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10A                         January 2021                                                                 FEDERATION NEWS


                                                                                Where your dollars go                                                   Mayim Bialik to appear at Jewish Federation event



                                                                                This series highlights mission-based programs and projects that are supported by
                                                                                The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. Funding for these initiatives is de-
                                                                                rived from the Annual Campaign. The series helps to explain where your generous
                                                                                dollars are spent and features certain initiatives that enrich the lives of Jews living
                                                                                in Sarasota-Manatee, local projects with area partners, and overseas programs that
                                                                                support the social and humanitarian needs of Jews in Israel and around the world.
                                                                                    Your generous support is found in our tenet of tikkun olam – repairing the
                                                                                world!
                                                                                Federation’s fire trucks


                                                                                keep Israelis safe


                                                                                By Joshua Mellits, Jewish National Fund-USA Dir., Western Florida
                                                                                          ith the uptick in incendiary   Israel’s firefighters have the tools need-
                                                                                          balloons  being  flown  into   ed to protect lives and properties.
                                                                                WIsrael from the Gaza Strip,              The  two  fire  trucks  donated  by
                                                                                Israel’s  firefighters  have  been  busier   The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-
                                                                                than  ever  combatting  terror-lit  fires.   Manatee in 2006-07 have also saved
                                                                                Given  a  typical  brush  fire  can  move   many  lives  in  Bet  Shemesh  and  Net-
                                                                                as fast as 14 miles per hour, addition-  anya. Specifically, in the last year, the
                                                                                al firefighting resources have been de-  Federation’s fire trucks went on a com-
                                                                                ployed in the south to protect Israel’s   bined 263 calls  and spent 207 hours
                                                                                fields and forests.                   outside the station.
                                                                                    Through the partnership and sup-      As a result  of the  Federation’s
                                                                                port  of  Jewish  National  Fund-USA’s   philanthropic  investment  with Jewish
                                                                                Fire and Rescue Task Force, the entire   National  Fund-USA  and  Israel’s  fire-




















                                                                                                              Israeli firefighters
                                                                                structure  of  firefighting  in  Israel  has   fighters, directly and indirectly, its sup-
                                                                                seen a dramatic shift. It has received a   port has made a positive difference for
        INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY                                 major upgrade in terms of the equip-  the land and people of Israel. Thanks
                                                                                ment and resources available.  More   to this  21-year-strong collaboration
                                                                                importantly,  it  has  restructured  fire-  with  the  Federation,  Jewish Nation-
                                                                                fighting  personnel  for  effective  local-  al Fund-USA has continued to be the
                                                                                ization  and optimization  by training   Sarasota-Manatee  community’s  voice
                                                                                new volunteer  corps to be ready at a   in Israel.
                                                                                moment’s notice.                          To  support  firefighting  efforts  in
                                                                                    Israel’s  Fire  &  Rescue  Authority   Israel, visit jnf.org/firefighting or con-
                                                                                responded to over 100,000 incidents   tact  Joshua Mellits,  Jewish National
         Honoring                                                               over the past year. Thanks to the 170   Fund-USA  Director,  Western  Florida,
                                                                                (and  counting)  fire  trucks  donated   at 941.462.1330 x865 or jmellits@jnf.
         Children                                                               through  Jewish  National  Fund-USA,   org.


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