Giora and Edna Shaviv

Edna Shaviv, of Israel, received the 2012 Passive Pioneer Award:

The American Solar Energy Society has established this award for passive solar pioneers. It honors those in the passive field whose pioneering work set the stage for others to follow. Honorees are men and women who developed the theories, early research efforts, new concepts, and opportunities for later researchers to develop. Their foresight, innovative thinking, and creativity opened the doors for others.

Over the last 40 years, Shaviv has created software, integrated ideas on community design, and initiated research in the United States and in Israel changing the way buildings perform. Edna and her husband, Giora, lived in Boulder in the late 1970s.

Frank Kreith

Frank Kreith Professor Emeritus of Engineering, University of Colorado – Boulder, was honored with the Hoyt Clarke Hottel Award,

Dr. Abbot was a prominent researcher in solar energy. During his lifetime of 101 years, he developed a number of instruments for measuring insolation, determined the solar constant with great accuracy, and contributed greatly to the understanding of the solar resource on earth.

Dr. Kreith was honored for his innovative thinking that spurred many technology advancements. He has publicly promoted solar energy for decades while inspiring generations of young engineers. In addition to CU-Boulder, he has taught at Lehigh University, University of California, and in Israel “when there were only quonset huts in Be’er Sheva.”

The awards were presented during the World Renewable Energy Forum in Denver.

Beginning this year on Wednesday evening and continuing through Thursday, the festivities are in keeping with Bar Yochai’s instruction to celebrate the day as heralding the dissemination of the Torah’s esoteric teachings. One of the preeminent students of Rabbi Akiva, Bar Yochai authored the Kabbalistic source text known as the Zohar.

In Westminster Rabbi Benjy and Leah Brackman, co-directors of Chabad of NW Metro Denver, are getting ready for some golf and go karts. On Thursday afternoon May 10, they’ll be heading to Adventure Golf and Raceway in Westminster for a community Lag B’Omer barbeque and other outdoor activities.

They’ll be cooking up the usual fare – hot dogs, chicken wings and hamburgers – for the community, and will also be giving away Mother’s Day gifts to those who register ahead of the event.

Unlike other holidays, which have various ritual requirements, Lag B’Omer’s main focus is gathering Jews, especially children, for a day of pride and togetherness, explained Rabbi Benjy Brackman. “They’re just being Jewish, that may be the point. Just being Jewish, and being proud: That’s a big part of what Lag B’Omer is.”

After nearly a decade of Lag B’Omer events, including a bike ride last year, Brackman said he’s excited to try out the spot, which he has been driving by every day for years.

“It’s totally new venue for our programs,” he said. “We hope to engage people who perhaps would not be coming to a Torah class or Sabbath morning services.”

WHERE: Adventure Golf and Raceway – 9650 Sheridan Blvd Westminster, CO 80031

WHEN: Thursday May 10, 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm

COST: $10 per person – (covers bbq, a round of mini golf and go karts) $45 family maximum

RSVP @ www.COJewish.com or call 303.429.5177

Story was originally filed on Chabad.org by Karen Schwartz

Mary Ellen Steele, Robyn Fernandez, Principal, Dr. Bruce Messinger, BVSD Superindent with No Place For Hate Banner at Manhattan Middle School, BVSD.

Denver, April 12, 2012: The Mountain States Office of the Anti-Defamation League designated forty-five schools from across Colorado as No Place for Hate® after the schools completed a year-long effort to create equitable, safe and respectful environments.  Schools from Denver, Aurora, Boulder, Fort Collins, Nederland, Greeley, Cherry Creek, Colorado Springs, and Durango attended the designation ceremony in Aurora on April 11.

It takes hard work to create an inclusive and respectful school community.  “You just don’t open the window of your school and all the hate leaves,” said Manhattan Middle School principal Robyn Fernandez. “You have to be intentional and persistent in changing the culture of your school.”  ADL honored Boulder’s Manhattan Middle School and Academy District 20’s Pine Creek High School with the Positive Impact! Award for their five-year commitment to the No Place for Hate® campaign.

Jamie Van Leeuwen, Governor Hickenloooper’s Senior Advisor and Director of Community Partnerships, read a proclamation from the Governor declaring April 11, 2012, “No Place for Hate® Day” in Colorado.

