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Women Helping Women

Jewish Women's Foundation announces its annual grants.

T

he Jewish Women's Foundation
completed its annual grant cycle
and awarded $259,480 in grants.
Using the power of women's collective phi-
lanthropy, the JWF continues to fund proj-
ects and offer programs that achieve its
mission of enhancing the lives of Jewish
women and girls in our local community,
Michigan and in Israel. Through this pro-
cess, the JWF empowers women as deci-
sionmakers, leaders and philanthropists.
"In 13 years, just more than 200 area
Jewish women have built a fund that has
awarded $2 million in grants and alloca-
tions," said Carolyn Tisdale, JWF chairper-
son."Our individual grants improve and save
lives:'
Randie Levin, JWF associate chairperson,
added, "Over the years, we have encouraged
gender equity and gender sensitivity in our
local Jewish institutions, and we are notic-
ing changes. There are more women on our
boards and a greater effort to determine and
serve their needs"
The JWF's 2012 grants are listed below.
For descriptions of the projects, visit
www.jewishdetroit.orWjwf and click on
2012 grants.

Israel Docket $37,000
•$16,500 for the second year of a three-year
$49,500 grant to Economic Empowerment for
Women for "A Business of One's Own"
•$15,000 for the second year of a three-year
$35,000 grant to Orr Shalom for "Preparation
for Work Program: Taking Girls in Out-of-
Home Care from Welfare to Independence"
•$5;500 for the second year of a two-year
$15,500 grant to Elem, Youth in Distress for
"Advocacy Regarding Teenage Girls Involved
in Prostitution"
Michigan Docket $222,480
• $10,000 for the final year of a $50,000
three-year Impact Grant awarded in 2010
to JVS/ David B. Hermelin ORT Resource
Center for "Springboard to Success"
• $20,000 Challenge Grant to Tamarack
Camps
• $4,800 to Temple Jacob in Hancock for
a "2012 Retreat for Upper Peninsula Jewish
Women and Girls"
• $15,000 to Temple B'nai Israel in Petosky
for "EDor v'Dor: Creating a Northern
Michigan Rural Jewish Women's Leadership
Consortium"
•$6,000 to JVS for the "Jeanette & Oscar
Cook Jewish Occupational Internship

Program" (JOIN) to support women's issues
and advocacy JOIN internships
• $10,000 to Tamarack Camps for "Single
Jewish Mothers and Kids' Family Camp"
•$13,400 to the Jewish Historical Society
for "Settlers to Citizens: Michigan (Jewish)
Women who Made a Difference"
• $12,000 to the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit for "Israel Dream
Mission for Jewish Seniors 70+"
• $20,000 to the Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan Detroit for "Camp
Scholarships for the Children of Single
Jewish Mothers"
• $8,000 to the Isaac Agree Downtown
Synagogue for "Cornerstone Farm" in part-
nership with Eden Gardens Block Club
• $15,000 to the Holocuast Memorial
Center Zekelman Family Campus for
"Looking Out Anne Frank's Window"
• $5,000 to Hillel of Metro Detroit (serving
Wayne State University and five other col-
leges and universities) for "It's That Time of
the Month — Exploring Relationships with
Family, Friends, Food, God, the Community,
Intimate Others and Oneself"
•$7,500 to the PTAs of Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah, Yeshivat Akiva and Yeshivas

Darchei Torah to support their "Community
Wide Play"
• $5,000 in renewal funding to Jewish
Senior Life for its "Jewish Community
Garden"
• $10,000 in renewal funding to the Jewish
Hospice & Chaplaincy Network for the
"Jewish Women's Hospice Alliance"
• $17,000 in renewal funding to Jewish
Family Service (JFS) for its "Legal Referral
Service"
• $10,000 in renewal funding to JFS for
"Cancer Outreach and Education"
• $10,000 in ongoing funding for the
Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse
(JCADA) for "Take the Message Home"
• $9,600 in renewal funding to Federation's
Alliance for Jewish Education for "Opening
the Doors Madrichim Leadership Institute
Program for Religious Schools"
• $14,180 in renewal funding to BBYO for
"B-Fit — Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds" for
girls in area middle schools
The JWF welcomes the community to its
annual open board meeting on Wednesday,
Sept. 12. For more information, contact
Helen Katz, director, at (248) 203-1483 or
email katz@jfind.org. ❑

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