Greater Ann Arbor’s 107 legacy donors are among the 18,000 who will be honored at the first Legacy Donor Appreciation Event sponsored by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s (HGF) LIFE & LEGACY® initiative. The event, to be held virtually on May 25 at 7:30 pm eastern time, will celebrate each of the donors from LIFE & LEGACY’s seventy-one partner communities who are securing the Jewish future through their legacy gift.
The evening will feature the stories of donors from across North America who have made legacy commitments, as well as greetings and reflections from Harold Grinspoon, Founder of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, and Winnie Sandler Grinspoon, the Foundation’s president. Jonah Kaplan, an award-winning Political and Investigative Reporter at WTVD, the ABC-owned station in Raleigh-Durham, NC, will serve as the evening’s host.
There is no charge for the 45-minute event.
“Through LIFE & LEGACY, we are sustaining vibrant communities so future generations will be able to enjoy our rich Jewish culture and heritage,” said Harold Grinspoon, the founder of HGF. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to honor all those who have made a legacy commitment to date, and to encourage others to join us in this endeavor.”
LIFE & LEGACY donors of Greater Ann Arbor have made commitments to 11 local organizations including: Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan, Beth Israel Congregation, Chabad House of Ann Arbor, Eastern Michigan University Center for Jewish Studies, Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor, Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor, Jewish Cultural Society, Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County, Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, Temple Beth Emeth and the University of Michigan Hillel.
“We are excited to celebrate the 107 legacy donors here, along with the legacy donors from the other communities in the LIFE & LEGACY network, who have already committed to ensuring the long-term financial health of our valued organizations” said Eileen Freed, Executive Director of The Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor. “It is our hope that every member of the community will join us by making a legacy commitment to those organizations in our Jewish community they value.”
If you have not yet had a chance to make your legacy commitment but would like to participate in the May 25 event, please contact the organizations named above or Margaret Schreiber, LIFE & LEGACY Coordinator at margaret@jewishannarbor.org.
Legacy donors who have yet to register for the event can do so by visiting https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2021LegacyDonorEvent.