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Jewish Life in Action
Below are some of the Jewish Life-related activities of Rose Community Foundation and organizations we supported in 2009.
March 2, 2009
One of the ways Rose Community Foundation involves Jewish young adults in philanthropy is through Roots & Branches Foundation. Each year, 18 participants in their 20s and 30s work together to identify community problems and make grants to help solve them. The program runs annually from July through March.
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May 13, 2009
Ten Jewish early childhood education centers continued their participation in the four-year Jewish Early Childhood Education Initiative to enhance the quality of child development and Jewish learning. Rose Community Foundation is a major funder of the project, along with five other funders.
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May 14, 2009
Caryn Aviv (left) and Ilan Glazer rehearse a dramatized interpretation of the Torah. They were trained as “Mavens” by Storahtelling, a New York-based organization that uses scholarship, storytelling, performing arts and media to make Jewish traditions come to life. A grant from Rose Community Foundation brought the group to Colorado. storahtelling.org
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June 7, 2009
The Foundation continued its long-time support of the Boulder Jewish Festival, an annual celebration of Jewish culture for all ages. boulderjewishfestival.org
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August 11, 2009
The Foundation prepared to launch a new initiative in September 2009 called MazelTot. The $848,660 initiative connects Jewish families with young children to 29 participating Jewish institutions by offering online information and discounts for more than 200 family-oriented programs and services. mazeltot.org
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From Rose Community Foundation's 2009 Annual Report
Roots & Branches Foundation members and others arrive and mingle at a celebration reception for the group’s grantees.
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Learning at the Hebrew Educational Alliance Preschool
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Rabbi Efraim Cunningham (left) of The Jewish Experience and Nneka McPhee of the Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado learn more about programs and services offered by each others’ organizations.