Dear Friends,

As you know, an anonymous donor has challenged our parent body to support Barrack's Annual Fund. Our donor has agreed to contribute up to $5,000 to match new contributions from our parents for this year. 

In addition to this challenge, a second challenge has been made by PEJE (Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education). At its annual conference in October, PEJE will recognize those schools that achieve 100% giving by constituencies such as the Parent Body and the Board. We are proud to report that our Board will be recognized at this event. Not only has the Board achieved 100% giving, but it has also exceeded the amount raised last year by 43%. 

To date 40% of the parent body has contributed to the Annual Fund. We can do better! Every dollar raised touches the lives of our students in enriching ways and expands learning and extracurricular opportunities.

The greater community, currently a main source of our annual fund dollars, looks to those closest to the school to lead the way on Annual Fund contributions. To encourage you to make an Annual Fund gift, I would like to add a third challenge to the latter two. I challenge each grade in the school (6th through 12th grades) to a contest to try and reach 100% parent participation.

Gifts of $50 and over will meet our anonymous donor's challenge. 

The statistics per grade, thus far, follow:

You also can pledge or contribute over the phone by calling Ruth Mancuso at 610-922-2330 or by sending a check to: Barrack Hebrew Academy (to the attention of Ruth Mancuso), 272 South Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010.

We look forward to your support and will keep you posted on the class challenges.

Sincerely,