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Mandel JCC News
NEARLY 200 ATTEND MANDEL JCC GROUNDBREAKING,
LARGEST PROJECT FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY IN DECADES
PALM BEACH GARDENS (OCTOBER 30, 2012) – Nearly 200 community leaders, philanthropists and community supporters joined together on Oct. 24, 2012 to share in the excitement of the official groundbreaking for the Mandel JCC (Jewish Community Center), located at 5221 Hood Road in Palm Beach Gardens. The 56,000-sq.-ft. facility, will be built on a sprawling 16-acre property just east of I-95, is scheduled to open Summer 2013.
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CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON 56,000-SQ.-FT. MANDEL JCC IN PALM BEACH GARDENS
PALM BEACH GARDENS (OCTOBER 24, 2012) – The JCC of the Palm Beaches announced this week that construction has begun on the highly anticipated 56,000-sq.-ft. Mandel JCC, located on 15 acres off Hood Road east of I-95 in Palm Beach Gardens. The land is being prepped for next steps and the opening date will be confirmed in late Fall of 2012.
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COUNCIL SETS FINAL VOTE ON JCC AND ACADEMY
PALM BEACH POST (JUNE 6, 2012) – A final city council vote on a proposal to build the $30 million Mandel Jewish Community Center and Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy is scheduled for Thursday evening.
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CENTER PLANS TO REACH GROWING JEWISH POPULATION
PALM BEACH POST (APRIL 22, 2012) – A plan to spend $30 million to build a new Jewish Community Center and Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy is scheduled to go before the city council May 3.
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BOARD OK'S REZONING FOR JCC
PALM BEACH POST (APRIL 12, 2012) – A recommendation to rezone about 14 acres of vacant property for the $20 million Mandel Jewish Community Center and Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy was passed Tuesday by the city's planning, zoning and appeals board.
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A JEWISH MILESTONE
PALM BEACH POST (MARCH 21, 2012) – Nearly three years of planning, designing and fundraising will culminate Wednesday in an offical groundbreaking ceremony for the Mandel Jewish Community Center.
The Private event caps dedicated effort from hundreds of contributors who helped get th 15-acre site on Hood Road west of Central Boulevard for construction.
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$15M JCC PLAN TO INCLUDE SCHOOL
PALM BEACH GARDENS (MARCH 12, 2012) – Plans to move the Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy to the campus of the $15 million Jewish Community Center proposed for Hood Road have been submitted to the city of Palm Beach Gardens. The 310-student school would be part of a complex with the JCC that would have soccer and softball fields. Plans call for a gym with two basketball courts and an outdoor pool.
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NEW MANDEL JCC ON SCHEDULE: $1 MILLION GIVEN FOR GALLERY
PALM BEACH GARDENS (MARCH 8, 2012) – The groundwork is being laid for construction of the new Jewish community center, to be known as the Mandel JCC, on Hood Road just west of Central Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens. The effort has received a major boost with a $1 million gift, announced Feb. 28, from Bente S. Lyons and the late Daniel Lyons of Palm Beach Gardens.
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JCC PLAN TO INCLUDE MEYER ACADEMY
PALM BEACH GARDENS (MARCH 7, 2012) – Plans to move the Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy to the campus of the $15 million Jewish Community Center proposed for Hood Road have been submitted to the city of Palm Beach Gardens. The 310-student school would be part of a complex with the JCC that would have soccer and softball fields. Plans call for a gym with two basketball courts and an outdoor pool.
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BENTE S. LYONS AND DANIEL, zl, LYONS PLEDGE $1 MILLION
TO BUILD MANDEL JCC IN PALM BEACH GARDENS
Capital campaign has already raised nearly $13 million
PALM BEACH GARDENS (FEBRUARY 28, 2012) – The JCC of the Palm Beaches announced today that Bente S. and Daniel, zl, Lyons have donated $1 million to the capital campaign to build the Mandel JCC in Palm Beach Gardens. The center’s gallery will be named the Bente and Daniel Lyons Gallery. The glass-enclosed space will be used for art presentations, receptions, meetings and other prominent events.
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NEW COMMUNITY CAMPUS WIL BE CENTER OF
JEWISH LIFE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA (DECEMBER, 2011) --- The Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy recently announced it will join forces with the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Palm Beaches to serve the growing population in Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter. The shared campus is poised to become a premier destination that's the center of Jewish life and learning in northern Palm Beach County.
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VISION OF THE FUTURE: SCENE AND BE SEEN
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA (NOVEMBER 30, 2011) --- During the "Vision of the Future" annual campaign kick-off reception held at Temple Emanu-El in Palm Beach, the JCC of the Greater Palm Beaches announced that its new facility will be named the Mandel JCC.
