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Dear Friends and Supporters,

Last year, our major effort to extend our annual giving campaign significantly increased our donations due to support from good friends and supporters like you. Last summer, we were fortunate to receive a generous scholarship donation for campers in need to ensure that they could enjoy the best summers of their lives at Camp Gilboa.

So, despite the economic downturn and the increased needs of our families, as a community, we managed to pull together the funding for Summer 2009, and our fortunes and future look better than ever. And that future continues to depend on the generosity of Gilboa’s friends and alumni who understand the value of our program and want to help.

Last summer, our registration numbers grew again, with a very high return camper rate and new campers, too. 140 young people ages 9-17 attended Camp Gilboa, reaching capacity at our rented campsite during first session. With some seed money raised in last year’s capital campaign, we are beginning to look into the possibility of finding a new location with more capacity to meet our growing needs. This would be a new, exciting chapter for us and we are hopeful that if we will it, it will not be a dream.

Habonim Dror is about developing leadership for the future of the American and world Jewish community. Many of the most creative Jewish artists throughout the world had their imaginations and talents nurtured by attending Habonim Dror summer camps and becoming involved in its creative programming. An impressive roster of Jewish social activists had their awareness of Israel and the entire world awakened in Habonim Dror and took their turns as movement leaders. Today, Habonim Dror alumni in the U.S. and Israel put our progressive agenda of social justice into practice by following careers such as social workers, teachers, planners, legal advocates, and even an advisor in the Obama administration! It is no exaggeration to say that Habonim Dror has made immeasurable contributions to Israel and the entire Jewish people.

With your help, we can continue the traditions of this youth movement that provides opportunities for our young people to develop their leadership skills and “run the show,” with the support and guidance of our Israeli shaliach and the Camp Committee. Help us to continue to provide a safe and healthy environment in which genuine “magic” takes place.

Can you step up and help? Can you make a tax-deductible contribution to Camp Gilboa to keep our operations going and to offer scholarship assistance to deserving families? We invite you to give as generously as possible to Camp Gilboa so that we can continue to nurture the next generation with a creative, dynamic approach to their Jewish identities and the centrality of Israel in their lives.

“Midor la dor”- from each generation to the next. With your help, Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa has an exciting future. Please give generously to this annual giving campaign.

Shalom and Todah Raba,

Liz Bar-El
Chair, Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa Camp Committee,

To make a tax-deductible donation, click on our Donate button to give securely online via PayPal. You may also mail a check to our office address at 8339 W. 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90048.