5,000 CALL FOR CHARITY : JEWISH GROUP HOLDS FUND-RAISING DRIVE.Byline: Leilani Albano Daily News Staff Writer Five thousand volunteers throughout Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. joined Sunday in the 20th annual Super Sunday The term Super Sunday may refer to the following
Organizers said the event represented the largest single day of fund raising for UJF UJF Université Joseph Fourier (France) , a fund-raising arm of the Jewish Federation A Jewish Federation is a confederation of various Jewish social agencies, volunteer programs, educational bodies, and related organizations, found within most cities in North America that host a viable Jewish community. . ``It makes me feel wonderful. We're doing a good deed,'' said Ethel Sandler, 84, of Woodland Hills, one of the fund-raisers in the West San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . A number of survivors of the Holocaust were joined by members of their families making calls to support rescue and relief efforts. Mayor Richard Riordan also joined in, making five telephone calls from the West Valley Jewish Community Center in West Hills Sunday morning. One person he contacted pledged $30,000 officials said. ``It made me feel very good (to see Riordan at Super Sunday),'' said longtime Valley center member Fay Chalupowitz, who has been volunteering for the event for the past 17 years. The goal of the San Fernando Valley Alliance of the Jewish Federation was to raise $1.2 million. Officials said the money will be used by a variety of agencies to provide a ``safety net'' for those in need on a nonsectarian basis. Included in the affair was the second annual ``Mitzvathon'' festival for children. Taken from the word ``mitzvah,'' meaning good deeds, the Mitzvathon included a variety of activities such as making get-well cards for children in hospitals, making caps for children with cancer, and learning sign language, as well as decorating food bags for a bimonthly bi·month·ly adj. 1. Happening every two months. 2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly. adv. 1. Once every two months. 2. Twice a month; semimonthly. n. pl. program that feeds 100 clients living with AIDS and HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. . CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Volunteers make calls Sunday from the West Valley Jewish Community Center to raise money for the United Jewish Fund's many nonsectarian social services. (2) Mayor Richard Riordan places a call for the United Jewish Fund. Michael Owen Baker/Daily News |
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