Woman started Baycrest flower sale to cope with grief
After losing her mother, father and brother within about a year, Sarah Krybus Fishman started a semi-annual flower sale called Bubby’s Blooms, which raises funds for Baycrest Health Sciences.
Does Jewish fundraising that plays on people’s fear have a future?
Are the old standard emotional triggers of Jewish fundraising – pride of Israel, fear of anti-Semitism, the spectre of another Holocaust – still being employed? Is tapping into donors’ anxieties the right way to raise funds?
Think outside the box for the perfect gift
This gift requires more thought. Think outside the box of a normal wedding gift. I’m sure they’ll love the uniqueness and effort you put into their new union
Sale to allow girls to buy new bat mitzvah dresses and help at-risk kids
All Dressed: Children Helping Children is a spa night and an opportunity for mothers to buy donated dresses for bat mitzvahs. Proceeds will go to a charity that helps at-risk youth.
Will millennials even go to (charity) galas?
Jewish charitable organizations are finding that what worked for older generations may not be what millennials are looking for.
BB Canada honours music mogul David Foster
The Human Rights Gala held Nov. 10 in downtown Toronto, featured an assortment of somewhat unlikely celebrities and bestowed upon Foster its Award of Merit
Purse drive offers gift of dignity, style to women at risk
For the second straight year Angel Freedman is organizing the “Fill a Purse for a Sister” drive, for women in nine shelters
Tithing is trendy for bar/bat mitzvah kids
‘Kids seem to understand the importance of philanthropy’, but does asking for tzedakah instead of gifts advance a culture of generosity
Student donates bat mitzvah gifts to needy in Israel
Grade 8 student Ellie Joseph, donated $15,000 following her bat mitzvah to Latet’s Aid for Life, to provide aid packages to Holocaust survivors in Israel
Bialik student urges celebrants to Volunteer Your Age
VYAC, a product of an innovative 10-year-old, is a forum to pledge money to, fundraise for, volunteer at or for an organization; or combine the two