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BUILDING TO BE NAMED FOR MANDEL FAMILY
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA (NOVEMBER 24, 2011) --- More than 200 supporters of the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Palm Beaches turned out for a kickoff to the annual campaign. The "Vision for the Future" reception took place Nov. 9 at Temple Emanu-El and honored the major donors to the new JCC to be built in Palm Beach Gardens.
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NEW FACILITY IS NAMED MANDEL JCC
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA (NOVEMBER 11, 2011) --- The new Jewish Community Center in Palm Beach Gardens will be named the Mandel JCC, honoring the Mandel Foundation and brothers Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel. The foundation has provided a $5 million grant to help construct the facilty.
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JCC 2011-12 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN KICKOFF EVENT HONORS AREA
VISIONARIES FOR COMMITMENT TO NEW JCC IN PALM BEACH GARDENS
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA (SEPTEMBER 27, 2011) --- On November 9, 2011, the JCC of the Palm Beaches will honor a select group of local leaders who were the first to commit to building the future JCC in Palm Beach Gardens during a “Vision for the Future” cocktail reception that also serves as the kick-off event for the JCC’s annual campaign. The event, chaired by Suzanne Holmes, starts at 5:30 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El on Palm Beach and is sponsored by John J. Raymond, Esq. of Akerman Senterfitt.
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ARCHITECT ANNOUNCED TO DESIGN JCC NORTH:
Tercilla Courtemanche Architects
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (MAY 10, 2011) — The JCC of the Palm Beaches announced today that West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Tercilla Courtemanche Architects, Inc., led by René Tercilla and Lance P. Courtemanche, will serve as the project architects for the JCC North in Palm Beach Gardens. The firm was selected from seven teams who submitted proposals to design the new 40,000-sq.-ft. facility.
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PEGGY BROWN'S $1 MILLION GIFT BRINGS JCC CLOSER TO ITS $15 MILLION GOAL
PALM BEACH GARDENS (APRIL 24, 2011) – Peggy Brown knows from deja vu. Half a century ago, Brown, a native of Washington, D.C., was among the community leaders who recognized that the Jewish Social Service Agency's longtime site in Washington wasn't effectively serving its demographic.
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JCC NORTH GETS $1 MILLION PLEDGE
PALM BEACH GARDENS (APRIL 16, 2011) – The Jewish Community Center of the Greater Palm Beaches announced Friday that Palm Beach resident Peggy S. Brown has pledged $1 million toward the construction of the new center in Palm Baech Gardens.
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PHILANTHROPIST, PEGGY S. BROWN, PLEDGES $1 MILLION TO BUILD JCC NORTH
Capital campaign has already raised $10 million in 2011
PALM BEACH GARDENS (APRIL 15, 2011) – The JCC of the Palm Beaches announced today that Peggy S. Brown, a Palm Beach resident and one of the Jewish community’s most notable women philanthropists, has pledged $1 million to its capital campaign to build the JCC North in Palm Beach Gardens. The gift is from her family foundation, The Alvin I. and Peggy S. Brown Family Foundation. The JCC’s new facility is scheduled to begin construction in early 2012.
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MANDEL BROTHERS GIVE $5 TO BUILD
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN PALM BEACH GARDENS
PALM BEACH GARDENS (MARCH 17, 2011) – A gift from a foundation with Palm Beach ties has brought the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Palm Beaches much closer to its fundraising goal for a new center in Palm Beach Gardens. The JCC announced Thursday a lead gift of $5 million form the Cleveland, Ohio-based Mandel Foundation. Morton Mandel, foundation chairman, has a home in Palm Beach, as do his brothers, Jack and Joseph.
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JCC OF THE PALM BEACHES ANNOUNCES MAJOR CAPITAL GRANT
FROM THE MANDEL FOUNDATION
PALM BEACH GARDENS (MARCH 16, 2011) – The JCC of the Palm Beaches announced today that is has received a $5 million grant from the Mandel Foundation, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. This lead gift to the capital campaign brings total fundraising to $10 million. The capital campaign goal is $15 million.
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JCC OF THE PALM BEACHES CONTRACTS TO PURCHASE
14 ACRES OF LAND IN PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR NEW FACILITY
PALM BEACH GARDENS (MARCH 1, 2011) – The JCC of the Palm Beaches announced today that it has contracted to purchase 14 acres of land in Palm Beach Gardens just off Hood Road, west of Central Boulevard, in order to build an estimated 37,000 square foot new facility to better meet the demands of the growing Jewish community in Northern Palm Beach County. The 14-acre parcel is approximately $4 million.
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Our Mission
The mission of the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Palm Beaches is to help create a strong Jewish community by providing high quality programs close to where people live that connect people to Jewish life.
The top priorities of the JCC are:
• Connecting families to Jewish life
• Healthy living
• High-quality Jewish cultural arts
• Connecting people to Israel
• Reaching out to the broader
community to make the world
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