Our goal is to help you make a difference in the community as thoughtful grantmakers.  This list of selected funding requests includes a broad range of charitable projects across our community.  As you consider supporting organizations that assist people in need, establish connections to Jewish life, inspire learning and promote healthy communities, we hope you will think about funding the following.

PROGRAM AREA

ARTS & CULTURE
13 – A Musical Production	$3,000 Fully funded	Help support a student run musical production of a show based on a 13-year-old boy who faces the challenges of his parents’ divorce, moving to a new home, trying to make new friends and planning his bar mitzvah. Mandell JCC
A Life of the Land	$3,000 $900 funded	Funding sought to create a traveling exhibit to accompany the Society’s newest publication on Connecticut’s Jewish farmers.  It will showcase photos, documents and memorabilia. Jewish Historical Society
A Reason to Remember	$3,000 $900 funded	Support sought to host a traveling exhibit from the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center in Springfield at the Mandell JCC. A Reason to Remember tells the story of five Jewish families who lived in a rural German village under Nazi rule.  Jewish Historical Society
CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Jewish Holiday Books	$1,000 $977 funded	Help build the Koopman Library’s collection of popular holiday books for children. Commission on Jewish Education & Leadership/Federation
COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
Huskies for Israel	$3,000	Funding sought to underwrite two student interns and program expenses for pro-Israel advocacy activities on campus.  The project is designed to bring together students of various ethnic and religious backgrounds. University of Connecticut Hillel
Challah-back!	$500 Fully funded	Sponsor weekly challah baking and kosher snacks for communal Shabbat dinners and Shabbat dinners in individual apartments. University of Hartford Hillel
Tzedek “Community Justice” Program	$1,500 Fully funded	Subsidies needed for student travel to New Orleans on an alternative spring break immersion experience to repair and rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Katina.  University of Connecticut Hillel and University of Hartford Hillel
Hadag Nahash Concert	$3,000	World-renowned Israeli hip-hop band Hadag Nahash, recently featured in Adam Sandler’s hit movie Don’t Mess with the Zohan, will perform a concert expected to attract hundreds of college and high school students. Trinity College Hillel
Campus Coordination Planning	$3,000	A consultant will work with JCRC and four college Hillels to train students on how to respond to anti-Israel news articles, letters, speakers and professors and offer positive Israeli cultural and foreign policy programs. JFACT Fund
Development Internship	$1,200	JFS will create an opportunity for a college student to assist with an email newsletter, social networking outreach and an on-line event calendar and gain insight into a career in Jewish communal service. Jewish Family Services
EDUCATION
Laminating Machine	$2,000	A new laminating machine is needed to preserve visual aids, signs, charts and children’s work. Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy
“Walkie-Talkie” Communication System	$800	Hand held Walkie-Talkie radios allow staff to be in instant contact with one another to insure the safety of the student body. Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy
Beyond the Smartboard	$1,200 ($700 each)	The addition of document cameras to Smartboards enable teachers to display worksheets, maps, newspaper articles, art projects and even science experiments to the entire class in two – and three – dimensions. Solomon Schechter Day School
Write Away	$3,000 Fully funded	A team of teachers will meet during the summer to revise the scope and sequence of the K-8 writing curricula so that it is aligned with current State of Connecticut English Language Arts Standards. Solomon Schechter Day School
The Bible Raps Project: Artist in Residence Program	$3,000	An artist-in-residence program for religious school and day school students with rapper and educator Matt Bar will excite students to learn Jewish text by creating rap lyrics to Torah stories.  Commissions on Jewish Education & Leadership/ Federation
Creating Jewish History	$3,000 $3,900 funded	The purchase of technical equipment will help college students enrolled in a Jewish documentary film making course to create short Holocaust testimonials of Hartford area survivors for presentations in schools and other public forums. Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies
ELDERLY
Passover Preparations	$3,000 Fully funded	Funds requested to help underwrite the costs associated with preparing for Passover, including purchasing Kosher for Passover food, kashering kitchens and paying visiting cantors.  Hebrew Home and Hospital
Videoing for Posterity	$500	Create lasting memories for residents and their families through the purchase of a DVD Handycam Camcorder to record productions of plays, poetry readings, sing-a-longs and more.  These activities are also fun and therapeutic. Federation Homes
Relaxin’ Radio	$3,000 Fully funded	Companion Radio provides residents and clients with four private radio stations designed to broadcast stimulating, participatory, meaningful and age-appropriate programming commercial free, 24 hours a day. Hebrew Home and Hospital
ISRAEL
Children’s Trauma Therapy	$3,000 $2,314 funded	The Hibuki (huggy) doll program seeks to ease Israeli pre-school children’s stress brought on by terrorism by giving therapeutic responsibilities of caring for a special stuffed animal, thus helping them to indirectly cope with their own fears and anxieties.  Ashalim - a project of the American Joint Distribution Committee
Military Preparation Project	$3,000 $500 funded	Physically disabled 11th and 12th graders train to endure the demands and rigors of army life and perform military service.  In Israel, army service is not only a means of defending the country, but a means of integrating and building Israeli society.  This project enables disabled teens to serve in all units of the army.  Etgarim
Israeli Young Emissary /Alumni Network	$375	Develop a database of information about the impact of the Israeli Emissary Program through a survey of former host families and participants. Information would be used to develop volunteer opportunities and professional exchange programs.  Southern New England Consortium /Partnership 2000
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Hospitality Program	$2,000	The Volunteer Task Force plans to develop a marketing brochure and hold a recruitment and information fair to help members learn about how to get involved at the JCC and give back to our community.  Mandell Jewish Community Center
Child Nutrition Program	$3,000 Fully funded	Help fund a Child Nutrition Seder to bring attention to the issue of hunger and highlight the need for Congress to reauthorize The Child Nutrition Act with at least $1billion in new funding.  Jewish Community Relations Council
Welcome Video	$3,000	As part of a rebranding initiative, the video will reintroduce Federation and its 30 local agencies to prospective donors.  Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
SPECIAL POPULATIONS
This Old House	$3,000 Fully funded	The Brookmoor Road group home is in serious need of durable living and dining room furniture.  Jewish Association of Community Living
Client Transportation	$3,000 Fully funded	Older and disabled clients often cannot travel by bus, or travel by bus and then walk from the nearby bus stop, to the JFS offices.  Funds are needed to pay for taxi services for needy and vulnerable clients.  Jewish Family Services

Updated June 11, 2010