Page 6 - The Jewish Voice - February '23

Page 6, The Jewish Voice

Local Happenings from page 5 Living Proof that of a significant caregiver. Before her promotion to director,
Lyndora served as Mentoring 4 Kids’ outreach coordinator for
Board of Directors, a member of the William A. Meyer Jewish Mentoring Works the last four years.
Community Foundation Board of Directors, and a member “I’m living proof that mentors positively impact a child’s
of the Campaign for the Future Cabinet. She’s Federation’s It’s often said that it takes a village to raise a child. And life,” she says. “It’s the difference between a child having
former major gifts chair and marketing chair, and a frequent nobody knows this better than Lyndora Frazier, who was opportunities, or their life taking a wrong turn.” Born in the
co-chair, with Mark, of Federation’s overseas missions, where recently promoted to director of the Judith & Jack Rosenberg Dominican Republic, Lyndora moved to Florida when she
they work to ensure that individuals and communities around Mentoring 4 Kids Program at Alpert Jewish Family Service. was nine months old. Raised by loving foster parents, she was
the world have the resources and services they need to survive “There are many people from all different stages of my life fortunate to have a relationship with her maternal grandmother
and thrive. who’ve mentored and inspired me to be the person I am today,” who lived to be 102 years old. She often spent weekends with
Doron Almog, Major General (Res.), chairman of the she says. “I am still in touch with many of those individuals. her in Gadsden County, near Tallahassee.
executive, The Jewish Agency for Israel, shared, “On this Mentoring 4 Kids is a free, nonsectarian program that “She was the most beautiful woman with long, flowing
special day honoring Mark and Stacey Levy, I’d like to add provides a same-gender role model for children ages 6 to 14. grey hair,” remembers Lyndora. “In the 1960s, she and my
my personal gratitude for their many years of unwavering It helps fill a void in a child’s life caused by the absence or loss grandfather were among the first African American farmers
support of The Jewish Agency for Israel and the global Jewish to own land in Gadsden County.” Lyndora’s grandparents
people. They are true leaders, always ready to step up and made history in 1962 when they provided room and board to
help address any challenge we face. I salute them and am the first 12 African American students who integrated Florida
thankful for their leadership that is inspirational to others.” State University.
The Levys’ transformative gift also serves as a nucleus Lyndora’s grandfather mentored Maxwell Courtney, the
commitment to Campaign for the Future, the largest first African American male to attend Florida State University.
fundraising campaign in Jewish Palm Beach’s history. Her grandparents also helped raise money to incorporate the
This comprehensive fundraising campaign seeks to grow University’s Black Student Union in 1968.
annual fundraising, increase the number of multiyear “My grandmother often told me stories about how she
pledges, and create new endowments to meet the needs and my grandfather risked their lives during the civil rights
of our growing community — Today, Tomorrow, and movement to ensure I had better opportunities.”
Forever. The campaign integrates many forms of giving, Lyndora is currently a student at Florida Atlantic University,
including the Annual Campaign and Targeted Giving to pursuing her Ph.D. in counseling. She has also earned two
support our community’s needs of Today and Tomorrow, master’s degrees — one in nonprofit management from the
and Forever needs through endowments at the William A.
Meyer Jewish Community Foundation. Local Happenings on page 7

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