Goldring Jewish Summer Camp Experience

EXCITING NEWS!  MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT NOW $1,500!

Send your child to camp this summer through an exciting program underwritten by the Goldring Family Foundation and administered by the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana. Experts agree that one of the most effective ways to develop children’s commitment to living Jewish lives is to expose them to a Jewish sleep-away camp experience. Your children will meet other Jewish boys and girls and savor the precious heritage of Jewish traditions while enjoying wholesome summer fun and sports activities.

This wonderful program, established by JEF in 1999, has been funded by the Goldring Family Foundation since 2001.  Since its inception, 1,293 children have benefited from this program. The Goldring Family Foundation wants to make this lifetime experience available to every Jewish child. Each of your children is eligible for a one-time-only incentive grant of up to $1,500* to attend a non-profit Jewish summer camp. To meet the criteria for JEF funding, children must be:

• First-time campers at a non-profit Jewish sleep-away camp like those named below. If your child’s camp is not on the approved list, it must provide JEF with proof of its non-profit status;
• Currently in grades 1 through 9;
• Residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama or the Florida panhandle. Grants are not based on financial need. Both parents need not be Jewish. Temple or synagogue affiliation is not required.

*Programs costing less than $1,500 will be funded up to the amount of camp tuition.

Interested?

Download the application form and mail it by March 31, 2017 to:

Goldring Jewish Summer Camp Experience
c/o Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana
615 Baronne Street, Suite 150
New Orleans, LA 70113 or fax to (504) 524-4259

This form contains fillable fields. You can download the form, save the completed form and email it to ellen@jefno.org or click the “Submit Form” button at the bottom of the PDF.

If you wish, you can print it and mail or fax it (address and fax number on form) or print the blank form and fill it out by hand.

A list of eligible camps can be downloaded here. This list is not inclusive of all eligible Jewish nonprofit camps.

For more information, please contact Ellen Abrams at 504-524-4559 or ellen@jefno.org.