Let's Celebrate!: Legacy Donor Appreciation Event on May 25th

Southerrn New Jersey's legacy donors are among the 18,000 who will be honored at the first Legacy Donor Appreciation Event sponsored by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s (HGF) LIFE & LEGACY® initiative.

The event, to be held virtually on May 25 at 7:30 pm eastern time, will celebrate each of the donors from LIFE & LEGACY’s seventy-one partner communities who are securing the Jewish future through their legacy gift.

The evening will feature the stories of donors from across North America who have made legacy commitments as well as greetings and reflections from Harold Grinspoon, Founder of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and Winnie Sandler Grinspoon, the Foundation’s president. Jonah Kaplan, an award-winning Political and Investigative Reporter at WTVD, the ABC-owned station in Raleigh-Durham, NC, will serve as the evening’s host.

There is no charge for the 45-minute event.

“Through LIFE & LEGACY, we are sustaining vibrant communities so future generations will be able to enjoy our rich Jewish culture and heritage,” said Harold Grinspoon, the founder of HGF. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to honor all those who have made a legacy commitment to date, and to encourage others to join us in this endeavor.”

South Jersey’s LIFE & LEGACY donors have made nearly 900 commitments with an estimated future endowment value of over $22 million to the following local Jewish organizations:

• Adath Emanu-El

• Congregation Beth El

• Congregation Beth Tikvah

• Congregation B’nai Tikvah-Beth Israel

• Congregation M’kor Shalom

• Congregation Sons of Israel

• Jewish Community Foundation, Inc.

• Jewish Community Voice

• Jewish Community Relations Council

• Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey

• Jewish Senior Housing & Healthcare Service

• Katz JCC

• Kellman Brown Academy

• Politz Day School

• Samost Jewish Family & Children’s Service

• Temple Beth Sholom

• Temple Har Zion

• Temple Sinai

• Torah Links of South Jersey

Additional auditing organizations:

• Chabad Lubavitch of Camden & Burlington Counties

• Foxman Torah Institute

• Temple Emanuel

The Jewish Community Foundation, Inc. is excited to celebrate the more than 600 legacy donors here in South Jersey, along with the legacy donors from the other communities in the LIFE & LEGACY network, who have already committed to ensuring the long-term financial health of valued South Jersey organizations. It is our hope that every member of the South Jersey Jewish community will join us by making a legacy commitment to those organizations in our Jewish community they value.

If you have not yet had a chance to make your legacy commitment, and would like to participate in the May 25th event, please contact the organizations named above or contact the JCF at 856-673-2560 or infojcf@jfedsnj.org.

Legacy donors who have yet to register for the event can do so by visiting https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2021LegacyDonorEvent.