HARLAM’S DEVELOPMENT NEWSLETTERCampHarlam.org December 2015

DONOR PROFILE LEE KLEIN ERLICHMAN AND THE KLEIN FAMILY

By Dan Pliskin | Development Committee Co-Chair

As she was packing things from her house for an upcoming move recently, Lee Klein Erlichman (camper ’64-’69, staff

’73-’74) came across a box of memorabilia from her time at Camp Harlam. She found many precious artifacts, including a color war song sheet and the Union camp songbook of the time. But it didn’t take uncovering these precious items for Harlam to hold a special place in the hearts of Lee, her father Allen, sister Edie and brother Scott. Their experience in the ‘60s and ‘70s has stayed with each of them throughout their lives, and, after Allen passed away in 2013, their transformative time at Camp Harlam led them to make a leadership gift to the Capital Campaign, as well as significant gifts to scholarship.

The Kleins were from Allentown, a com-munity that has supported Camp Harlam from its beginnings in 1958. Their extend-ed family is very connected to the Reform movement and, in addition to cousins at Harlam over the decades, family members have also spent summers at URJ Camp Coleman in Georgia. In the early 1960s, Mimi Klein (aunt to Lee, Edie and Scott) was a youth advisor at Keneseth Israel in Allentown and knew of Camp Harlam. Soon after hearing about it, young Lee and a girl-friend went to camp for the first time. Founding director Menchy Goldblatt was still there, two years before the arrival of the legend-ary Arie Gluck.

For Lee and her siblings, it would be the beginning of years of memorable experiences, lifelong friendships and a beautiful relationship with camp.

When the Kleins return to camp for Alumni Days, a lot of the buildings have changed since 50 years ago, but the same Harlam spirit, the same magical transformative Jewish experience, remains.

So Lee and her family decided they wanted to make sure Camp Harlam can continue providing powerful, long-lasting, Jewish identity-building experiences, and they made supporting Harlam one of their top philanthropic priorities. Through their major gift to Phase I of the Capital Campaign, and their amazingly generous support of the Mitch Perlmeter Scholarship Fund, the Kleins have put into action their desire to ensure that the high quality Camp Harlam experience is there for

future generations. “For my family, it’s the idea camp will live on not only for our generation but for future generations” that motivated them to build a bunk in Girls Village. “The [girls] need a place to sleep!” said Lee. Generations of Harlamites will owe a debt of gratitude to Lee Klein Erlichman and the Klein family for planting seeds that will benefit many others who will follow in their footsteps at camp. Camp Harlam couldn’t be more grateful to all of them for their extraordinary gifts.

Klein Family - Scott, Edie and Lee

For my family, it’s the idea camp will live on not only for our generation but for future generations.

–Lee Klein Erlichman

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We hope you will join us in our Capital Campaign effort to support the Girls Camp Build A Bunk Project! Thank you to the following donors who have made new gifts/pledges to the Capital Harlam Capital Fund between May 1, 2015 and December 1, 2015.

$150,000 and aboveHarriett KittnerSue Kittner Huntting

$5,000-10,000Lee Klein Erlichman Allison and Matthew RothfleischPeter Sandler

$1,800-4,999Rabbi Adena BlumLynn Anne and Ian CutlerSamantha and Rabbi Larry MalingerRabbi Amy and Gary PerlinRabbis Sarah Smiley and Joshua Leighton Cantor Mark Stanton

$500-1,799Claudia and Matthew BiespielShelly Dropkin and Michael Hochberger Julie and Daniel FuchsAudrey and Barry LevinJodi SegreenWomen of Reform Judaism, Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic Divisions

Up to $500Julie AlweisJulianne BabioneSasha BermanSean CarlinBarbara and JJ CutlerMichelle DanielStacey and Rabbi Mitch DelcauAdam Ezring

Zachary FendrickJennifer FinkelsteinJamie and Michael FleischnerLisa and Gary FriedmanDiana GaffinPatty and Gary GlascomElaine and David GlassSuzanne GoldensohnEmily GoldhammerToby and Paul GrecoDiane GreenDavid HermanDonna and Michel KoenigJennifer and Matthew KraftLisa and Alan LevineRonda and Steven MandersDonna and Barry MererRabbi Ellie MillerStacy MitgangLuisa and Seth NarinsSusan and David OlinskyRabbi Karen R. Perolman Nancy PompanMimi PrushanLysa and Michael PumaDebi and Joshua RednikDiane and Edward Schmidt

Amanda Skarbek and Jeremy SklarBrian StraussRachel SteinbergEllie TepperBradleyTesslerJanet UlmanAmanda and Ben WachsteinJohanna WerbachShira Zemel and Adam Goldstein

Camp Harlam has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this newsletter, including recognition of our valued donors. In the event that any details are incorrect or omitted, please contact Rachel Steinberg at RSteinberg@URJ.org or 610-668-0423, Ext. 1040 so that appropriate acknowledgement can be made. Thank you!

DONOR REcOgNItION

A special thank you to those donors who have made multi-year pledges to the Capital Campaign!

