The Capital Improvements Fund was established to support updates and upgrades to our building. Through this fund, we have been able to support large and small projects that keep our building running and looking beautiful. We hope you will consider contributing to this fund as we continue to maintain and improve our space.

Our Annual Campaign, comprised of the Chai Campaign and Yom Kippur Appeal, provides essential support for the life of our synagogue. Dues cover less than fifty percent of our annual operating budget, and it is only through your generosity that Ahavath Achim can maintain a high level of service for our members. Your support is essential. Our programming ranges from serving our youngest members, starting at about age two, through our oldest members, many in their 90s. To continue providing all our programming, services, support, and more, we need your help. Please contribute to the Annual Campaign at your highest possible level. Your support is very important and deeply appreciated. It ensures that when you, your children, grandchildren, and other family and friends need a synagogue, AA will be here to provide the support you need.

For many years, money has been collected for our shul's Employee Holiday Fund, which supports the Ahavath Achim employees who have faithfully continued to work and adapt despite challenging times. The money that is collected will be given to each employee during the holiday season. Thank you for your participation in showing our valued AA employees how much they are appreciated.

This fund supports the Inclusion and Belonging Initiative which seeks to empower people of all abilities by creating physical, emotional, and spiritual space so that all people that want to be part of our community feel welcome and belong.

Strategic actions to meet the goal of creating physical, emotional, and spiritual space for people of all abilities include:

• Making physical changes necessary to achieve these goals.
• Providing consultation and interaction with Ahavath Achim committees.
• Seeking best practices from other spiritual institutions and task forces with similar mandates.
• Developing pathways of communication inside our synagogue related to inclusion and belonging.
• Instituting education initiatives.

The General Endowment Fund supports the everyday running of the Synagogue. From supporting Shabbat services to helping create engaging programming to keeping the lights on, this fund helps with it all.

The Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik Ahavath Achim Youth Education Program Fund was established by Judith Alembik to support all of our youth education programs consisting of Kesher (the supplementary Jewish education program for children Pre-K through 6th grade), Nesiah (the on-the-move program for 7th through 9th-grade students), B'nai Mitzvah programs, High Holiday youth programming, and more. Through this fund, we are helping our kids learn and grow their Jewish connections. We hope you will consider contributing to this fund as the Judith and Aaron z"l Alembik AA Youth Education Program continues to create engaging and exciting programs for many generations to come.

The Kiddush Fund supports the kiddush lunches that follow Shabbat and holiday services. Help us make our kiddushes delicious and exciting!

Formerly the Cultural Arts Program, established in 1977, this fund was established by congregant Marilyn Ginsberg Eckstein to perpetuate Ahavath Achim's broad cultural arts program offerings. AA's cultural arts programming currently consists of the Fran Eizenstat and Eizenstat Family Memorial Lecture Series, the Chamber Concert Series, the Liturgical Music Artist-in-Residency Program, weekly Shabbat and annual High Holiday musical offerings, and jazz, pop, vocal, and instrumental concert offerings. The Cultural Arts Program has long been recognized for its breadth of offerings and its excellence. We hope that you will consider contributing to this fund as the Marilyn Ginsberg Eckstein Cultural Arts Program offerings continue to present world-renowned speakers, dignitaries, artists, and virtuoso musicians.

The Morris Arnovitz Leadership Institute Fund was established by Eliot Arnovitz to help find and develop the next leaders of Ahavath Achim. The fund supports the Morris Arnovitz Leadership Institute, a dynamic program that works to invigorate participants' leadership trajectories through experiential learning alongside other aspiring congregational leaders. The program includes enriching discussions that uncover the unique aspects of collaborative leadership with AA and other organizations. We hope you will consider contributing to this fund as the Morris Arnovitz Leadership Institute builds up our next generation of AA leadership.

The Nanette and Julius z"l Wenger Scholarship Fund supports a scholarship for a member of Ahavath Achim's B'nai Mitzvah or confirmation class. The scholarship goes towards an academic program to help students continue fostering their Jewish learning.

This fund was established by the Reisman family in honor of Shirley z"l. Shirley was always passionate about Ahavath Achim, and, together with her family, had always been involved in various efforts and regularly attended services at the Shul. This fund has been established to help upgrade and maintain the audio/visual equipment that ensures our clergy, staff, and leadership have the necessary tools to embrace ever-changing digital platforms. We hope you will consider making contributions to this fund as we move forward so we can remain current with the latest technology and trends.

Sisterhood provides crucial financial support for our children's religious school education, B'nai Mitzvah gifts, and college outreach gifts. Scholarships are available for members to attend Jewish camps and Israel study abroad. Sisterhood fundraising supports synagogue beautification and special programing, along with community support for local shelters, the Jewish Home, Hunger Walk, and the newly formed Rabbi Neil Sandler Fund for Senior Adult Education.

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This fund was established by Dr. Andy Zangwill in Sonia's memory. The Sonia Fishkin Memorial Fund will honor Sonia's passion for the connection between song and Jewish spirituality. Contributions to the fund will sponsor individuals to create and bring new and singable Jewish music to Ahavath Achim and to the wider Jewish community for use during sacred events and services. Activities may include artists-in-residence, teaching workshops, concerts, and recordings.

This fund supports the Chesed Initiative. Consider donating to these funds to honor and remember friends and loved ones. If you are a warm, friendly, dedicated volunteer looking to strengthen our community and make a difference in people's lives, then this initiative is for you.

"Chesed" is holy work and is traditionally translated as "lovingkindness." Mark Twain defined the Chesed Committee's work most accurately when he said: "Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear."

The mission of the Chesed Initiative is to connect with and support Ahavath Achim members during times of transition and need. Members partner with our clergy in caring for the entire congregation, because visiting the sick or bereaved is something each of us can and should do. A Chesed volunteer's visit with an ill congregant fortifies their will to recover. When we visit those who grieve, we comfort and strengthen them. Members also bring baby blankets, hand-knit by our congregants, to new babies in our congregation in a new program called Welcome Baby.