Jewish welfare fund campaigns throughout the United States and Canada are maintaining a strong “plus giving” pace to meet crucial needs in Israel, overseas and at home, according to reports received by the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds.
These reports, the Council said in a statement today, indicate that early increases over 1950, averaging up to and beyond 22 percent, are continuing in many communities as campaigns approach the half-way mark. “Plus” results are in evidence from the largest down to the smallest communities, the statement declared. It mentioned as “typical” the experience in Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, Newark, Miami, Buffalo, Dallas and Cincinnati.
Samuel Daroff, general chairman of the Combined Campaign of the Philadelphia Allied Jewish Appeal and the Medical Center Building Fund, reported a resounding 42 percent increase over funds raised from the same people at the leader’s Dinner, March 29. At this function $2,054,272 was raised in contrast to their 1950 gifts totalling $1,446,670. Philadelphia’s next public report will be made April 18.
Miami, which is further advanced than most community campaigns, is still maintaining a robust 21.4 percent increase over 1950. To date Miami has raised $1,040,257 as against $856,923 from the same people in 1950. Cleveland has pushed its percentage of increase from 20 to 22 as the campaign has gathered momentum in that community. At a Special Gifts dinner April 3, $1,310,695 was raised as against a 1950 total of $1,073,000 from the same people. This by far is the highest total ever achieved by Cleveland at a fund-raising meeting.
In its first public report, Cincinnati announced a total of $575,260 raised in 1951, contrasted to $490,824 from the same people in 1950. This represents a 17 percent increase. Newark, which moved away to a fast campaign opening success, is continuing its “plus gift” status as it approaches the million-dollar mark. To date, $952,000 has been raised, as against $821,000 from the same people in 1950. This total represents a 16 percent advance over last year.
Detroit and Buffalo reported increases of 12 and 13 percent over 1950. The Motor City has now raised $1,610,000 as against $1,437,500 from the same people in 1950, and Buffalo has registered $329,272 as against a 1950 sum of $291,886 from the same contributors. Reporting an increase of 18 percent over 1950, the Dallas Jewish Welfare Federation Campaign has thus far raised $664,587, compared to $562,893 in 1950 from the same people. The campaign began with the largest Advance Gifts meeting in the history of the community.
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