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‹ Joel & Gail Morganroth have ‹ Mitchell and Dawn Epstein have
named the 24,000 sq. ft. event cen- named the main entrance to the
ter as the Joel and Gail Morgan- Morganroth Event Center, a beau-
roth Event Center. The Center will tifully designed welcoming Chup-
accommodate up to 1,000 people pah to be called the Epstein Family
for exciting and entertaining pro- Chuppah.
grams, delicious events catered by ‹ Jonathan and Michelle Mitchell
have named the open, light and
airy 3,300 sq. ft. lobby in the Mor-
ganroth Center as the Mitchell
Family Welcome Center. Federation Board President Randon Carvel makes a presentation to lead donors
‹ Karen & Tommy Bernstein have named the Florida Israel Busi-
named a Jewish Day Camp in ness Accelerator (FIBA) as the
memory of their daughter Marci Green FIBA Center. It will connect
Lynn Bernstein. For K-9 students, Israeli business innovation with
Camp Marci Lynn is expected to Sarasota-Manatee’s business com-
Michael’s On East, thought-pro- be open in June 2022. munity.
voking educational offerings and ‹ Bob and Esther Heller have named ‹ Through a legacy gift left by Bea
so much more. The venue will be the 4,800 sq. ft. Israel Center in the Friedman, the 6,500 sq. ft. theater
available for use by the entire com- Cultural Arts and Education Build- in the Cultural Arts and Education
munity for programming, life cy- ing where students and the entire Building has been named in her
cle events and holiday parties. The Sarasota-Manatee community can honor.
center will have a variety of rooms be educated about the Holocaust, In total, the JFED PROUD &
to accommodate groups of all sizes antisemitism and Israel. STRONG campaign has raised $15.3
and ample parking. ‹ Jules and Carol B. Green have million toward a goal of $25 million.
As Mary Greenspon eloquently said,
“When you step foot on this campus, it
is magic. And what we’re doing here,
is magic.”
For more information about the
JFED PROUD & STRONG campaign,
visit jfedsrq.org/ProudStrong or con-
tact Ilene Fox at ifox@jfedsrq.org or
941.343.2111. VP of Campus Development Wayne Ruben
with Mitchell Epstein

Jeff Solomon

Esther and Bob Heller are all smiles at the groundbreaking Lead donors and Federation leadership hold shovels marking the beginning of the campus renovation

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