IMPACT OF YOUR GIFT

$5,000- Provides Cash assistance once a month to 10 Nazi Victims for 1 year

$1,000- Will enable 1 child to attend a full summer at The JCH Day Camp

$500- Gives 5 children partial scholarships to participate in all kinds of Cultural Arts lesson; singing, dance, theater, and musical instruments.

$180- Allows 1 child with Autism to participate in a 10-week recreational/social skills program

$100- Buys gifts for 1 family for the Holidays

$36- Is enough for food packages for 2 homebound seniors

With Your Support:

565 families can send their children to the Marks JCH summer camps – nearly 50% of our camp families need these scholarships.

2,390 individuals can receive the counseling, in-home support, and emergency cash assistance that they need to live safe, healthy lives and avoid nursing home or other institutional care.

Many of the people who seek us out are Nazi victims living on nothing more than their SSI benefits, which often don’t cover their rents; we provided direct financial assistance to offset their expenses.  The monthly stipend makes a real difference in their lives. We’re told that the modest stipends are applied to their basic needs, i.e., utilities, pharmacy medications, rent and groceries.

It is estimated that 35% of those settling in the Marks JCH’s catchment area are elderly.  According to the Report on Jewish Poverty, issued in 2004 by the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty and UJA-Federation of New York, nearly 90% of Russian seniors in New York live at or below the poverty level.