Volunteers called more than 1,500 people throughout the day. The record-breaking Super Sunday total marks a 8 percent increase over last year.
Seasoned volunteers worked alongside newcomers from the Federation’s Young Leadership Division recruited by chairs Stacy Segal
The callers read from prepared scripts as they reached both steady donors and prospective givers. Throughout the day, volunteers learned about the Federation’s important role in the community and shared that knowledge with the people they called. And the bustle didn’t stop there. While most volunteers asked for contributions from the community, others sorted pledge cards, counted in-coming pledges and announced steadily increasing totals. Although each volunteer signed up for a two-hour shift, many stayed longer and ensured a record-breaking Super Sunday.
The volunteers were rewarded for their hard work. Seventeen local businesses donated raffle prizes, including a gift certificate to Lulu's Electric Cafe, gift cards to Breadsmiths and a one year membership to the JCC.
In addition to great raffle prizes, the volunteers enjoyed gourmet food from Great Cooks, incuding chocolate chip brownies that were to die for.
The Federation and the Super Sunday chairs would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for donating raffle prizes:
Bagel Fair
Breadsmiths
Camp Gan Israel
Congregation B'nai Torah
Goodman's Shoes
Greg Schahet & Schahet Hotels
Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center
Lulu's Electric Cafe
Maggiano's
Mellow Mushroom
Mike Moss & No Bad Ideas
Mindful Movement Studio
Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity
Starbucks Coffee
Stephanie and Lee Kleiner & Dairy Queen
Sweet Things
JFGI Young Leadership Division