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Social Service Groups Receive Biberstein Social Action Fund Grants

(From press release) Fourteen (14) nonprofit social service groups in Yolo County have received grants totaling $18,475 from a fund established by Congregation Bet Haverim, Jewish Fellowship of Davis. The Biberstein Social Action Fund was established in 2002 to honor longtime Davis residents Ernie and Hannah Biberstein for their contributions to community service and social justice.  The fund sponsors efforts to address problems related to poverty, discriminations, abuse and neglect.

The following organizations were funded:

The Bike Campaign; Celebration of Abraham; Davis United Methodist Church – Grace Gardens; HEART of Davis (formerly Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter) ; iDream – The Mac Give Back Project; Meals on Wheels Yolo County; Mercer Veterinary Clinic; Personal Care Pantry (Woodland United Methodist Church); Purple Tree Café; STEAC; St. James Conference Society of Vincent de Paul; Suicide Prevention of Yolo County; Yolo County Continuum of Care; Yolo Crisis Nursery.

“We are very happy to make these awards,” said Ernie Biberstein.  “We think they will make a meaningful difference to the organizations selected and to the Yolo County community.

The winners, who were chosen by a committee of Bet Haverim members, will be recognized at a ceremony at the Bet Haverim Religious School in Davis in February.

“With the loss of Hannah, we continue to feel that it is even more important to show our religious school students the value of supporting the needs of their community,” continued Biberstein. Hannah Biberstein passed away in April of 2011.

Biberstein Social Action Fund awards are given annually on the basis of proposals made to the synagogue committee. Contributions to the fund may be made through Congregation Bet Haverim, 1715 Anderson Road, Davis, CA 95616. Please note that the donation is for the Biberstein Social Action Fund.
      

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One response to “Social Service Groups Receive Biberstein Social Action Fund Grants”

  1. Alan C. Miller

    I went back to this article to consider giving to the fund as part of my end-of-year donations, and there is only a street address given. This is 2022 people!!! People give ON LINE. And I do encourage giving to these worthy local charities.
    So I went to the site and can help walk you through if you’d like to give on-line:
    https://www.bethaverim.org/donate/
    • Fill out the initial information in the “Donation Form”
    • Click the third check-box below in the form, “Donations to specialized Funds”
    • When you click on this, new boxes will appear below.
    • The very first box is the “Biberstein Social Action Fund”
    • Fill in this box with your donation amount
    • You have the option to fill out the next box if you wish to honor someone
    • Scroll down to the last box if you wish to add processing fee donation (voluntary)
    • Click on the CAPTCHA to prove you are not a robot – you may have to do a quick mind puzzle such as the clicking on boxes with bicycles in them.
    • Scroll to the bottom and click the orange “SUBMIT” button.
    For me, it took me to a PayPal page, even though I intended to pay with a credit card. So I paid with PayPal. I recommend getting to this point and seeing what happens and works for you.
    I gave $200 #not-so-humble-brag#. Be better than Alan C. Miller — give more than me! But seriously, give $20, $50, $100 . . . whatever works for you. But give. What are you waiting for ? Give Now!
    As an alternative, you can give to the Davis Vanguard. I won’t be giving the link, but you can find it yourself if you wish to pay David Greenwald’s salary, along with the salaries of his student interns and volunteers — oh, yeah interns and volunteers #tap,tap# — so if you wish to pay David Greenwald’s salary. As of 11:00 a.m., they are at $580 out of a goal of $26,730 (a weirdly specific goal) or 2% of goal. Pathetic, by any other name.
    Or, you can give to the “Biberstein Social Action Fund” which supports:
    • The Bike Campaign;
    • Celebration of Abraham;
    • Davis United Methodist Church – Grace Gardens;
    • HEART of Davis (formerly Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter) ;
    • iDream – The Mac Give Back Project;
    • Meals on Wheels Yolo County;
    • Mercer Veterinary Clinic;
    • Personal Care Pantry (Woodland United Methodist Church);
    • Purple Tree Café; STEAC;
    • St. James Conference Society of Vincent de Paul;
    • Suicide Prevention of Yolo County; Yolo County Continuum of Care;
    • Yolo Crisis Nursery
    So donate to the above worthy charities this New Years Eve!
    . . . or to David Greenwald’s salary and the associated dying movements of electing progressive DAs, social justice warriordom, and densification via the oppressive California state government quashing local city planning.
    Your choice.

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