8 The Israel Emergency Campaign Israel Emergency Campaign (IEC) When Hezbollah militants began firing rockets from the Lebanese border on July 12, 2006, the Second Lebanon War began. News <strong>of</strong> the conflict struck a chord in <strong>San</strong> <strong>Diego</strong>, and the history <strong>of</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Diego</strong>’s support for the state <strong>of</strong> Israel had a new chapter in the making. UJF, in collaboration with United <strong>Jewish</strong> Communities and the <strong>Federation</strong>s <strong>of</strong> North America immediately launched an ad hoc fundraising drive known as the Israel Irvin Jacobs Supporting Donor Emergency Campaign (IEC), chaired locally by Dr. Andrew Viterbi and Claire Ellman. The response was overwhelming—UJF <strong>San</strong> <strong>Diego</strong> al<strong>one</strong> raised over $4.8 million in just over two months—a generous gift from <strong>one</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> community to another, halfway around the <strong>world</strong>. Nationally, IEC has raised over $360 million to help Israel recover—and to support those still vulnerable in the North, in Sderot and the surrounding areas, including Sha’ar Hanegev. Here is how your generous support has helped rebuild and revitalize the affected areas: War Emergency – upgrading bomb shelters, moving children, the elderly and disabled out <strong>of</strong> harms way, and providing trauma and post-trauma counseling; Post-trauma Intervention – providing clinical intervention and counseling to families and people <strong>of</strong> all ages; Advocacy – supporting the UJC/JCPA Israel Advocacy Initiative; Education – emotional support for children to reestablish a normal routine; training school staff in dealing with trauma issues; providing special-needs children with care, upgrading kindergarten facilities, and providing after-school activities to keep children positively focused, incentive scholarships to boost enrollment in local colleges and universities; providing aid and supplies to needy families; helping Ethiopian students in vulnerable areas; Community Capacity – helping municipalities to better handle war emergencies, helping organizations better provide food to the poor in vulnerable areas, helping Ethiopian-Israelis in vulnerable areas; training young people as community leaders; fostering Arab-<strong>Jewish</strong> communications; creating youth villages where students mentor younger children, sending student volunteers to help beautify areas, helping train city leaders in emergency planning; increasing volunteerism; supporting NGO’s in vulnerable areas, supporting Magen David Adom and frontline hospitals. Economic opportunity – business loans for economic development and job creation in the North, small-business loans and grants, business development, mentorship and job training in Sderot and surrounding areas; Sderot Crises – providing incentive scholarships to boost enrollment at Sapir College, providing posttraumatic counseling and support; providing classroom facilities, sending children to summer camp in safer areas, providing the elderly and disabled with respites, providing business loans and aid; War Emergency $62,310,000 Post-Trauma Intervention $23,897,140 Advocacy $965,167 Education (including informal) $53,004,900 Community Capacity $31,872,300 Economic Opportunity $35,750,000 Sderot Crises $13,648,125 Currently, UJC has allocated $225 million <strong>of</strong> the total IEC campaign. The remaining $135 million, <strong>of</strong> which $60 million will be allocated in the coming months, will be reserved for designated funds, new requests and other war and terrrorism-related emergencies.
The community <strong>of</strong> <strong>San</strong> <strong>Diego</strong> steps up and raises over $4.8 million for the IEC Murray & Flora Kuritzky Supporting Donors United <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Federation</strong> | Annual Report 2007 9
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