Adding Value to Every JCC, Everyday
JCC Association is one of four organizations to receive funds from the National Swimming Pool Foundation through their Step Into Swim™ campaign. Step Into Swim awarded JCC Association $10,000 to encourage programs that teach people how to be safe in the water. According to Steven Becker, JCC Association vice-president, health and wellness services, the money [...]
Spinning dreidels, meet spinning wheels, your new Hanukkah pal. JCC Association’s Movement-wide stationary bike event called Cycle for Good launches this December 9, the first Sunday of Hanukkah, to raise money for a good cause as well as for Jewish Community Centers. This year, the chosen charity is Special Olympics, the athletic competition for the [...]
“To tackle obesity, the Jewish Community Center (JCC) Association focused on one simple premise: it’s much easier to create good health habits than it is to change bad ones.” With this introduction, JCC Association has been featured as a particularly effective agency in the nation’s battle against obesity in Trust for America’s Health 2012 report [...]
Congratulations to Joshua Steinharter of San Francisco and to the Boulder JCC on being chosen as recipients of Specialty Camp Incubator grants from the Foundation for Jewish Camp. Steinharter will launch the independent JCC Maccabi Sports Camp, a resident camp incorporating the values and traditions of the JCC Maccabi Games®, which he knows so well [...]
JCC Association is pleased to announce three management-level additions to its full-time staff. Susan Bender is taking over the financial resource development portfolio as senior vice-president. Alison Pepper has joined the agency as assistant vice-president on the early childhood education and family engagement team. Jerry Wische will assume the role of JCC Association’s chief operating [...]
The fortieth anniversary of the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 has drawn an outpouring of support for an official Moment of Silence at the London Olympics. This initiative was spurred by JCC Rockland, one of the hosts of this year’s JCC Maccabi Games, but a memorial to [...]
Most of the country may be mired in record-breaking heat, but the 19 million Americans who play fantasy football are looking ahead to fall and daydreaming about their perfect teams. Not to worry. JCC Association is finalizing preparations for the second annual JCCs of North America Fantasy Football Challenge (The Challenge). Participants compete locally with [...]
Another special Torah was dedicated on July 12 at the Merage JCC of Orange County in Irvine, California, honoring esteemed members of the community Irving and Elinor Burg; Doris Chasin, in memory of Milton Chasin; Allan and Sandy Fainbarg; Arnold Feuerstein; Leonard Jaffe; Isidore Myers and Saretta Berlin. The Torah was the fifth in the Torahs [...]
JCC Association is pleased to announce that the Levin JCC in Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the JCC Website of the Month. Visit their website: Levin JCC Please feel free to e-mail us suggestions regarding any JCC sites that you feel deserve recognition during the upcoming months and we will take their content and design [...]
The JCCs of North America Fantasy Football Challenge is back for its second year. We’re excited for the games to begin, but first we need to know if your JCC is ready to participate in this exciting program. The Challenge can provide buzz for your JCC, promote the community and build relationships with donors, volunteers, [...]
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