Ahhh…summer is here. People enjoying their well-deserved vacations…children attending various camps (mine leave for overnight Jewish camp early next week)…and the weather is getting warmer and more beautiful (I was promised perfect Oregon summers when I moved here).
“Our generation does not want its epitaph to read, ‘We kept charity overhead low.’ We want it to read that we changed the world.” – Dan Pallotta, entrepreneur and charity leader
As we enter the final two weeks of June, I am quite proud that the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s annual campaign has already surpassed last year’s total, as well as increased its number of donors.
On Monday evening, the Federation Governing Board will be approving its allocations to our local and overseas partners for the next fiscal year. This is when your generous campaign contributions are put into action.
Yesterday morning, I flew to Orlando, Florida to attend to some matters following my father’s passing (it is amazing all the things that need to be done – someone should write a short manual), and to share in the simcha of a cousin’s wedding.
