In the Spotlight

• WhilemostoftheButterflyProjectWorkshopstakeplaceduringtheschoolyear,thissummerWorkshopswillbepresentedtoFreedomSchoolmiddleschoolgroupsfromChristLutheranChurchandRansonMiddleSchool,theLJCCCampMindyTeenCampandCampColeman(aReformJewishsummercampinCleveland,Georgia–bringingtheirteensforthe3rdconsecutivesummer!).Inaddition, Camp Judea,aZionistcampinHendersonville,NC,hasinstalledinitssanctuarytheirceramicbutterfliesfromlastyear’sparticipation.

• VolunteerBill Schwartz donated5,000bookmarksfortheButterflyProjecttoprovidetoWorkshopparticipants.PrintedonthebookmarksarewordsspokenbyMartinNiemoller,anardentnationalistandprominentProtestantpastorwhoemergedas

anoutspokenpublicfoeofAdolfHitlerandspentthelastsevenyearsofNaziruleinconcentrationcamps:“First,theycamefortheSocialistsandIdidnotspeakoutbecauseIwasnotaSocialist;thenthey

camefortheTradeUnionistsandIdidnotspeakoutbecauseIwasnotaTradeUnionist;thentheycamefortheJewsandIdidnotspeakoutbecauseIwasnotaJew;thentheycameformeandtherewasnoonelefttospeakforme.”

• DuetothegenerosityandsponsorshipofIrving Bienstock,the5thgradestudentsfromTempleIsrael’sadoptedschool,HuntingtowneFarmsElementarySchool,willbeattendingWorkshopsagainthiscomingschoolyear.ThankyouIrving,forallyoudofortheButterflyProject!

*We Appreciate Our Volunteers! urpassionateandcommittedvolunteerstrulyarecriticaltotheWorkshops’success.Thesemenandwomenserveinavarietyofroles,eachimportantinhelpingtoproducealastingimpactonthestudentswhoattend.AsvolunteerLoriSemelcomments,“VolunteeringattheWorkshopsisagreatopportunityformetohaveanimpactonchildrenregardingsomeveryrelevantissues–discrimination,prejudice,bullying–allonalevelthattheycanuseintheirdailylives.”

Appreciation Breakfast October 3, 2013 - 9:30am Weinberg Senior Center

Please join us as we celebrate our wonderful Workshop volunteers:

Wilma Asrael • Judy August • Shellie Barer Irving Bienstock • Roberta Bograd • Cathy Bogus Barry Brodsky • Suzy Catenazzo • Suly Chenkin

Elaine Chernotsky • Aleen Epstein • Nancy Glass Michelle Goodman • David Graham • Jane Graham

Linda Isser • Lynn Jacobson • Joan Kirschner Mindy Kirshbaum • Elizabeth Lawrence • Alison Lerner Kim Levy • Robert Lewis • Judy Marco • Sheila Margolis

Sheryl Mirman • Paula Musler • Jill Newman • Elise Orenstein • Susan Rabinovich • Bill Schwartz • Lori Semel Roz Snyder • Hagit Stav • Nancy Tarbis • Barbara Ziegler

To RSVP for the breakfast, or for volunteer information, please contact Julie Rizzo at

704.944.6730 or julie.rizzo@charlottejcc.org

Committee MembersWilmaAsrael

JudyAugust(Co-chair)CathyBogusSulyChenkin

MindyKirshbaumAlisonLerner

MalkaMe-ZahavJillNewman (Co-chair)

SharonTaubmanBarbaraZiegler

Levine JCC Staff

AnnaGunsher,Division Director,

Family Life ServicesJulieRizzo,

Director of Development & Social ActionDanaKapustin,Butterfly Project

CoordinatorGwenOrland,

Fine Arts Coordinator

Formoreinformationortomakeadonation,pleasevisitourwebsite:www.charlottejcc.org (click Social Action tab; scroll down to Butterfly Project)

The Butterfly Project would like to thank the following donors for their generosity:

“How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment

to start to improve the world.” –AnneFrank

Help Out. Do Good. Feel Good.

Social Action

= LJCC Cares

W

The goal of the

Butterfly Project Workshops

is to teach participants to

remember the past,

to act responsibly

in the present, and to create a more peaceful future.

NEWSLETTER of the BUTTERFLY PROJECT at the LEVINE JCC JULY • 2013

MetamorphosisTransforming our actions, our community, our world ... one butterfly at a time.

