HAPPENINGS AT HADASSAH

The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.

COLLIER/LEE CHAPTER -

Florida Central

August, 2019

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT DIANE SCHWARTZ

Summertime

Summer in Southwest Florida is different from other parts of the country. It's hotter - for sure; its humid; and of course, we have the beautiful Florida flowers, magnificent sun and beaches. Many of our Hadassah friends and neighbors join many other snowbirds in heading north or west to cooler climes, family and vacation spots. So, what goes on for the rest of us? We enjoy each other's company during a slower pace of life. We enjoy less traffic, too, but we can't wait to welcome everyone back and share good times, Hadassah events and activities and enjoy reconnecting. Hadassah has been busy during June and July and we have much to share about new programs and activities. So, let's mark our

calendars for upcoming events and enjoy this Hadassah Happenings as the gateway to a great end of 2019 and wonderful "season" in 2020. First, thanks to Lee Henson and Linda Wertheim, Co-Vice

Presidents of Fundraising for arranging our first - not our last - Let's Go Shopping. We appreciate Random Works of Art for working

with us for purchases in the store and on-line. I am enjoying looking at my hand-blown glass paperweight (beautiful!) and others are enjoying their purchases as well. Coming up - thanks to hostess Sharon Cohan and coordinator

Susan Falkenstein, we are set to enjoy Summer Fun pot luck

dinner at Autumn Woods clubhouse. Mark your calendar for August 18th at 6:30 p.m. and call Susan to reserve your spot. See the specific information in this issue of Hadassah Happenings. In this issue, you will also find information about our L'Chaim List, with thanks to Carol Weisberg who is coordinating this effort and handling the details. Check out the information in this issue. I hope you join me in recognizing our children, grandchildren and family members while we support our chapter's goal of raising $18,000 so we can have a named room plaque noting our accomplishment. This is part of the National 360 Degrees Full Circle Campaign. Moving forward, you will see the actual L'Chaim List in future bulletins. Happily, we will work to supply magnetic name badges to members who would like them. For $9 each, let project coordinator, Louise Forman know if you would like to purchase one. Information is below in this issue of Hadassah Happenings. Thank you, Louise.

Save the date of October 16th for our JNF Blue Box Luncheon.

Thank you to our hostess Rhonda Brazina and coordinators Patti Bloom and Denise Sultan. Information is below. Pay attention to the really cute and sweet participant in the reservation information!

Of special note is our first Coffee & Chocolate event on August

14th. Hadassah in the Neighborhood coordinator Carol Ball is set to welcome new, transfer and members in her neighborhood who would like to learn more about what Hadassah is doing currently. Thank you, Carol. Special thanks to a powerful team of volunteers who, working with Co-Vice Presidents of Membership Donna Goldblatt and Belle Agronin, are calling members for whom we have no emails. We want to include everyone who wants to receive information to be able to learn about our activities. Thanks to Donna, Belle, Norma Small, Nettie Goldenberg, Lynn Wilner, Gale Lazarus, Elyse Morande and Linda Wertheim. Special thanks to Records Administrator Rona Senior for working through and sorting various lists so we can undertake this project.

We appreciate the ladies working on our December 15th Keepers of the Gate event. We are happy to announce that our speaker

is Hadassah National President Ellen Hershkin. Invitations are being prepared. Thanks to Ellen Harris, Fran Nossen, Nancy Wiadro, Gale Lazarus, Lee Henson, Linda Wertheim, Frances Nossen, Rhonda Brazina, Harrilee Shevin, Gayle Dorio, Carole Yellin, Rita Fleishmajer, Ruth Stockinger, Helene Weiss, Yael Shmookler, Major Gifts Officer, Betsy Silverfine Annual Gift Officer and Patricia Fleischman, Program Sponsor. Special thanks to Dr. Karine Ezrine, National HMO Vice Chair for her assistance. Thanks to Elyse Morande for working to arrange a Day in the District to meet our congressmen as we support The Never Again Education Act. She and her PRAZE (Program, Advocacy, Zionism and Education) committee - Sue Bellows, Lynn Wilner, Judy Donaldson and Susan Falkenstein are working toward launching a major effort in planning the Collier/Lee Hadassah Symposium focusing on women's health. More information to follow.

