua Nelson Concert – An evening with this up-and-coming Jewish gospel singer and Hebrew teacher. Hear his music at www.joshuanelson.com.

          Approximate Cost: $5,000

Torah Repair Project – A community-wide event planned for the ‘06-‘07 year in which each Temple member could fulfill the commandment of re-writing a letter or word in one of our Torah scrolls, under the guidance of a professional Torah scribe.

          Approximate Cost: $2,500

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

Social Hall Chairs – Approximately 150 chairs in the social hall need to be replaced. Donations may be made for any number of chairs.

          Approximate Cost: $60/chair, or $9,000

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:

Sarah Segal, VP, Planning & Development,

973-233-0554, sarahsegal@comcast.net

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