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THE CENTERS HPOTS from tho Atlanta Jewish Community Cantar, Inc The United Way and Us The United Way volunteers have just wrapped up a three-hour visit to the AJCC to review our 1987 budget and our allocation request. They spent the day having lunch with our Seniors at Peachtree and then took a bus ride over to Zaban, where they toured the Zaban facility and saw the renovation taking place on our new Wein stein Adult Day Services Center. On the way back after their visit, their comments were uniformly complimentary. This review is an annual procedure. The AJCC, as well as over 60 other United Way agencies, are carefully scrutinized by volunteers every year. In 1986, our Center is receiving $320,000. Over the six years 1 have worked here we have also been the beneficiary of thousands of dollars in emergency monies to cover repairs of our roofs, our boilers, to fix our driveways and any other unanticip ated expenses related to our facilities. We are indeed fortunate in Atlanta to have one of the finest United Ways in America. Don Morgan, United Way executive director, has created an open, highly profes sional, creatively far-sighted, well-run operation. The volunteers 1 have met have always been extremely sup portive of the work of the AJCC. We are considered by the United Way as one of their outstanding beneficiary agencies, and we receive one of their largest allocations. They have always reached out to me and our staff to involve us in the planning process and are constantly on the lookout for new people within our community to become United Way volunteers. The annual United Way drive is now on. 1 strongly urge you to consider the following in determining this year’s gift. One, that the AJCC, as well as the Jewish Vocational Service and the Jewish Children and Family Service, receive significant funds from the United Way campaign. Two, there are over 60 other vital agencies, including such services as Battered Women, Boy and Girl Scouts, services to the blind, Red Cross, the Cancer Society, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Diabetes, Planned Parenthood, Retarded Citizens, counseling and legal ser vices, etc., who all survive because of the United Way. Three, the United Way serves not only DeKalb and Ful ton counties, but has reached out into Cobb, Gwinnett and other outlying areas. Four, without the United Way, which last year raised over $32 million, our community’s social services and health services networks would col lapse, and we would all be seriously affected. So, don’t treat the United Way as just another annual campaign. It is the one campaign in Atlanta that serves the entire community. Make your gift match their need. A United Way Agency. Kbugive hope. Looking for a Place to Live? • Are you m need o* comfortable attorOaofe housing’ • Are you tired ol livmg alone’ • Ate you having trouble finding decent housing on your limited budgei’ • Are you concerned about security’ • Would you consider providing services to an older person’ It you answered yes I 'ny ot the above then Housamite Mitch may be tor you * :sN lYJ Housemate Match, a private non-prnlil homesharinq match-up program in the Atlanta Region is available lo people 18 years ol age or older One person in the match must tie 60 years ol age or older For more mlormation on Housemate Match contact ATLANTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 875-7881 lit 27 How come we’re so good at kosher catering ? We know how to observe the laws tastefully. If only it were enough to be Atlanta’s only hotel with a completely kosher kitchen! After all, ours is sanctioned by Orthodox rabbinic authority. And a mashgiach oversees every superb dish our chefs create. But who knows how kosher is kosher? We do. We know the original laws so well, we can follow them faithfully and still prepare exciting dishes that will be the envy of all your friends. Our catering department at 659-1400, extension 2458, can tell you all about our kosher catering. They can also tell you about our excellent facilities for bar mitzvahs, has mitzvahs, weddings, receptions, fund raisers —whatever. You could simply make your next event a kosher one. Then again, you could make it kosher and have it at The Westin Peachtree Plaza. The Westin Peachtree Plaza Atlanta PAGE 13 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE October 3, 1986