Watch for future details about the Collier/Lee Hadassah Community Leadership Award Luncheon to be presented

at our March 16, 2020 spring luncheon. It will be a special day honoring Ted Epstein and featuring entertainment by Carolann Sanita. Thanks to Lee Henson and Linda Wertheim and the Fundraising Team including Ida Margolis, Rhonda Brazina, Carol Weisberg, Amy Zusmanovich, Luba Rotsztain and Leda Lubin who are working on preliminary details now. Thanks to Arlene Yedid for special assistance. Coming up in 2020 are two Hadassah Presents...programs. Mark your calendars for January 16th at 7 p.m. for an Author Presentation and Reading by Elizabeth Fox, National Hadassah Board member and her husband. WE ARE GOING TO BE SO LUCKY: A World War II Love Story in Letters is a book based on letters between her parents during WWII. We hope to see you January 16, 2020. Information to follow. On February 27th at 1 p.m. Hadassah Presents...will feature Art Historian Joan Jacobs' Art Talk on Marc Chagall. Hadassah appreciates Marc Chagall's wonderful windows in our Ein Kerem Hadassah Hospital. Information to follow. Many thanks to Hadassah Happenings editor Carol Thompson-Finn and the E-Blast expert, Maureen Schaab. Their efforts have kept us well-informed in a timely fashion. We appreciate the continuing efforts of Treasurer Leda Lubin who keeps track of all we do and gladly assists as a need may arise.

Thanks to Debbie Kaprove, Recording Secretary and Nominating Committee Chair who is reaching out to members to help lead

Hadassah into the future.

Many thanks to Lauren Becker and Roberta Schwartz for their

efforts on behalf of the Evening Group.

Cards, Certificates, Trees and Tributes as well as

congratulatory and condolence notes from our chapter take

place whenever needed - including summer. Thanks to Mimi Cohn, Paula Berzon, Fran Nossen and Recording Secretary Iris Shur.

To our Non-Fiction Book Club, our Hadassah North Book Club and Study Group leaders and participants thanks for

enriching the lives of Hadassah members. To chairs Ida Margolis, Linda Wertheim, Judy Donaldson and Arlene Yedid - thank you. So, if I was writing my "school report" about what I AND WE did this summer, I think it would include all of the above. I would give us all an A+ for effort, creativity and dedication to such a meaningful and worthy cause as Hadassah.

Diane

Introductory Message Summer Fun

A note from Susan:

Join our Hadassah family for a summer get together that will be sure to bring a smile to your face! Come share a delicious potluck dinner and if you would like to tell us your summer memories just like they do on NPR (the MOTH story hour), if you are an NPR listener/fan. Let me know if you would like to participate. Tell us a story that transformed you or made a difference in your life. We can all laugh together and make this summer evening one to remember!!

L'Chaim List of Donors

Nancy & Jack Wiadro

Emily Wiadro Walter Hagedorn Michael Wiadro Mara Sussman

Ava Wiadro Samuel H. Wiadro

Chloe Wolfman Phoebe Wolfman

Sasha Wiadro Wolfman Casey Hagedorn Travis Hagedorn

Jeffrey & Nancy Kahn Andrew Fine Justin Fine

Brendan Fine Clara Sorkin Sam Sorkin May Murphy

Holland Murphy Eva Murphy

Shellie Spector & Robert Davidson Shellie Spector

Robert Davidson Alan Davidson Marc Davidson

Ariana Davidson

Diane Schwartz Larry Shapiro Laura Shapiro Jaclyn Shapiro Sydney Shapiro Steven Shapiro

Natalie Ayers-Shapiro Kate Shapiro Mason Ayres

Jennifer Bowman Jason Bowman Sophia Bowman Claudia Bowman

Stephani Schwartz Jenna Alston Ryan Alston

Stephanie Amat Samantha Yudilevich

Mark Yudilevich

Elyse Morande Judy Kahl

Shelley Skelton Lynn Muro

Lynn Wilner

Bob Morande Nancy Ward

Mary Johnson Sherry Pepicello

Many thanks to our L'Chaim List supporters.

PERPETUAL YAHRZEIT PROGRAM PERPETUAL YAHRZEIT: A One-Time Donation of $1,000 Hadassah's Perpetual Yahrzeit ensures that Kaddish will be recited EVERY YEAR on the anniversary of your loved one's passing. ENHANCED PERPETUAL YAHRZEIT: A One-Time Donation of $5,000 Kaddish will be recited for your loved one DAILY FOR 11 MONTHS, after which it will be recited ANNUALLY IN PERPETUITY. An ADVANCE PERPETUAL YAHRZEIT or ADVANCE ENHANCED YAHRZEIT provides the comfort of knowing that Kaddish will be said in perpetuity, for you or a loved one. What a wonderful way to honor a loved one and at the same time, be supportive of the extraordinary work of Hadassah! For an application or more information, Contact Gale Lazarus, galedoll@aol.com or 239-404-4878.

