The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-02-10
PHOENIX UJWF DRIVE
TAKES EARLY SPURT:
SPECIAL FUND LAGS

A 80 per cent increase has
marked the advance stages of the
United Jewish Welfare Fund cam
paign for $130,000 in the Phoenix
area while the women'S division
set it's sights on two major events
to push over its $4,000 quota.
Hirsh Kaplan, executive direc-
tor, announced plenges of $35, ,445
at the close of last week compared
with $27 ,O80 during the correspond
ing period year ago.
The increase was in the form of
stable new gifts and several sig
nificant increases, Kaplan reported,
although he declared donations of
$4,885.80 to the United Jewish APP
peal Emergency Fund quota of $780,
300 were less than half of the ex-
pected level.
THE PACE-SETTER Women, with
a campaign goal of SIS, 900, have
virtually reached the halfway mark
with $7,430 and have arranged a
social tea for March 20 at the Ari-
zona Biltmore, with Mrs. Larry
Vida and Mrs. Arnold Horwitz CO.
hosteSSeS.
A rally to launch women's neigh
borhood solicitations will be held
for 200 volunteer workers at 10:30
am. Feb. 20 at the Jewish Com
munity Center. Mrs. Dorothy Pick
elmer, Rabbi A. l.. Krohn, and Kap-
Ian will present a panel program
as the program highlight.
"Neighborhood Day." Feb. 26, has
been designated for intensive cam
paigning.
THE ADVANCED Gifts Women's
group is now being set up.
The Mems Pace-Setter group,
composed of individuals donating
$500 or more, will open its cam
paign with dinner meeting at the
Arizona Biltmore late this month,
Harold H. Alpert, campaign gen.
eral chairman, announced.
Joseph Burdman, chairman of the
Community Division, and co-chair-
men Sam Fineberg and Ivan Raden,
were to distribute 800 prospect
cards among $50 volunteer workers
at a meeting at the Silver Spur.
The division will start general So
icitations Immediately in an effort
to achieve its $4,000 goal before
Feb. 26.
REPRESENTATIVES, of all COM
munity Jewish mems groups are
organized in campaign teams for
this group. Captains are Paul Win
ger, Beth Ell Mems Club; Irving
SatZ, Beth Israel Mems Club; Abe
K. Simons, Phoenix Brandeis Zion
jst District; Lou Kanne, B'nai
Birth; and Samuel Mogieleff and
Nathan Bordo of the Farband La
Dor Zionist Workers.
Maurice D. Brown, chairman of
the Mems Advance Gifts Division,
was cheered by 81 per cent in
crease in his division over 1855
figures. He and co-chairmen Mel
Myland, Nal Strauss, and Art Reck-
seit urged all workers to complete
solicitations quickly to wind up the
drives first phase
THE UJWF campaign benefits 80
overseas, national, and local agen-
cies through it's all-encompassing
effort which spares the community
a multitude of individual solicita-
tions during the year.
Traditionally the United Jewish
Appeal is allocated the largest
single amount from campaign pro-
ceedS and il in turn supports the
United Israel Appeal, Joint Distri-
button Committee, and United
HAS Service.
Among local beneficiaries are the
Phoenix Jewish Community Coun-
Gil, Phoenix Jewish Community
Center, and Jewish Social Service.
THE 10000 Phoenix quota for
the UJA Emergency Fund will go
to rescue thousands of prosecuted
Jews in North Africa by transport
ing them to and caring for them
in Israel.
The United Jewish Appeal drive
will get it's official nationwide
launching at a Feb. 1926 confer
ence in Miami, Fla, but already
has received $16,870, 900, a so per
cent increase in pre-campaign sup
port over 1855. This figure includes
$11 ,O37 900 for the regular cam
paign and $685. 900 for the emerg-
ency fund.
The sum was contributed by
more than 1000 guests at a teSti-