Donations

We appreciate your generosity. Donations are a traditional way to commemorate a simcha or to honor the memory of a loved one.  Your contributions help us serve the needs of the Olam Tikvah community, as dues cover only about two-thirds of our operating expenses.

To make a donation, print the Donation Form (PDF) and mail it with your check, payable to Congregation Olam Tikvah. (This is a fillable PDF. You can type in the form before printing but you will not be able to save your data.)

E-mail option for members only: E-mail donation instructions to Melissa Benson and we will bill your synagogue account for funds other than the Capital Campaign or the Endowment Fund. See the fund list below.  Please include in your e-mail:

• Your full name, address, and account number (if available),

• The amount of the donation and the fund to which it should be contributed. Undesignated contributions are placed in the Tzedakah Fund,

• Whether the donation is in honor of, in memory of, or for the speedy recovery of an individual, and the name of the honoree or occasion, and

• The name and complete mailing address for sending acknowledgment cards. A card will be sent to you only if you request it.

Your donation will be acknowledged in the Contemporary, unless you request it be omitted.

Fund Descriptions

Capital Improvement Fund: Provides for major, unbudgeted repairs and improvements to the physical facilities.

Caren Pearl Memorial Family Life Education Fund: Supports Jewish family education programs of the Religious School.

Carol Samuels Memorial Youth Fund: Provides need-based scholarships for Jewish camping and travel (excluding travel to Israel).

Comfort and Condolence Fund: Provides a fruit basket or meal to the family after a funeral or during an extended illness.

Emanuel Passamaneck Prayer Book and Tallit Fund: Provides prayer books, chumashim and talitot.

Gerald Brissman/Lyle Miller College Outreach Fund: Provides holiday packages and mailings to the congregation’s college students living away from home and subsidies for Koach.

Harold Rib Torah and Religious Articles Fund: Maintains and acquires Torahs and other religious articles for the sanctuary.

Israel Quest Fund: Provides funds to OT youth for travel to Israel.

Jerry Werbel Landscape Fund: Provides assistance for beautification of the synagogue grounds.

Kitchen Fund: Purchases kitchen equipment.

Rabbi Itzhaq M. Klirs Memorial Adult Education Fund: Provides for an annual scholar-in-residence and sponsors adult education programs; contributions to benefit the Chorale may be designated through this fund.

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund: Enables the senior Rabbi to support a wide variety of charitable, educational and growth opportunities in the community.

Robert Natkin Religious School Fund: Provides for the purchases that benefit the Religious School and for educational programs for teachers and students.

Tzedakah Fund: Provides for the synagogue and its members.

Walter Hausfeld Memorial Playground Fund: Provides maintenance and upkeep of the playground.