NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN MICHIGAN
Sallyjo Levine 2022-2024
Annual Report
2023-2024
Given at Installation June 20, 2024
As we continue to grow, we are thriving and making our mark in the community. We have had a very successful year fiscally and have benefited from the generosity of our board, our supporters, and our community.
It is never easy to ask for contributions, but the monies raised make it possible to do the projects and programming that we do. We had very successful programs, such as our Women of Vision fundraiser with John Quinones as the speaker, our celebration just a few weeks ago where we highlighted our Meals on Wheels 50th anniversary, and our Back 2 School Store program where 900 Detroit school children received school supplies, clothes, books, and toiletries. Additionally, 1,300 Oakland County children received filled backpacks donated to Oakland Schools and Jewish Family Service for distribution—all thanks to your support.
Our State Policy Advocates led the way to making our community and our world a better and stronger place. We go “green” always, but especially in the month of July, when we try to have a plastics-free month. It makes us more aware of what we do and what we need to do better.
Our Israel Affairs Committee is actively involved in keeping us informed on the situation in Israel and how we need to stay alert in our own community. In the fall, we will have our Fall Focus event with Israel as the topic. Please join us for that.
Many of you have donated or worked at our Council Resale Store, and we are thrilled to be able to take on more space to do what we do best. We have been applauded for our wonderful staff and selections.
Our Outreach Committee reached out throughout the state, and we now have nine ambassadors working with communities outside our tri-county area. They are primarily focused on advocacy.
You may not be aware, but we tutor school-age children, offer grant money to Hebrew Free Loan for higher education, provide comfort care kits to women who have just undergone an abortion, and provide scholarship money to winners of our Jewish Youth Awards—and that is just the tip of the iceberg. We stand up, and we show up as strong and committed Jewish women.
If you are interested in our history, you can see much of our past at Temple Beth El in the archives housed there. And our future? Check out the All Kids Playground, where we are maintaining and improving a space that is accessible for all children.
In a nutshell—we do so much, and we do it well. Please know that we welcome you and your ideas. Our doors are always open, and you make the difference.