$250,000 and aboveKlein Family

$50,000 - $149,999 Esther FendrickBettyruth Walter

$25,000 - $49,999Gary Aidekman Foundation Stefanie and Steve CohenJudi and Jay EskovitzSusan and David Olinsky Lisa and Dan PliskinRosanne and David Selfon

$10,000 - $24,999Caroline Kallman JoffeLevine Family Gift FundCharlene and Nathaniel Mayer Andrea and Abe Morris Carol and Alan PrushanLysa and Michael Puma Ali and Jeffrey Reich Andrew RudolphRabbi Amy Schwartzman Rabbi Amy Schwartzman and Kevin Moss Ann and Aaron Selkow

$5,000 - $9,999 Lisa and Rabbi Ben David Miriam Chilton and Joel DorowJamie and Michael Fleischner Sharon and Richard Kollender Carol Stern McMichael Ellen and Russell Tepper

$1,800 - $4,999 Rabbi Craig AxlerEllen BehrendRabbi Adena BlumRabbis Debbie Pine and Andrew BuschSherri Berman CarignanBrad CohenLynn Anne CutlerShelly Dropkin and Michael Hochberger

Debbie Fiereman and Roy FeinbergPatricia H. GlascomSusan and Bruce GolboroMichelle Wilck GoldmanRabbi Michael HolzmanJudy and Marc Landis Amy Levitan and Adam Dickstein Samantha and Rabbi Larry Malinger

Holly and Rabbi Brian MichelsonRabbi Ellie MillerRabbis Paula Feldstein and Jordan MillsteinNorma and Arnold MeshkovRabbis Randi and Scott NagelCharlotte and Jerry NewTeri and Neal NoverRabbi Jack PaskoffRabbi Karen Perolman

Estelle and Stuart PriceRabbi Peter RiglerRabbis Stacy and Peter RiglerRuth and Jack RinglesteinMarisa and Rabbi Yair RobinsonRebecca Neulander RockoffHyla and David RosenbergJennifer and Adam RosenbergPam and Robert SaltzburgPam Clarke Sandonato Nancy and Theodore SchaerGail and Larry SimonKaren and Rob SirotaCaitlin Wood and Peter SklarBrenda and Ira SkolnickEllen SoloffSarah Bernstein SolomonCantor Mark StantonJodi and Jacob SusmanRabbis Barbara and Ron Symons Brad Tessler Amanda and Ben WachsteinRabbi Steve WeismanMichael WilckRabbi Sharon Young and John MarcusStefanie ZievMat Zucker

$180 - $999Meredith and Michael CohenCantor Meredith GreenbergJennifer and Ross KatzRabbis Sue Shankman and Michael Namath

Dear Friends,Let's begin here: THANK YOU for your incredible leadership and support. Just five years ago, it was hard to imagine that we would reach a point this quickly with millions of dollars raised at Harlam. It was the work of our leaders - professionals and volun-teers in partnership - in creating a road map for this effort and their success in engaging so many contributors that has allowed our aspirations to begin to be realized.

In addition to so many projects around our facility and the incredible growth of our scholarship funds, we are now be-ginning the final push to complete our Build A Bunk project

in Girls Camp. As of this summer, at least 9 of our old cabins will be replaced and with your help we can close the gap to reach our goal.

Harlam continues to thrive; both age-old tradition and innovation are coming together each day to ensure great summers for today's campers and staff and a more secure future for the next generations. Thank you for helping to make this possible, and please join us now to finish what we have started.

Think Camp!

Aaron Selkow | Director

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summER PROjEctsTHE MAIN BASKETBALL CoURT at Harlam was resurfaced in camp’s colors in memory of Gill Gluck. His family gathered on Alumni

Day 2015 to pay tribute to his incredible commitment to and love for camp.

THE LAKE JoSHUA BEACH PRoJECT was made possible by a grant from the Foundation for Jewish Camp through the Gottesman Fund

Camp Waterfront Improvement Program and the generosity of Matthew and Allison Rothfleisch.

HARLAm mAKEs A DIFFERENcE

By Ali Reich Development Committee Co-Chair

Camp Harlam has been making lemonade, and lots of it, in honor of camper Maya Rigler, 11 year old daughter of alumni Rabbis

Peter & Stacy Eskovitz Rigler. While undergoing her own cancer treatments, Maya has been working toward the amazing goal she set of raising $250,000 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. The mission of ALSF is to to raise money and awareness of childhood cancer causes, primarily for research into new treatments and cures, and to encourage and empower others, especially children, to get involved and make a difference for children with cancer.

THANK YOU to the many Harlam volunteers & generous donors who have supported Maya’s goal! Nine lemonade stands at camp events this year have raised $3,486 for ALSF in Maya’s name. Maya has been selected by ALSF as “Stand Host of the Year” for her exceptional fundraising and will be honored at the Lemon Ball in Philadelphia this January. Maya’s hope is that “Maybe one day we can make sure that no other kid needs to go through this stuff.”

Maya has raised over 85% of her goal to date. To support her dream of ending childhood cancer, please visit www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/1121536