2019 Save the Dates

Mark your calendars for a wonderful end of summer and interesting fall season.

August 14th

Coffee & Chocolate- new member event (by invitation) August 18th Summer Fun

October 16th JNF Blue Box Lunch

October 27th Trivia Night

November 3rd New/Transfer Member Brunch

November 13th Hadassah Fall Luncheon and Crafty Women Mini Boutique

December 4th Knowledge and Nosh

December 15th Keepers of the Gate Brunch

Guest Speaker: Ellen Hershkin Hadassah National President

SAVE THE DATE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2019 Collier/Lee Chapter's Annual Major Gifts Event will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Keepers of the Gate. This event is chaired by Ellen Harris and her committee. Plan to join us for breakfast, Sunday, December 15th, at Old Cypress Country Club, from 9:30 to noon. Our Special Guest Speaker is Ellen Hershkin, National President of Hadassah. She is coming to celebrate with us and to congratulate those generous Keepers who have continued their commitments for 20 years. We will honor Helene Weiss, who initiated Keepers in Collier and later Lee County, and other past Keeper Chairs. Eligiblity to attend this event includes having made a single gift of $1000 or more since March, 2012, being a current Keepers of the Gate or Associate Keeper, and anyone who has made a gift of $5000 or more to Hadassah. For more information or to pledge a new gift, kindly contact: Nancy Wiadro, 239-269-3666 or nwiadro@hadassah.org.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HONOR SOMEONE BY PLANTING A TREE IN

ISRAEL, a beautiful certificate will be sent to the honoree on your

behalf. REMEMBER, you can honor someone for a Birthday, Anniversary,

Condolence Message, Congratulatory Note and so much more! Send a copy

of this notice with your check, in the amount of $18.00 per tree and payable

to Hadassah, to Mimi Cohn, 990 Fountain Run, Naples, Florida 34119. Please

include how you want the certificate to be signed and the address to which

it should be mailed.

THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR PURCHASING TREES IN ISRAEL, INCLUDING

THE POPULAR CIRCLE OF TREES. THERE IS ALSO A WIDE VARIETY OF GREETING

CARDS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR SELECTION.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SENDING CARDS, TREES or TRIBUTES AND

GIFTS, CONTACT MIMI COHN, 455-9527 (buzzcohn@aol.com) or PAULA

BERZON 592-9278

(paula.berzon@yahoo.com.)

To: Peggy & Ken Brown

In memory of Ken's mother, Clara Brown

From: Mimi & Buzz Cohn

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To: Daniel Dorfman and family

In memory of your mother, Ruth Dorfman

From: Collier/Lee Chapter of Hadassah

Nancy & Jack Wiadro

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To: Monica Goodwin

In memory of your father, Isaac Meleini

From: Gail & Dan Kamm

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To: The Kaye family

In memory of Lori Gilbert-Kaye who died in the Poway County

Chabad Synagogue

From: Collier/Lee Chapter of Hadassah

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To: Sharon Saacks

In memory of your brother, Raymond Effune

From: Mimi and Buzz Cohn

Barbara & Steve Suden

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To: Timothy Slater and family

In memory of Ethel Martha Slater, beloved wife, mother and

grandmother

From: Gail & Jerry Solomon

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To: Michael Smith and family

In memory of his mother, Marcia Smith

From: Denise & Steve Sultan

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To: Judy & Rick Spiegel

In honor of your 50th wedding anniversary

From: Mimi & Buzz Cohn

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To: Jane & Joel Strom

In honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Nina Louise Rutherford

From: Karen & Ed Ezrine

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To: Jim Sudhalter and family

In memory of his wife, Carol

From: Barbara & Steve Suden

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To: Nancy & Jack Wiadro

In In honor of your granddaughter PheobeWolfman's college

graduation

From: Jane & Joel Strom

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To: Nancy & Jack Wiadro

In In honor of your granddaughter Ava Simone Wiadro's high

school

From: Jane & Joel Strom

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In Our Family

Mi Shebeiriach - Debbie Friedman

Continued Recovery:

Dr. Kenneth Wetcher

Condolences To:

Eleanor Bonder on the passing of her husband Gerry

Beth Gilman and Barbara Kronenfeld on the passing

of their mother Anne Kaye

Mourner's Kaddish