A Mini-Mission: Touring The Agencies

By Faye Hedrick Director, Young Professionals & Families

Bright and early on Sunday morning, November 6, both the BRIDGES Leadership Development Initiative and LEAD (which stands for Leadership, Engage, Accelerate, and Development) participants joined together for a Mini-Mission/ Tour of Agencies.

The joint mini-mission had excellent representation from both groups - for a total of 32 participants. During their time together, the group visited RIver Garden Hebrew Home, the LJD Jewish Family & Community Services, and the JCA. They spent time with each organization’s leadership and toured each partner agency, hearing about their goals and missions. The group heard from some of those who have been personally impacted by the agencies, as well. Eli Fleet, BRIDGES co-chair, was proud to have not only his mom, but also the President of River Garden Senior Services, Janis Fleet, share their family’s personal ties and relationship to River Garden. It was evident how much River Garden’s impact has made on their family. Janis asserts, “River Garden has been here for our family in so many ways throughout the years. It has become a place where we can depend on each other.”

Through this trip, everyone understood the importance of the partner agencies and the important role that the Jewish Federation & Foundation of Northeast Florida plays. The support and programming they each provide to our local community are unprecedented and our Federation is proud to partner with and support them all. The day-to-day work that goes into the success of these organizations is above and beyond.

For more information on how to get involved with the Young Professionals & Families Division, or to learn more about the next BRIDGES cohort, please contact Faye Hedrick at fayeh@ jewishjacksonville.org For more information on how to get involved with Women’s Philanthropy, or to learn more about the next LEAD cohort, please contact Lauren Rickoff at laurenr@jewishjacksonville.org