FINANCIAL PROBLEMS
GETTING THE BEST OF YOU?

Women's Power

Foundation awards $182,900
in community grants.

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for an award-winning, proactive,
he Jewish Women's
informal education program that
Foundation has com-
uses Judaism and Jewish values to
pleted its 10th grant cycle.
enrich the lives of Jewish girls.
Cumulative grant awards exceed $1
• $10,000 to the Jewish Gay
million in grants and allocations
Network of Michigan for "Twice
since the JWF's inception in 1999.
Blessed: Being Lesbian and Jewish,
Using women's collective phi-
Part 2 — The Golden Girls," for the
lanthropy, the JWF is working to
development of a curriculum, train-
enhance the lives of Jewish women
ing and advocacy
and girls locally and
program on housing,
in Israel, and empow-
health care, social
er women as decision
service and legal
makers, leaders and
rights problems
philanthropists.
faced by lesbian
The following 2010
elders.
grants total $162,900:
• $5,000 to Jewish
• $20,000 to
Senior Life (JSL) for
JVS and David
Holocaust survivors
B. Hermelin
living below poverty
Resource Center for
guidelines to select
"Springboard to
hygiene and health
Success," the first
aid items.
disbursement of a
-J WF's Trudi Wineman
• $5,000 for a
$50,000, three-year
fourth year of fund-
impact grant to sus-
ing for JSL's "Women Rejuvenate," an
tain and build a JWF funded pilot
educational and social program with
project combining JVS' Women
an emphasis on caring for the body,
to Work and ORT's Better Job
mind and soul through art therapy,
Opportunities programs. The proj-
cooking classes, medical seminars
ect will offer technical training, job
and strength/balance training for
counseling, child-care assistance,
Jewish senior women living in JSL
networking and placement ser-
apartments and assisted living
vices and a support group to Jewish
women who are entering or re-enter- facilities.
• $15,000, a second year of sup-
ing the working world.
port to Tamarack Camps to augment
• $20,000 to Hebrew Free Loan
a financial aid program for children
for a fourth year of building loan
of single moms to attend camp.
capital for women seeking loans due
• $15,000 to JFS for "Project
to severe economic hardship and
Chessed Women's Heart Health
women leaving abusive relation-
Initiative," in partnership with the
ships. This year's focus will help
Ministrelli Women's Heart Center
women have safe and reliable trans-
at Beaumont Hospital, offering free
portation to get to work and to care
screening, testing, intervention and
for their families.
• $12,000 to Jewish Family Service treatment, nutrition education, exer-
cise coaching and peer support to
(JFS) to support the coordina-
uninsured Jewish women.
tion of pro-bono legal services to
• $5,000 to Jewish Community
assist low-income women who do
Service of Flint for its "Health &
not qualify for Legal Aid with legal
Education Program for Jewish
advice and representation to secure
Women," to serve Russian immigrant
better circumstances for themselves
senior women who are poor and iso-
and their children.
lated with bi-monthly exercise class-
• $5,000 to Beth Israel
es and monthly computer literacy
Congregation in Ann Arbor for
classes, in addition to community
"Rosh Hodesh: It's a Girl Thing!"
to purchase curricula and receive
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