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VOL. 11 NO. 8                                            www.seabreezepublications.com                                            AUGUST 2021

      Volunteers Assemble 6,000+



      Backpacks Filled with School Supplies



         As part of a large-scale back-to-school
      volunteer initiative led by Jewish Federation’s
      Jewish Volunteer Center (JVC) in partnership with
      Education Foundation of Palm Beach County,
      dozens of community members assembled more
      than 6,000 backpacks filled with new school
      supplies to ensure students in Palm Beach County
      Title 1 schools have the tools they need when they
      return to school in August.
         Throughout the month of July, individuals and
      families dropped off more than 2,100 backpacks
      they assembled at home as part of a socially distant
      volunteer effort. Many gathered with family
      members of all ages, neighbors, and colleagues
      to ensure the district’s highest-need students can
      return to school prepared with the necessary tools
      and with dignity. Dozens more volunteers spent
      hours on-site at Red Apple Supplies in Riviera
      Beach to assemble backpacks to be sent to the
      schools. Federation also donated more than 3,000























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      JFS Addiction Support Group



      Named in Memory of Jay Lieberman



         The Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service   needed funding for the free service. The Jay Lieberman   of my son alive. The group offers a safe place for Jewish
      Jewish Family Addiction Support Group is now the Jay   Jewish Family Addiction Support Group is the only   people to receive the support that they need,” said
      Lieberman Jewish Family Addiction Support Group,   support group for Jewish families in Palm Beach County   Lieberman. “It is so meaningful for me to be able to share
      through the generous support of community leader and   for individuals dealing with a loved one’s addiction.  my knowledge of a difficult subject, keeping the lines of
      philanthropist Vivian Lieberman, who lost her son five      “The recent naming of                    communication open with others who have been through
      years ago to alcohol addiction.                   the Jay Lieberman Jewish                           a similar experience. I am a supporter of the program
         The impact of Lieberman’s $100,000 commitment will   Family Addiction Support                     and a participant. I want to help destigmatize the myths
      help elevate the profile of the program and provide much-  Group keeps the memory                    surrounding substance use abuse and help others heal.”
                                                                                                              “We thank Vivian Lieberman for her most generous
                                                                                                           gift,” said Alpert CEO Marc Hopin. “She is a pillar of the
                                                                                                           community and we are most grateful to her for partnering
                                                                                                           with us in our efforts to help Jewish individuals and
                                                                                                           families cope with the addiction of a loved one.”
                                                                                                             Support group attendees have found a common bond,
                                                                                                           and welcome others to join by contacting Carolyn Yasuna,
                                                                                                           Program Director, at 561-762-9707 or emailing Carolyn.
                                                                                                           Yasuna@AlpertJFS.org to register.

                                                                                 Vivian Lieberman
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