NA’AMAT USA launches 2014 campaign

NA’AMAT USA St. Louis Council will launch its 2014 Spiritual Adoption Campaign in June. This year’s campaign focuses on children of economically disadvantaged families in Israel to assure them a place in one of NA’AMAT’S day care centers.

The NA’AMAT day care program has served as a model for the Head Start Program here in the USA and for other pre-school programs throughout the world.

In over 900 classes scattered over Israel, NA’AMAT cares for more than 26,000 children of working parents of new immigrant families and children from low-income families.

Participation in the NA’AMAT Spiritual Adoption Program will ensure that those children who need day care will be accommodated at one of our day care centers. For $360 a year, or about $1 a day, anyone can adopt an Israeli child and help make sure that no child is turned away.

NA’AMAT USA has new groups forming. Annual dues are $36. Life membership is $250. For more information call NA’AMAT USA St. Louis Council at 314-993-3033.

YPD kicks off ‘Thirsty Thursdays’ on May 22

The Young Professionals Division of Jewish Federation of St. Louis will kick off its monthly Thirsty Thursday series on May 22. The free happy hours at various venues around town give Jewish adults in their 20s and 30s the chance to meet, network and engage. The 2014 edition of the series starts at 6 p.m. at Bridge Tap House and Wine Bar, 1004 Locust Street. The series will continue monthly with events on:

• June 19 at Element;

• July 17 at Bishop’s Post;

• Aug. 28 at Budweiser Brew House;

• Sept. 18 at Handle Bar; and

• Nov. 20 at Plush.

For more information on the series, visit YPDSTL.org/ThirstyThursday.