By Daryl Messinger My husband, Jim Heeger, and I owe much of our success as leaders to the Jewish summer camps we attended as children and young adults. It is the very reason countless families - mine included - have invested together in camps for decades. Whether camp occurs … [Read more...] about Why I Am Supporting Nonprofit Jewish Overnight Camps Right Now
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Let My People Go … to Camp
By Aaron Selkow This week, we celebrate the Passover holiday, typically a time when families come together to enjoy a seder filled with remembrance, recognition, and hope. We recite the Shehecheyanu during our ceremonial meal, thanking God for giving us life, for s … [Read more...] about Let My People Go … to Camp
Grinspoon Foundation Announces $10M Emergency Grants for Nonprofit Jewish Summer Camps
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation has announced $10 million in new emergency grant funding to support the nonprofit Jewish summer overnight camps that participate in the foundation’s JCamp 180® program. “The timing of the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting camps especially hard … [Read more...] about Grinspoon Foundation Announces $10M Emergency Grants for Nonprofit Jewish Summer Camps
PJ Library Professionals are Built for This
By Debbi S. Cooper Hinei Ma Tov - How good it was to be together last week - virtually, of course - with over 50 PJ Library professionals representing Jewish communities, large and small, on a pop-up Zoom call, Supporting You, Supporting PJ Library Families During COVID-19. … [Read more...] about PJ Library Professionals are Built for This
Nonprofit Leadership Lessons for LEAP Year
By Natasha Dresner Leap years come once every four years. However, my employer - the Harold Grinspoon Foundation in Agawam, Mass - has decided to make every year a leap year. In the Fall of 2018, we instituted a new program called LEAP, the Leadership Engagement and … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Leadership Lessons for LEAP Year
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