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Neighbors from throughout the community will join together this Martin Luther King Day to make a powerful statement of caring and a difference in thousands of vulnerable lives. All are invited to answer the National Call to Volunteer on Monday, January 18 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm, as 500 volunteers reach out into 35 area nonprofits. Clearly the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s largest and most exciting volunteer event in its 30-year history, United We Serve South Palm Beach County is an experience not to be missed.

 

	Denise and Jordan Zimmerman, Honorary Chairs

“We are so honored to be a part of this groundbreaking event,” said Denise Zimmerman, Honorary Chair of the event with her husband Jordan. “Volunteerism and social action are what makes a good community great, yet so many of us have good intentions that never translate into action. United We Serve will be a great platform for both experienced volunteers and those looking to take that first step toward helping organizations and people in need right in our own backyard.”

 

The event begins on Sunday, January 17 with a Kickoff Reception from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in Zinman Hall on the Federation campus, featuring community leaders, Donna Klein Jewish Academy and Hillel Day School students, and Rabbi Marc Schneier, author of Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Jewish Community.

 

Rabbi Schneier is President of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, which he founded with the late Joseph Papp. He is also Chairman of the World Jewish Congress United States

 

	Rabbi Marc Schneier

“Our Federation jumped on this project after I attended an inspiring Federations of North America board of trustees meeting, where Obama administration representatives laid out the President’s efforts to expand volunteerism, including “United We Serve” days on 9/11 and Martin Luther King Day,” said Federation President and CEO William S. Bernstein.

 

“We saw the opportunity to expand our Federation’s relationships with many other area non-profits, to provide Federation and Agency volunteers with new community service avenues, and to illustrate the important role the Federation can and does play in coordinating and developing volunteer services,” continued Bernstein. “We look forward to continuing these new relationships and to future days of service.”    

 

	Rabbi David Steinhardt, UWS Interfaith Co-chair

	Father Andrew Sherman, UWS Interfaith Co-chair

Rabbi David Steinhardt, Jewish Community Relations Council Chair and Senior Rabbi, B’nai Torah Congregation; and The Very Reverend Andrew Sherman, Rector, St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, are the interfaith for United We Serve, which will reflect the full range of our community’s diversity and needs.

Feed the hungry, nurture frail seniors, cheer up children, clean up our environment, be a lifeline to low-income families or teens. Garden, paint, decorate, sort clothes, listen, learn. Bring family and friends, and be part of the compassionate community you want to live in.

 

Child care, activities and lunch will be provided free of charge by JCC staff on both days. To view the service projects or RSVP, visit www.jewishboca.org/unitedweserve. For more information, contact 561-852-5054 or MaraB@bocafed.org.

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Thanks to the generous sponsors of United We Serve for their compassionate commitment to our community:*

 

Platinum          

AutoNation

C & J Viner Family Foundation

Denise & Jordan Zimmerman Foundation

Sun Capital Partners, Inc.

 

Magazine Sponsor

The Boca Raton Observer

                        

Founding         

Meryl & Ronald Gallatin

Anne & Norman Jacobson

Herbert & Toby Stolzer

 

Supporting       

Freyda & Ed Burns

Steven & Rona Geller

William Newman

Ellen R. Sarnoff

Selma Lee & Daniel Weiss

 

Silver               

Gateway Insurance

The Shops at Boca Center

Pamela & Robert Weinroth

 

Dreambuilder   

Commercial Printers

Hillel of Broward & Palm Beach

Promenade at Coconut Creek

Mindy Stein, P.A.

Wizard Creations

 

*list as of 12/14/09