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Our funds: Paying for the needs of today and tomorrow
Why should you donate to Shir Hadash?
To honor or remember an individual, or a couple, or a group. To mark a birth
or a birthday, a bris or a baby naming, a bar mitzvah or a bat mitzvah, a
graduation or a new job, a wedding or a wedding anniversary, or a yahrzeit. To
express gratitude for good health or wish for a speedy recovery. To celebrate an
accomplishment in school, business or hobbies, or to mark any other family or
personal milestone, life-cycle event or simcha. To say thanks for a service or
program that moved you. And to fulfill the mitzvah of tzedekah, our
responsibility for charity.
Our congregation accepts donations from members and non-members alike, either
as monetary or “in-kind” contributions. For tax purposes, all donors receive a
year-end statement summarizing their donations. Please send your check, payable
to Congregation Shir Hadash, to us at P.O. Box 170632, Milwaukee, WI 53217.
Here are the funds to which you
can contribute:
General Fund: Donations are used to pay the congregation’s general
operational expenses, such as rent, insurance, staff wages, internal and
external communications and most costs related to our religious programming, including potluck dinners and oneg Shabbats after
our services.
Building Fund: Donations will be used to finance long-term changes in
our space, such as building a new structure, renting in another location,
leasing additional space or enhancing the space that we currently occupy.
Music Fund: Donations are used to support the Shir Hadash volunteer
musicians in their work for the congregation, including covering the costs for
instrument needs, such as periodic guitar re-stringing, music stands, etc.;
workshop expenses; voice lessons; annual dues to the women’s cantorial network;
and paying for music for the congregation, such as tapes, books and compact
discs. The fund also has been used to help with music production, such as
software and equipment needed to produce the Shir Hadash CD.
Prayer Book Fund: Donations will be used to purchase Shabbat and High
Holiday Prayer Books for use by the congregation and visitors. Members are
encouraged to purchase their own High Holiday Prayer Books.
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund: This fund, completely at the rabbi's
discretion, is used for projects and expenditures that will enhance the
spiritual climate at Shir Hadash and/or the religious life of its members. Often
it is used to make contributions to worthy causes in need of financial support.
Sidney Fine Memorial Fund: Established with an initial gift from the
estate of Shir Hadash member Sidney Fine, this fund will sponsor a special adult
educational program each year that is in keeping with his interests and
priorities, as determined by the rabbi and the Shir Hadash Adult Education
Committee. Additional donations can be made to the fund. Programs will typically
be funded by these additional donations and by the interest on the principal,
although part of the principal can be used for a program deemed exceptional and
appropriate.
Social Justice Fund: Donations are used to support all of our social
justice activities, including providing meals and beverages at a meal site
operated by the St. Vincent DePaul Society; paying our dues to the Milwaukee
Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope and Tikkun Ha'Ir; and providing
emergency grants or no-interest loans to families or individuals who, due to
circumstances beyond their control, cannot meet their basic needs of food,
clothing, health care or shelter.
Special Programming Fund: Donations will be used to pay expenses and
honorariums for creative, educational, spiritual or special programs,
particularly our adult education programs. These
programs will serve to enrich our congregational experience.
Torah Fund: Donations are used to purchase new Torahs and/or to repair
and maintain our current Torahs.
Youth Education Fund: Finances religious education programs for
children of all ages.
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