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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