Heart & Soul Gala 2010

Thank you for Your Support

On behalf of Jewish Family Service, we thank you for sharing in the success of the 2010 Heart & Soul Gala. This year’s theme, Touching Hearts, Changing Lives, celebrated the extraordinary accomplishments of our 2010 Mitzvah Award Honorees. Alberta and Charles Feurzeig, Felicia Mandelbaum, and Michael London, all worked tirelessly to fulfill our highest ideals—compassion, communal responsibility, and the preciousness of every human life.

Your generosity enabled us to set records in attendance and money raised, with over 620 guests contributing more than $880,000 to the vital programs of Jewish Family Service.  

This year, with the current economic crisis, we served more people than ever before in our history. With your help, our programs will continue to stretch and adapt to meet the growing needs of our community.

Thank you for sharing your heart with us this year and supporting us in our mission to be One Source for a Lifetime of Help.

Sincerely,

Elaine Galinson, Kate Kassar, & Dawn Berson

Gala Co-Chairs

Save the Date
For Next Year's Heart & Soul Gala
Saturday, March 12, 2011

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Mitzvah Award Winners

Alberta and Charles Feurzeig
JFS Economic Crisis Response Program

Alberta and Charles Feurzeig
For more than three decades, the Feurzeigs have been instrumental in creating a strong and compassionate community. When the effects of the worst economic crisis in generations hit, Alberta and Charles came to JFS and said they wanted to do more for those in need. Because of their generosity, JFS was able to expand services to help the many people experiencing extreme hardship in our community, including many families who’ve never before needed assistance.

Felicia Mandelbaum
Heart & Soul Gala

Felicia Mandelbaum
As a lifelong community builder with a generosity of spirit that weaves people together, Felicia has been a “super volunteer,” generously contributing to almost every critical JFS function. From serving lunch to the elderly, to serving on the Board, to founding and chairing the Heart & Soul Gala, Felicia exhibits an unending commitment to JFS. As incoming JFS Board President, she is dedicated to developing the next generation of leaders to continue her legacy.

Michael London
Run for the Hungry

Michael LondonFrom his days as a linebacker for the San Diego Chargers, Michael has been committed to making a positive contribution to the community. As the visionary founder of the Thanksgiving Run for the Hungry, Michael has created a tradition that raises awareness to the plight of San Diego’s hungry, a growing problem in these difficult times. In the last eight years, under Michael’s leadership, the Run has involved thousands of participants in raising vital funds for JFS hunger programs.

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Thank You to Our Underwriters

Title Sponsors

Charitable Auto Resources Logo

Desert View Auto Auctions Logo
Anonymous


Presenting Sponsors
Carole & Jerry Turk
US Bank Logo


Dinner Sponsors
Jo Arenson
Alberta & Charles Feurzeig
Joan & Irwin Jacobs
Erna & Andrew Viterbi


Heart of the Family

Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego • Miriam & Jerome Katzin • Latham Watkins LLP • Felicia & David Mandelbaum • Marie Raftery & Robert Rubenstein • Benjamin Schulman

Heart of Gold

Barbara Bloom • Capital Auto & Truck Auction, Inc. • Betty & Mel Cohn • Martha Farish & Joseph Cohen • Sigrid Fischer • Elaine & Murray Galinson • Hilary & Selwyn Isakow • Wanda & Richard Levi • Sheila & Jeffrey Lipinsky •
Barbara & Jeffrey Lubin • Sheila Potiker • Shirley & Emanuel Ravet • Elizabeth Rose • Lynn Schenk & Hugh Friedman • Audrey Viterbi Smargon & Daniel Smargon • Elyse Sollender • Jan Steinert & Richard Bosse, Jr. • Ashley & Ryan Stone • Gloria & Rodney Stone • Sarah & Nessim Tiano • United Jewish Federation of San Diego County • James E. Whistler of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network • Anonymous

Gala Patrons

Joyce Axelrod & Joe Fisch • Barney & Barney LLC • Melissa & Michael Bartell • Nancy & Matt Browar •
Tina Beranbaum & Mitchell Shack/Centauric • Marjorie & Sheldon Derezin • Duckor Spradling Metzger & Wynne • Emily & Daniel Einhorn • Claire & David Ellman • Judy & Mike Feldman • Diane & Elliot Feuerstein • Stacy & Jonathan Halberg • Marcia Hazan • Nancie & Steven Hochberg • Ann & Richard Jaffe • Jeanne Jones & Don Breitenberg • Susan & David Kabakoff • Alysa & Steve Kaplan / Equity Based Services, Inc. • Kate & John Kassar • Nadja & Manny Kauder • Terry & Martin Klitzner • Lois & Bill Kolender • Jennifer & Mathew Kostrinsky • Susan & Robert Lapidus • Lisa & Gary Levine • Sandy & Arthur Levinson • Sylvia & Jaime Liwerant • Anna & Michael London • Danielle & Brian Miller/Geppetto's • Susan & James Morris • Andrea & Lawrence Oster • Jori Potiker & Michael Brown • Ellen Potter & Ron Evans • Laurayne & Sandford Ratner • Vivien & Jeffrey Ressler • Lois Richmond • Charles Robins • Sheryl & Bill Rowling • Toby & Norman Rubin • Devora Safran & Ron Eisenberg • Rae & Edward Samiljan • Lillian & Shep Scharlin • Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek • Jean & Gary Shekhter • Susan Shmalo • Vera & Thomas Sickinger • Fern & Leon Siegel • Marilyn & Stanley Smiedt • Miriam & David Smotrich • Elene & Herbert Solomon • Jill & Mark Spitzer • Iris & Matthew Strauss • Jan Tuttleman & Craig Lambert • Caryn & Alan Viterbi • Randi & Charles Wax • Sharon & David Wax • Zelda Waxenberg • Cathy & John Weil • Rusti Bartell Weiss
 

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Gala Honorees

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