Bruce Caughey, Executive Director of the Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE), shared personal stories of challenges he experienced in his youth as it related to name-calling and bullying.  He stressed the importance for administrators, teachers and faculty to take the time to create welcoming and safe climates on their campuses.

Teachers, administrators and ADL volunteers gathered at Aurora Public Schools Professional Learning Conference Center to celebrate achieving their goal of being designated No Place for Hate®.  ADL presented each school with a designation banner to display in a prominent place.

The Mountain States Office of the Anti-Defamation League has offered the No Place for Hate® initiative to schools since 2007.  This year’s program reached 41,000 students across Colorado.

The following schools earned banners recognizing their efforts in 2011-2012 No Place for Hate® campaign (Boulder Valley Schools are highlighted in bold):

• Adventure Elementary at Western Hills (Mapleton)
• Aurora Frontier K-8 (Aurora)
• Aurora Hills Middle (Aurora)
• Berthoud High School (Thompson R2J)
• Bill Reed Middle School (Thompson R2J)
• Boulder High School (Boulder Valley)
• Catalyst High School (Boulder Valley)
• Centennial Elementary School (Greeley-Evans 6)
• Century Elementary (Aurora)
• Cherry Creek High School (Cherry Creek District 5)
• Columbia Middle School (Aurora)
• Conrad Ball Middle School (Thompson R2J)
• Cottonwood Plains Elementary (Thompson R2J)
• Dalton Elementary School (Aurora)
• Denver School of the Arts (Denver)
• Durango High School (Durango 9-R)
• East High School (Denver)
• Escalante Middle School (Durango 9-R)
• Ferguson High School (Thompson R2J)
• Franklin Middle School (Weld County SD 6)
• Gateway High School (Aurora)
• Grandview High School (Cherry Creek District 5)
• Greeley West High School (Weld County SD 6)
• Iowa Elementary School (Aurora)
• Isaac Newton Middle School (Littleton)
• Lincoln Elementary School (Thompson R2J)
• Lucile Erwin Middle School (Thompson R2J)
• Manhattan Middle School (Boulder Valley)
• Miller Middle School (Durango 9-R)
• Monarch K-8 (Boulder Valley)
• Murphy Creek K-8 (Aurora)
• Nederland Middle/High School (Boulder Valley)
• Nevin Platt Middle School (Boulder Valley)
• North Middle School Health Sciences (Aurora)
• Paris Elementary School (Aurora)
• Pine Creek High School (Academy District 20)
• Prairie View High School (Brighton 27J)
• Rampart High School (Academy District 20)
• Rangeview High School (Aurora)
• Sarah Milner Elementary School (Thompson R2J)
• Southern Hills Middle School (Boulder Valley)
• Turner Middle School (Thompson R2J)
• University Schools (Weld County SD 6)
• Vista Peak (Aurora)
• Walt Clark Middle School (Thompson R2J)

 The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world’s leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.

Stanton Rosenbaum, 2012 Torch of Liberty Award winner

Stanton Rosenbaum has been a leader in the Denver community for over fifty years.  He was a partner in the law firm of Isaacson Rosenbaum, P.C., until 2011, when he joined Ryley Carlock & Applewhite.  Stanton has served the Denver community in many ways, including terms on the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council, the Denver County Judicial Nominating Commission, the Denver and Colorado Bar Associations Boards of Governors, and the Rose Medical Center Board of Directors.  He was President and Campaign Chair of the Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado, and he has actively supported the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Regional Office and the Denver Chapter of the American Jewish Committee.  He is the recipient of the Jack Shapiro Community Service Award from Jewish Family Service and the University of Denver Law Stars Outstanding Alumni Award.

ADL will also recognize the 16 law firms that have supported ADL’s Summer Associate Research Program over the past five years. Since 2008, over 120 law students have completed pro bono legal research projects on cutting edge constitutional issues that further the mission of ADL to secure justice and fair treatment to all.  Under the direction of supervising attorneys from participating law firms, the summer associates have researched issues of religious liberty, immigration, free speech/hate speech, civil rights, homelessness, reproductive rights, and international law.

ADL’s annual Torch of Liberty Awards Dinner is a community wi de event that honors and recognizes those who demonstrate a tradition of community service. Rosenbaum will join the list of many other exceptional people and families that have been honored by ADL throughout the years for community leadership and engagement.

