This is just a friendly reminder that there are only a few days left to make your tax-deductible contribution.
If you have already given, please accept this a warm thank you!
The tax laws that go into effect in 2018 will impact tax payers in many different ways, and a consultation with a tax consultant can help you determine how you will be affected personally. In the meantime, you can still benefit from the more easily assessed tax deductions for your 2017 tax filing by making your charitable gift to before December 31, 2017.
As we wrap up our 3rd year at Kehillat Shaar HaShamayim, it is with tremendous gratitude to Hashem for his unwavering help - and to you for you unfaltering dedication - that we can declare this year to be one of tremendous success! Our community has transformed into a spiritual powerhouse which has impacted innumerable lives!
Be Proud! Numbers You Must See This year alone, we have successfully engaged thousands of people through our diverse programs. Whether connecting with us through our Bet Knesset, Kehillat Shaar HaShamayim; being one of 200 friends who danced together as we rejoiced with our new “Halevy Family Torah”; or through our educational center, the Shiviti Bet Midrash and its 572 (last year 416) annual classes; by enjoying one of our 248 lively and stimulating Shabbat or holiday meals where the discussion is as delightful as the over 5,000 portions of food served; and through watching one of our 650 (last year 438) YouTube videos or Facebook live-streamed events and programs – which have reached 15,362 (last year 5,960) views; or by welcoming 6 new souls to the Jewish people and preparing to do so with a dozen more dear friends currently enrolled in our Foundations Conversion Course, a branch of our very own and newly established Shiviti Bet Din; each individual has found in us their spiritual home in which they can thrive and soar to new heights. You have not just enhanced your own life – but together we have created the truly inclusive Shiviti family! Thank you!
We Are Building Our Future This is your Kehillah. This is your Shiviti movement. This is your spiritual home. This is your oasis for stimulating study. We are building this for each other, for our children, and for our friends – and this is your opportunity to take an active role in our future.
Our Year-End Campaign Goals Today, we are reaching out to you as we wrap up the 2017 calendar year. During the next 7 days, our two main goals are:
Everyone A Member! Our goal is to encourage each and every individual who benefits from our programming, to become a member of the Kehillat Shaar HaShamayim Family. This attitude of being in a mutually beneficial relationship with our community is what allows us to remain self-sufficient and continue our proud tradition of not needing to constantly solicit funds from our dear friends. (Monthly membership rates are: Single, $72; Family, $101; Donor, $180 or $360.)
Sponsoring 12 months of rent. What helped us flourish this past year – was the generous sponsorship of rent at our main campus, which currently costs us $1554 a month. Just 12 such monthly sponsorships, or even half-month sponsorships at $777, will take a great financial burden off of our community and allow us to focus on the things that are truly important.
My Personal Request You know how much I despise fundraising and how rare it is for me to turn to you for financial assistance. But for the sake of our beautiful community – I need your help to make this happen.
I ask you to consider becoming a proud member or upgrading to a higher membership level, generously sponsoring a month of rent, or even just making a special, one-time, year-end, tax-deductible donation of $180, $72, $36 – or whatever you can afford – to help us meet our goal.
I cannot tell you enough how much love overflows in our hearts to you! You have changed our lives and shown us that even in the driest desert, there can be an oasis of truth, holiness and friendship. We are eternally grateful to you and thank Hashem every day for allowing our paths to cross on this tremendous journey we call life!
