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Community Outreach

Bikur Cholim of Baltimore

98 Mount Wilson Lane
Baltimore, MD 21208
410-486-0322
410-484-8012
Coordinator: Rebbetzin Chana Weinberg
Visits patients in hospitals, lends medical equipment, gives financial assistance.

CHAI Lifeline

Southeast Region
1140 NE 163rd Street
North Miami Beach, FL 33162
305-956-9990
305-956-7879
eweiss@chailifeline.org
www.chailifeline.org
Director: Ellen Weiss
Provides services to seriously ill children and their families.

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Hadassah of Greater Baltimore
3723 Old Court Road
Suite 205
Baltimore, MD 21208
410-484-9590
410-484-0161
Baltimore.chapter@hadassah.org
President: Aileen Bormel
Preventive health awareness program for 11th- and 12th-graders about breast and testicular cancers. Adult programs for breast and prostate cancers.

Dorothy Friedman Caplan Guild

PO Box 5728
Bedford Road
Baltimore, MD 21208
410-484-5070
Co-presidents: Susan Lewis, Alisa Rosenbloom
Nonprofit fund-raising organization for cancer and leukemia research.

Edith Rosen Strauss Organization Inc.

6606 Park Heights Avenue
Penthouse H
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-358-4445
410-764-7709
Dorothy Cohen
Focuses on cancer aid for children with fund-raising projects.

Jewish Caring Network

122 Slade Avenue
Suite 100A
Baltimore, MD 21208
410-602-6075
410-602-6076
info@jewishcaringnetwork.org
www.jewishcaringnetwork.org
Co-founder/intake coordinator: Chaya Drabkin
Services to families diagnosed with serious or life-threatening illnesses.

Jewish Community Chaplaincy

Jewish Family Services
5750 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-843-7327
410-664-0551
t.schur@jfs.org
www.jfs.org
Director: Rabbi Dr. Tsvi Schur
Provides for Baltimore medical institutions, nursing homes and assisted living facilities Jewish guidance and counseling.

Kodem Kol Program/Kennedy Krieger Institute

7000 Tudsbury Road
Baltimore, MD 21244
410-298-7000
410-298-9288
shabtai@kennedykrieger.org
www.kennedykrieger.org
Director, department for family support services: Dr. Joan Lawrence
Early intervention services. Project of Kennedy Krieger Institute Family Support Services, Baltimore Infants and Toddlers Program and Center for Jewish Education.

Mildred Mindell Cancer Foundation

2441 Hunt Drive
Baltimore, MD 21209
410-486-2672
Co-presidents: Judy Frankle, Elaine Finkelstein, Jewel Martin
Raises funds to fight cancer, for patient aid, research, rehabilitation and education.

Project Ezra

6414 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-764-7902
410-764-0000
projectezra@hotmail.com
Executive director: Gerald Shavrick
Enhances health and safety of Jewish community through educational/training programs.

Sharsheret: Linking Young Jewish Women In Their Fight Against Breast Cancer

1086 Teaneck Road
Teaneck, N.J. 07666
866-474-2774
201-837-5025
info@sharsheret.org
www.sharsheret.org
Executive director: Rochelle Shoretz
Connects young Jewish women nationwide who are facing breast cancer with peer supporters.

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Pastoral Services

2401 W. Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-601-9161
410-601-9680
410-601-8974
mackerson@lifebridgehealth.org
www.lifebridgehealth.org
Director, pastoral care and chaplaincy services: Rabbi Mitchell Ackerson
Visitation, counseling, support and items necessary for religious observance for patients, families and staff.

Soveya

6209 Western Run Drive
Baltimore, MD 21209
1-888-876-8392
info@soveya.com
www.soveya.com
Director: Rabbi Eli Glaser
National non-profit organization based in Baltimore, providing confidential counseling for individuals and families struggling with compulsive eating, obesity and weight-related issues. Soveya strives to help a person establish a healthy relationship with food, implementing a comprehensive strategy that addresses emotional triggers, behavioral patterns and physical cravings.

Steven Kaufman AIDS Outreach Project

Jewish Family Services
6 Park Center Court
Suite 203
Owings Mills, MD 21117
410-356-8383, ext. 318
410-356-0103
info@skaop.org
www.skaop.org
Coordinator: Elizabeth Wexler
AIDS prevention and awareness programs for grade 3 to adults. Supportive referral services for people affected by HIV/AIDS.

True Sisters Inc., Baltimore #35

7 Slade Avenue
No. 711
Baltimore, MD 21208
410-484-3751
iudoff@aol.com
President: Phyllis Udoff
Helps those afflicted with cancer; funds research at Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland; sends children to Camp Sunrise.