The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by a multi-media award presentation. This year’s event is being co-chaired by Peggy Goldman, Gary Kleiman, Neil Oberfeld, and Matt Pluss. Tickets for the event are $250, with proceeds to support the work of ADL’s Mountain States Office.  For more information or t o RSVP, contact Nichole Scott at 303-830-7177 ext. 225 or nscott@adl.org.

The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world’s leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.

ADL Board Member Gary Rand, bill sponsors Sen. Linda Newell and Rep. Sal Pace, and ADL Senior Associate Director Joyce Rubin look on as Governor Hickenlooper signs a new law to ensure that the state pupil enrollment count day will not be scheduled on a religious holiday.

DENVER: On March 22, 2012, Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law a bill that will ensure that the Colorado pupil enrollment count day does not conflict with religious holidays.  Attending the signing ceremony were ADL Senior Associate Director Joyce Rubin and ADL Board Member Gary Rand.

Three times in the past few years, the October 1 count day has fallen on a major Jewish holiday.  In 2006, the count day conflicted with Yom Kippur.  In 2008 and 2011, it conflicted with Rosh Hashanah.  The new law, sponsored by Representative Sal Pace and Senator Linda Newell, will move the count day to avoid such conflicts in the future.

Public schools count their students each fall and report their enrollment numbers to the state to determine the amount of state funding each school will receive.

School administrators commonly send letters home to families to encourage attendance on the count day.  Parents are not usually informed that there is a mechanism in place to count students who are absent on the count day itself but who attend school in the days immediately before and after the count day.  Rather, parents are strongly encouraged to avoid any absences on the count day.

In years when the count day fell on a holiday, Jewish parents who received such notices from their children’s schools often reacted with confusion and concern.  They felt pressured to choose between religious observance and support of their children’s schools, and they were upset that a Jewish holiday was the day identified as the count day.

The only witness at the hearings on this bill was ADL Senior Associate Director Joyce Rubin.  She explained to the legislators the importance of the holidays to Jewish parents and told the legislators about the many complaints ADL has received from parents in years when the count day conflicts with a holiday.  The bill, which was also supported by the Jewish Community Relations Council, passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate.

Devon Schad, YAD Director at AJF, calling on Super Sunday

March 11^th phones across Colorado rang during Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado’s (Federation) annual phone-a-thon, Super Sunday. In addition to the traditional calling sessions, Federation offered a special bonus to the agency that closed the most donors during Super Sunday and Monday. This added incentive brought many local agencies and their devoted staff and volunteers out to the event and heightened the excitement in the room. It was with gusto and enthusiasm that the winner of this bonus, Denver Academy of Torah (DAT), closed 104 donors during the calling! Congratulations DAT!

The Denver Academy of Torah community is passionate about Jewish day school education and about Jewish community in general,” said Rachel Rabinovitch, President of Denver Academy of Torah. “We were thrilled to work together as a team on Super Sunday (and Super Monday) in support of the Allied Jewish Federation and the wider Jewish community! It was not only rewarding, but a lot of fun.”

BBYO Teens Calling On Super Sunday

More than 40 teenagers from BBYO joined the calling in the afternoon on Sunday. Their enthusiasm was infectious and really got the room charged up. Robyn Loup, Co-Chair of Super Sunday said,

Bob and I loved making calls with the BBYO teens. It was such a joy with their positive energy, sincerity and fun attitudes! Super Sunday, as a whole, had great energy and was well executed by staff and lay leadership.”

In the evening, the young adults took over and during their “Smile and Dial Happy Hour,” made an incredible amount of phone calls and assisted the Federation to meet the goals. The different organizations, passionate about their fields, were able to put a human voice behind the work Federation supports.

There were over 230 volunteers present and many represented these agencies: BBYO, DAT, Kabbalah Experience, Jewish Experience Teens, Yeshiva Toras Chaim, Hillel of Colorado students, JConnect—Hebrew Educational Alliance, Chabad of Colorado, CAJE, Denver Jewish Day School, Robert E. Loup JCC, B’nai Akiva, Allied Jewish Senior Apartments, Anti-Defamation League, Stepping Stones, Keshet—GLBT, BMH-BJ, and Colorado Hebrew Chorale.

