Myron's Mobile Meals
Mercer Food Bank, an organization supported by the Thomases Family Foundation of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, is feeding the community with their mobile meal program. Myron’s Meal Mobile is a retrofitted school bus that delivers hot, nutritious meals to children and their families in low-income neighborhoods throughout the summer. Since its launch in 2021, the Meal Mobile has served more than 21,000 meals to our neighbors facing hunger.
Mildred Engel Nurse Scholarship
Mildred Engel Nurse Scholarship For individual(s) in need of a scholarship to secure an associate or baccalaureate degree in nursing. Recipients are subject to the following criteria: • Maintain a residency radius of 60 miles of Youngstown • Recipients must commit to working at least three shifts a month as an STNA, LPN, or RN (associate) at Heritage Manor Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation while pursuing their degree or elect to work for Heritage Manor after receiving their RN License. Those without the necessary credentials are still eligible to apply. Heritage Manor will support their STNA training. Interested individuals must be accepted into an accredited RN nursing program. The scholarship award may cover tuition and transportation costs up to $10,000 annually. Applications will be considered until the approved yearly scholarship fund amounts are exhausted, resetting each June 1. Applicant may be considered in a provisional manner with scholarship award dependent on official final acceptance into an approved RN program. Applicant must wait at least 12 months from receipt of an award to submit another scholarship request. Click the image for more scholarship information and applications to all the scholarships that we offer.
Thomases Family Endowment Application Process
Tikkun Olam in action! The Partnership organized a Zoom with Rachel Abecassis, UIA Israel office director and Lisa Long, CEO of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation and former director of the Thomases Family Endowment of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation for over 40 NGOs from the Western Galilee. Lisa explained the TFE application process and the process of money transfer through the federation/JFNA/UIA/JAFI pipeline to Rachel. The intent is to help all of us do our work even BETTER! Click the image to watch.
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Thomases Family Endowment
During his lifetime, Irwin Thomases was generous to both the Jewish and secular communities. He created this endowment so that upon his death his philanthropic values, including ensuring a Jewish presence in the general community, would live on. It was his hope to better the world in which we all live. The Endowment seeks to promote a spirit of tzedakah. There are three application deadlines each year - January 15, May 15, and September 15.