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Season for Giving a Rousing Success

“If it weren’t for the Jewish community, we wouldn’t be able to do this,” a local children’s hospital professional told Federation’s Jewish Volunteer Center Director at the end of a Season for Giving event this week. Throughout December, more than 400 volunteers joined in the 17th Annual Season for Giving, choosing from hands-on activities that included serving lunch and distributing gifts at the Salvation Army and helping Ronald McDonald House guests create comfort bears. Volunteers also packed toys for children at Lotus House women’s shelter, shared Chanukah stories at secular Miami-Dade elementary schools and assembled Chanukah care packages for residents of senior homes. During the inaugural Good Deeds Day Festival on December 15, South Dade second graders put together 100 supplemental meal bags for hungry families and 250+ North Dade volunteers made uplifting videos for Israeli soldiers, assembled breakfast cups for Holocaust Survivors and created bedtime bags for vulnerable children. “We can’t get volunteers on Christmas Eve,” said the children’s hospital professional. “I want you to know how much we appreciate you every year.”

Creating Community in Times of Crisis

Creating Community in Times of Crisis

As missiles rained down and everyone took shelter, Federation did what it does best: organized a swift response, located resources and brought people together.

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Helping Israelis Under Iranian Fire

Helping Israelis Under Iranian Fire

Through your support of the Israel Emergency Fund (IEF), an additional $10 million is now helping Israelis whose needs have increased dramatically since the start of the Israel-Iran war.

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Meet Shelly Brodie: New Chair of The Foundation

Meet Shelly Brodie: New Chair of The Foundation

Longtime Federation Board member, Forever Pacesetter and highly involved volunteer Shelly Brodie will become the new Chair of The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, effective July 1.

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Lending a (Small) Hand: Kids Helping Kids

Lending a (Small) Hand: Kids Helping Kids

Preschoolers at the Herman & Miriam Tauber Academy raised $800 to help children in Federation’s partner city of Yerucham buy necessary school supplies.

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