Overall, Super Sunday was able to raise over $250,000 from over 530 donors! But Federation is not stopping there. Federation staff and dedicated volunteers will continue to contact members of our community in the hope of ending the 2012 Annual Campaign on a high note.

Super Sunday is an incredible momentum builder in the middle of the campaign year,” said Amy Toltz-Miller, Federation’s Annual Campaign Chair. “We did amazing work around the JFNA General Assembly and now we are bringing the community back together to close the Campaign with flair.”

Federation is hoping to increase donations in the non-restricted/allocable category. The Flagship Fund is the cornerstone, enabling Federation to assist local agencies to complete their fundraising goals for critical community programs and services. Additionally, it funds Federation programming like the Young Adult Department (YAD), the legislative arm of Federation – Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), and communal events like Federation’s upcoming Israel Memorial Day event, Yom Ha’Zikaron.

Federation would like to thank all of the dedicated donors who have given in the 2012 campaign but there is still time to get your donation in! Go to AJFColorado.org for more details.

Rose Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $179 million since its inception in 1995.The Foundation’s board of trustees authorized the following grants between September 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011. Program grants are listed by program area and donor-directed grants are listed alphabetically. Locations indicate the organization’s headquarters, not necessarily the geographic area served.

PROGRAM AREA GRANTS
Aging

• Boulder County CareConnect (Boulder): $20,000 for three programs helping older adults: Carry-Out Caravan, Fix-It Program and Medical Mobility.
• Colorado Gerontological Society (Denver): $10,000 to support Medicare and Medicaid enrollment.
• The Denver Center for Crime Victims (Denver): $10,000 to provide crisis intervention, case management and preventive home safety assessments for older adults in the Denver metro area.
• Jewish Family Service of Colorado (Denver): $130,000 for services to help older adults remain in their homes.
• Rebuilding Together Metro Denver (Denver): $30,000 to provide home repair services for low-income older adults.
• St. Anthony Health Foundation (Lakewood): $172,500 over 18 months for the Senior Benefits Program to assist older adults and their caregivers in obtaining public benefits.
• Senior Support Services (Denver): $20,000 to support services for low-income and homeless older adults in downtown Denver.
• Seniors’ Resource Center (Denver): $90,000 for transportation and other services to help older adults remain independent.
• Via (Boulder): $110,000 to support transportation services for older adults in Boulder and surrounding areas.
• Volunteers of America Colorado Branch (Denver): $230,000 over two years to provide home-delivered meals and in-home safety support services for older adults.

Child and Family Development

• Center for Hearing, Speech and Language (Denver): $5,000 to screen children for hearing, vision, speech, language and development deficits.
• Colorado Children’s Campaign(Denver): $50,000 toward a grant totaling $150,000 for advocacy efforts to improve the health, early childhood experiences and K-12 education of Colorado’s children. The grant was jointly funded by the Foundation’s Child and Family Development, Education and Health program areas.
• Denver Children’s Advocacy Center (Denver): $15,000 for a parenting program to protect children from abuse and to foster healthy development.
• Dress for Success Denver (Denver): $5,000 to support economic self-sufficiency for low-income women by providing professional work attire and career development tools. Colorado Nonprofit Development Center serves as fiscal sponsor. 
• Escuela Tlatelolco (Denver): $20,000 for a Montessori dual-language early childhood education program.
• Hope Center(Denver): $35,000 to provide professional development, parenting classes and materials to this organization that provides early childhood education to low-income children in Northeast Denver.
• Project WISE (Denver): $20,000 to provide counseling and education programs to families making the transition from public assistance to work.
• Red Rocks Community College Foundation(Lakewood): $6,795 to support improvements to a campus child care center.
• St. Vrain Family Center (Longmont): $10,000 for a parenting program.
• Sewall Child Development Center(Denver): $25,000 to support staff training for this center seving young children and their families.
• SkillBuild Colorado (Denver): $15,000 for this funding collaborative working on workforce development. Rose Community Foundation serves as fiscal sponsor.
• University of Colorado Boulder, Child Learning Center(Boulder): $25,000 to support early childhood programs, parent education and outreach.
• Work Options for Women (Denver): $25,000 to provide culinary job training for low-income women in two income-producing restaurants.

