These are the eyes of a frail elderly
woman without financial or family
support, who hopes to live out
the final years of her life in dignity.

additional
critical needs

■ With more workers losing their jobs in a

slowing economy, Jewish Family Service
must acquire additional funds to help the
growing number of individuals that need
emergency assistance, including those
without health insurance.

■ After airlifting 3,000 Jews from Quara, a

remote region in Ethiopia, the Jewish
Agency for Israel seeks funds to integrate
them into modern Israel society with
housing, after-school centers and health
clinics.

■ Because government funding has

not kept pace with the cost of
services, more support is
required for the Jewish
Vocational Service to sus-
tain assistance to its 350
clients with developmental
disabilities and chronic
mental illness.

FEDERATIONS

No

rest

our people

Jewish Family Service
ElderLink
Jewish Vocational Service
Hebrew Free Loan Association
Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

Federation's Annual
Campaign helps rescue, resettle

and rehabilitate people at home

and overseas.

■ Over the past 10 years, the Jewish Agency for

Israel has transported more than 755,000
immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet
Union. Thousands more still arrive each
month, fleeing economic hardship and
expressions of anti-Semitism.

■ Joint Distribution Committee volunteers

provide food and medicine to thousands of
victims of natural disaster, as well as physi-
cians and nurses to care for war refugees.

■ Jewish Family Service gives monthly

emergency assistance to 75-100 fam-
ilies and individuals in need of food.

■ ElderLink, a network of Jewish

agencies that address the needs of
the elderly, provides life-sustaining
services — like in-home care, housing
and guardianship — to nearly 6,000
older adults, many of them without
family or financial support.

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2001

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