Front Lines JNenline NOTEBOOK This Week www.JNonline.us Tamarack Makes Fundraising Splash amarack Camps was the most successful of several Jewish camps in a recent fundraising challenge. The chal- lenge, spon- sored by the Grinspoon Institute for Jewish Philanthropy, provides matching Jonah Geller grant dollars to enhance Camp Maas' new dining hall interior Camp Maas, Tamarack's Thirteen Jewish camps in North overnight camp in America were chosen last spring by the Ortonville. institute, founded by Harold Grinspoon, "This is a very exciting a Massachusetts-based philanthropist, and important time for and were challenged to raise money in a Jewish camping in this four-month span, September to December. country',' said Jonah Geller, Tamarack Camps raised the most, roughly Brian Kepes Tamarack's executive direc- $700,000. The institute, in turn, guaranteed tor. "A Jewish camping Tamarack $200,000. experience significantly impacts a child's Construction is under way at Camp Maas Jewish identity and sense of community. to complete the interior of its dining hall, ren- To be recognized for our effectiveness by a ovate two floor-hockey rinks and build a new major national philanthropic institution is a horse barn. The projects will be completed great honor:' prior to this summer's season. Future plans and fundraising goals include other capital improvements, includ- ing the renovation of the Butzel Conference Center, which houses year-round family camping programs and corporate retreats. Tamarack President Brian Kepes views the Grinspoon partnership as an important first step in the direction of regional and national philanthropic partner- ships. "We're grateful for this opportunity to continue to enhance our facilities," he said. Tamarack was also selected by the institute as one of seven camps in a pilot program to engage the community to help secure the camps' financial futures. In addition, the Tamarack-Grinspoon part- nership provides mentor services to guide the agency in board development, strategic plan- ning and fundraising. Tamarack's strategic plan calls for fundraising for programming, capital improvements and financial assis- tance to families in need. ❑ Up, Up And Away! T o quote one of my favorite movie heroes, "What's up, Doc?" More than just an inquiry as to how things are going, this could be a question about the word itself. What could have more meanings or uses than the word "up"? Yes, we are all aware of the general direction in the word, but how then does that apply to getting up in the morning? (Oh, you say, you rise toward the sky. Yeah, yeah. I'll give you that as a freebee.) At meetings, topics tend to come up, which may mean that we have to speak up about them. A part of the agenda may be to note that officers are up for elec- tion and that it is up to the secre- A8 January 17 * 2008 tary to write up a report. get them. Your date may be dis- While at home, some of your appointed, especially if she has time may be devoted to call- dressed up for an evening out. ing up a friend just to If you think that brighten up his day. by now you are get- After that, your house- ting a bit mixed up, hold chores may involve don't even think of polishing up the silver, looking up the word cleaning up the kitchen up in an unabridged and warming up left- dictionary. If you overs for a quick meal. should, you would You may also wish to see that it takes up open up that stopped- almost a quarter of up drain. the page and adds up Sy Manello Later, you may lock to about 30 defini- E ditorial up the house and take tions. If up to it, you A ssistant the car in so someone may try to build up can fix it up. your vocabulary; but Planning a date may involve that may take up a lot of your your going to line up for tickets time. Not giving up easily, you for an event and thinking up may wind up with 100 or more excuses as to why you did not uses. Celebrations! Find weekly listings of births, b'nai mitzvah, engagements, weddings and anniversaries as well as past simchahs all online. They are all bundled under each week's publication date. Just visit JNonline.us and click on Lifecycles on the left. Teen2Teen Web Site You've seen the printed sec- tion each month in the JN; now Teen2Teen goes online! Look for Web-only stories, blogs and photos. Though the Web site is for Jewish teens by Jewish teens, other generations can check it out, too. Only at JNt2t.com . E-Newsletter Desire notification when stories that interest you in particular are posted on JNonline? It's easy to des- ignate the kinds of stories you like when you sign up for your personalized e- newsletter. Only at JNonline.us . Just click on Newsletter on the menu near the top of the page. Latest From Israel You know, of course, that when in doubt about making up con- versation, it is good to try com- ments on the weather. If rain is threatening, we may observe that it is clouding up. When the sun reappears, it is clearing up. When a downpour occurs anyway, it really messes up our plans. Well, it is about time that I wrap this up. My allotted space being used up, I'll shut up. I'll close with another quote from another movie hero, who, before being swallowed up by a closing circle, says, "The...the... that's all, folks!" Want the most current news from Israel? Check our streaming news from Ynetnews.com for con- tinuous updates and longer news, opinion and feature stories. And look at the center of our Homepage for an Israel story that changes twice daily. 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