Education

• Colorado Children’s Campaign (Denver): $50,000 toward a grant totaling $150,000 for advocacy efforts to improve the health, early childhood experiences and K-12 education of Colorado’s children. The grant was jointly funded by the Foundation’s Child and Family Development, Education and Health program areas.

Health

• Boulder County Public Health Department (Boulder): $85,000 to support a teen pregnancy prevention program for younger siblings of teen parents.
• Colorado Children’s Campaign(Denver): $50,000 toward a grant totaling $150,000 for advocacy efforts to improve the health, early childhood experiences and K-12 education of Colorado’s children. The grant was jointly funded by the Foundation’s Child and Family Development, Education and Health program areas.
• Colorado Children’s Healthcare Access Program (Aurora): $94,500 for services that promote access to health care for children on Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+). Coloardo Nonprofit Development Center serves as fiscal sponsor.
• Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved(Denver): $100,000 over two years to support efforts to ensure health care is available to all people.
• Mental Health America of Colorado (Denver): $120,000 over two years to promote the understanding of mental disorders, expand access to services and improve systems of care.

Jewish Life

• Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado (Denver): $360,000 to support local services provided by Jewish agencies.
• Boulder Jewish Community Center(Boulder): $500,000 in the form of a challenge grant to support construction of a new Boulder Jewish Community Center.
• Kabbalah Experience (Denver): $66,400 over two years for operations staff and marketing efforts for this organization that provides study of Kabbalah, meditative practices and group discussion.

Opportunities and Innovation Fund

• American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado (Denver): $15,000 for efforts to protect and extend the civil liberties of Coloradans through education, litigation and advocacy.
• Colorado Nonprofit Development Center(Denver): $25,000 to provide accounting and other services to developing nonprofit organizations.
• Latino Community Foundation of Colorado (Denver): $90,000 over three years to support this organization that promotes Latino philanthropy and supports organizations serving the Latino community. The Latino Community Foundation of Colorado is housed at Rose Community Foundation.
• Mestiza Leadership International (Denver): $10,000 to support mentorship and leadership development in the Latina community. 
• Rose Community Foundation (Denver): $5,000 to support a collaborative of funders focused on civic engagement and policy reform.

DONOR-DIRECTED GRANTS

In the fourth quarter of 2011, 203 grants totaling $545,951 were approved from donor-advised funds housed at the Foundation.