Reflections

Acknowledgements

PatronPatriciaandWilliamGorelickTheLeonLevineFoundationLarrySchwartz&FamilyMonarchJudyandStanAugust&FamilyFoundationfortheCarolinasTheGordonFamilyCarolandSheltonGorelick&FamilyJewishFederationof GreaterCharlotteHeleneandAlvinLevine&FamilyJulieandHowardLevineRoseandAbeLuski&FamilySoniaandIsaacLuski&FamilyLoriandEricSklutButterflyMorryAlterProductionsWilmaandGersonAsrael&FamilyDonandBobbiBernsteinDavidCohenAmyandAlfredDawsonEditonHudsonTheFoundationofShalomParkFullScaleProductionsShariandStuartGoldstein&FamilyBariandJeffGorelickBeverlyandMichaelGrey&Family

BarbaraandJerryLevin&FamilyLucasConcreteRichardOsborneStaceyandBobbySelkin&FamilyRichardandJonathanZulman &FamiliesChrysalisGailandJohnBaron&FamilyMarilynandJerryBergmanLeeandAlanBlumenthalEllenBottnerTracyandLarryBrown&FamilySulyandRichardChenkinClariantCorporationLynnandPaulEdelsteinAleenandDavidEpsteinFidelityCharitableGiftFundFirstRandolphInvestments,LLCLisaandSteveFrick&FamilyMichelleGarberGoldFoundation,Inc.TammyandKenGolder&FamilyAdrienneandHarveyGossettFayandDannyGreenLindaGreenfieldandIraDunstDeidreandWilliamGrubbHarrietHirschmannJonathanHoward

BarbaraJerudLorchKellyandJohnKeelingEliseandJaimeKosofsky&FamilyZuckerandLaxerFamilyHollyandHalLevinsonDrs.JayandKathrynLevyKarenandGaryManiloff&FamilyEllenandTimMartinPamandScottMenakerJodiandGaryMichel&FamilyNCBTJillandEdNewman&FamilyJudithandMichaelNormanTheOrlandFamilyBettyJerudOstrowMarcelleandAlanOxmanShermanPardueandCompanyDaleandLarryPolskyTheMarc&Mattye SilvermanFoundationAvivaandJeffreySteinBernardStein&FamilyMarilynandHarrySwimmerTempleIsraelSisterhoodUBSFinancialServicesLizandBradWinerMaryandSimonWojnowichTheChildrenofSimonWojnowichAnneandRobertYudell

Looking Ahead...

Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast* Thursday, October 3 • 9:30-11am

Weinberg Senior Center

WORKSHOPS:August 15................CharlotteCountryDaySchoolteachersSeptember 11..........UnionAcademyOctober 1................CharlotteLatinSchoolOctober 15 & 17..... HuntingtowneFarmElementarySchoolNovember 5 & 7.....ProvidenceDaySchoolJanuary 28...............ShamrockGardensElementaryFebruary 4...............CharlotteCountryDaySchoolFebruary 25 & 27...SugarCreekElementarySchoolMarch 11 & 13........OrchardParkElementarySchoolApril 8 & 9..............GoldHillElementarySchoolApril 25...................CommunitySchoolofDavidsonApril 27...................TempleIsraelReligiousSchoolMay 21 & 23............SugarCreekElementarySchool

hat a wonderful year this has been as the Butterfly Project continues to soar! Duringthe2012-13schoolyear,thenumberofparticipantsintheButterflyProjectWorkshopsmorethandoubled,havingpresentedtheWorkshoptoover3,200participantsfrommorethan20differentschoolsandotherorganizationsinthegreaterCharlottearea.Asofthedateofthisnewsletter,almost1,200participantsarealreadyscheduledtoattendaWorkshopduringthe2013-14schoolyear(seebelow).Throughasuccessfulmarketingcampaign–andmoreimportantly,byenthusiasticwordofmouth–theinterestinthisprojectcontinuestogrow.

Anticipatingthegrowthandtremendousneedforadditionalvolunteers,theButterflyProjectCommitteesuccessfullysecuredaCommunityImpactFundgrantfromtheJewishFederationofGreaterCharlottetodevelopandpresentaseriesoftrainingworkshopsfornewvolunteerrecruits.OurJanuary2013VolunteerTrainingWorkshopwasattendedby62people.Sincethattime,we’veaddedanother10volunteerstoourlistandhavehadseveralin-depth“mini”trainingsessionsfocusingoneachofthecomponentsoftheWorkshop.Alwaysneedingandwelcomingnewvolunteers,wewillbeofferingthesetrainingsessionsregularlyinthefuture.Wearealsointheprocessofcompletingashortfilm,fundedbythesameFederationCommunityImpactFundgrant,whichwillhelpourdedicatedCharlottesurvivors,IrvingBienstockandSulyChenkin,presenttheirfascinatingstoriestoworkshopparticipants.

Looking forward, we plan to install our newly completed butterflies to the next wing of the Children’s Holocaust Memorial Sculpture in the Margaret & Lou Schwartz Butterfly Garden during the spring of 2014! Wearedrawingupplanstocreateapermanentdonorsign,addinspirationalquotesandmakeotherimprovementstothegardenareaatthattime.WehaveestablishedanendowmentfundwiththeFoundationfortheCharlotteJewishCommunitytosupporttheprojectandarecommittedtogrowingthatendowmentinordertohelpsustaintheWorkshopsovertime.Wewillbeginthefundraisingforthegardenandendowmentenhancementsshortlyandaskyou,ourwonderfulpastsupporters,toconsiderasignificantgifttoenabletheseimprovements.Withyourpasthelp,wehavebeenabletoaccomplishsomuchintheseshortthreeyears,andlookforwardtoexceedingyourexpectationsinthefuture.

Withmuchgratitude,

Julie Rizzo Judy August Jill NewmanDirector of Developmen t& Social Action Committee Co-Chair Committee Co-Chair