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14A January 2021 FEDERATION NEWS

Shalom SRQ, Community Lecture...continued from page 13A
as much as possible. While there were
himself ended up needing to be saved.
new and improved! In April 2020, Beer tested positive for cases where our first responders caught
Covid-19 and was taken to an intensive
the disease, most of those cases came
By Marty Katz, Sr. Dir. of Communications & Marketing care unit for treatment. from other sources and not while the
rum roll please! The Jewish ever-growing number of programs and “It was horrible. I almost died. I volunteer was responding to a medical
Federation of Sarasota-Man- fundraising initiatives, as well as main- had to say goodbye to my children and emergency. That is a huge win for us as
Datee is pleased to announce taining our website and social media my wife. It is not anything that I would an organization,” he said.
that our updated Shalom SRQ maga- platforms. Nevertheless, we prevailed! ever wish on anyone. I wanted so much Beer’s vision is to bring the Unit-
zine is now available. Shalom SRQ is I want to publicly thank the follow- to see my dream live on,” Beer said. ed Hatzalah model to other countries.
the popular magazine-style resource ing who were instrumental in bringing “When I woke up, I was so thankful “United Hatzalah has chapters in two
guide that includes everything Jewish the publication to fruition: to be with my family again and to see cities in Ukraine, in Panama City, and
in our area. It covers all that a local ‹ Bonnie Souther, Federation’s Ex- that the organization that I started was in Jersey City and Englewood, New optimism
resident, visitor or newcomer needs to ecutive Administrator, who con- working hard to save lives and doing Jersey. We have also helped over 20
know when it comes to “all things Jew- tacted all content providers and everything it could to combat the dead- other countries begin their own ver-
ish” in Sarasota and Manatee counties, managed the hundreds of submis- ly virus that almost claimed my life. sions of response systems based on
in easy-to-follow regionalized sections sions they provided. One of the first things I committed our model. My dream is that some-
(North, Central, South, Beyond Sara- ‹ Adam Kaplan, our Advertising to when I woke up from my coma of thing like United Hatzalah would exist / op • tuh • miz • uhm / noun
sota-Manatee and Israel). Sales Representative, who once nearly 30 days was to push even hard- everywhere in the world so that no one
Those receiving The Jewish News again made the publication a rev- er at keeping United Hatzalah running will have to wait for more than a few
at home received the publication in the enue-generating line item for the and succeeding and to save even more minutes for help to arrive, anywhere. feeling nostalgic about the future
mail in November. Additional copies Federation’s budget. lives,” he said. Every life is precious. My hope is that
Similarly, we must also thank our Beer added that the virus has made one day everyone will have access to
FREE advertisers. Without you, our commu- the work of all medical personnel im- free emergency medical care at a mo-
nity would simply not have this helpful measurably harder. “Nurses and doc- ment’s notice and that no one any-
and educational publication. Our deep- tors in hospitals, doctors in private where will ever have to debate whether
VOLUME 2 | 2020-2021 est gratitude for making this publica- practices, first responders, ambulance or not to call for an ambulance because
UPDATED tion possible. themselves and protect their own lives believed help wouldn’t arrive in time.
teams, everyone has to worry about
of the prohibitive price or because they
Our proofreading team, led by
and that of their families, while they
People should not need to wait for
Logan Marr, Communications &
Marketing Coordinator – Ed Cohen,
any and all who need it, regardless of
lives of others. United Hatzalah volun-
Marianne Mandell, Elliot Ofsowitz, go about working tirelessly to save the help. Help should be at the ready for
INSIDE Sarasota-Manatee Jeff Sherman, Jill Simons, Linda teers are no different from anyone else cost, background, nationality, religion,
DISCOVER ALL THINGS JEWISH in this field except that they are volun- etc. We are all human and we need to
Synagogues, Food, Culture & More Stern and Bonnie Souther – for their
LEARN ABOUT YOUR FEDERATION teers. The organization spent incred- help one another. That is what God put
History, Programs & More keen eyes and grammar knowledge.
FIND THE LOCATIONS ible amounts of money and resources us on this earth to do,” Beer said.
On the Detailed Map Locator Karen Alfaro, our Senior Graphic
Designer, who designed many of the making sure that every volunteer has For information on the annual
SHALOMSRQ.org the appropriate protection with them as Community Lecture event featuring
A PUBLICATION OF beautiful ads showcasing Federation
programs and initiatives. part of their first-response medical kits. Eli Beer, please contact Jessi Sheslow
were placed around town at the many And finally, Jennifer Bernthal, Every responder needed to know what at 941.343.2109 or jsheslow@jfedsrq.
locations where the paper is distributed, Federation’s Marketing & Communi- protocols to follow and how to act in org. For reservations ($10 per house-
including Sarasota-Bradenton Inter- cations Specialist who was the design the field in order to protect themselves hold), visit jfedsrq.org/events.
national Airport and the Visit Sarasota and layout mastermind behind the
IT’S SO
Welcome Center. The 2019 edition was publication. You hit it out of the park
so popular, we were asked to provide once again, Jennifer!
more copies for these locations. If you know someone new to the I T ’S S O
As you can imagine, the produc- area who might benefit from seeing
tion of the magazine is not an easy task, the magazine, direct them to jfedsrq.
EASY
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especially when the Federation mar- org/shalomsrq. Or, for additional hard
keting team is also tasked with bring- copies, please email info@jfedsrq.org
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