( ) – indicates number of distributions to organization

• ACE Scholarships
• Adam’s Camp
• Alliance for Children Foundation
• Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado (6)
• American Jewish World Service (3)
• Amherst Montessori School
• Anti-Defamation League, Mountain States Region (4)
• Aspen Valley Land Trust
• Aspen Valley Medical Foundation
• Aspen Waldorf Foundation
• B’nai Vail Congregation
• The Bridge Project, University of Denver
• Butterfly Pavilion
• Cal-Wood Education Center
• Capitol Hill Community Services
• Carbondale Clay Center
• Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities
• Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver
• Cheetah Conservation Fund
• Children’s Diabetes Foundation at Denver
• Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation
• Chinook Fund
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• Colorado AIDS Project
• Colorado “I Have A Dream”® Foundation
• Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (2)
• Colorado PTA
• Colorado Symphony Association
• Columbia University
• COMPASS for Lifelong Discovery
• Congregation Beth Evergreen
• Craig Hospital
• Dani’s Foundation
• Denver Art Museum
• Denver Botanic Gardens
• Denver Children’s Home (2)
• Denver Health Foundation (2)
• Denver Museum of Nature & Science
• Detroit Zoological Society
• Dumb Friends League
• Easter Seals Colorado
• English in Action
• Equity Trust
• Escuela de Guadalupe
• Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado
• Forgotten Harvest
• Freedom Service Dogs
• Girl Scouts of Colorado
• Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver
• Global Fund for Women
• Graland Country Day School (2)
• Grassroots International
• Green America
• Harvard Divinity School
• Hebrew Educational Alliance
• Heifer International
• Help for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Assault
• High Country News
• History Colorado
• Independence Pass Foundation
• Jewish Family Service of Colorado (8)
• Jewish Family Service of San Diego
• The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
• Judaism in the Foothills
• Judson Center
• Kent Denver School (4)
• Keshet of the Rockies
• Kestrel Land Trust
• Lalmba Association
• Latino Public Radio Consortium
• The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• Lewis & Clark
• The Listen Foundation
• Literacy Outreach
• Living Word Ministries International
• Lupus Foundation of Colorado
• Madison Public Library Foundation
• Magic Moments
• Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado
• Marcia Mounsey Foundation
• Marshall Direct Fund
• Mi Casa Resource Center
• Michigan Autism Partnership
• Mizel Arts & Culture Center (2)
• Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
• Moving Traditions
• Music Associates of Aspen
• The Mussar Institute – USA
• NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado Foundation
• New York University
• NISGUA
• Northeast Organic Farming Association, Massachusetts Chapter
• Oxfam America
• The Park People
• Peace Winds America
• PeaceJam Foundation
• PEF Israel Endowment Fund
• Peninsula Open Space Trust
• Phillips Exeter Academy
• Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
• The Private Redemption Foundation
• Project Angel Heart
• Project C.U.R.E.
• Ramah Outdoor Adventure
• Raymond Wentz Foundation
• Reach Out and Read Colorado
• RedLine
• Rights for All People
• Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers
• Roaring Fork School District
• Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center (5)
• Robert R. McCormick Foundation (2)
• Rose Community Foundation (6)
• The Salvation Army, Intermountain Division
• Samuel A. Fryer Yavneh Hebrew Academy
• San Diego Center for Jewish Culture
• Save the Children Federation
• Schools for Chiapas
• Search Dog Foundation
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
• Seeking Common Ground
• Shalom Cares (4)
• Sharing with Soldiers
• Solar Cookers International
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• Stepping Stones (2)
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure – Denver Metropolitan Affiliate
• Sustainable Settings
• Swallow Hill Music Association
• Sweat Equity
• Temple Micah
• Temple Sinai
• Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian Home
• There With Care
• Tides
• Tipping Point Community
• TransAfrica Forum
• Trees, Water & People
• Tufts Hillel Foundation
• Tufts University
• United Jewish Appeal Aspen Valley
• University of Colorado Foundation (3)
• University of Colorado Hospital Foundation
• University of Denver
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Wisconsin Foundation
• US Friends Lezion B’rina
• Veterans Helping Veterans Now
• Volunteers of America Colorado Branch (2)
• Walking Mountains
• West Denver Preparatory Charter School
• Wilderness Workshop
• Wilshire Boulevard Temple
• The Women’s Foundation of Colorado (3)
• World Learning
• World Pulse
• YES!
• Yeshiva Toras Chaim
• Zimmer Children’s Museum

The “Becky” was created in 1998 as a memorial to Becky Topelson. A leader at Federation, Becky was very active in the community as a volunteer, fundraiser, and leader.

The purpose of the fund is to provide money to a distinctive group of women selected for their leadership abilities, to help them reach their potential, while encompassing the high ideals and genuine concern for others, which was the hallmark of Becky’s life” said Andrea Hyatt, one of the founders of the fund.

The Becky Topelson Women’s Scholarship Fund for leadership development is housed at the Jewish Community Foundation of Colorado. Honorees are chosen for their leadership potential in the community and for their commitment to Jewish values. Recent award winners include Tiffany Glucksman, Emily Hyatt, Sheryl Feiler, Lola Zussman and Krista Boscoe.

This year, the Becky Topelson Young Women’s Scholarship will be available to applicants who are female Colorado residents between the ages of 21-35, who have been identified as leaders, or as having leadership potential, in the Jewish community. This scholarship distributes $1,000 annually to no more than two women who use these funds for a Federation young adult program such as a mission to Israel, TribeFest, or another young adult program.

Applications are available now available online at Scholarships.AJFColorado.org. All applications must be completed and turned in by February 20th.

About the Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado
Founded in 1946, the Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado’s mission is to build and sustain Jewish life in Colorado, Israel and around the world. As a proud member of the Jewish Federations of North America, which is among the top ten charities in North America, Federation raises and allocates funds to a wide variety of partner agencies and organizations in Colorado, Israel and in more than 60 countries worldwide. Last year, Federation’s annual campaign raised $10.1 million. Federation’s endowment arm, the Jewish Community Foundation, houses more than $40 million in long term assets for individuals, agencies and synagogues in the community. For more information, visit us at www.ajfcolorado.org.