Donations and Payments
Pay your Membership Dues, Cemetery plot purchases, and other Donations Here.
Support RJC—Opportunities for Giving
Donation (General Fund)—Unrestricted gifts help RJC meet its basic needs: heating and cooling the building, salaries and benefits for employees, insurance, utilities, supplies and all the many things small and large that constitute our ongoing needs. We also welcome donations designated for a specific purpose—simply indicate that purpose in the memo or a note to us. To donate to the general fund, please complete this information and payment FORM. Donations can be made by credit card or check.
Kosher Yankee Centennial: 100 Years of Jewish Cooking in Vermont, are now available for purchase. The 3-ring binder, hardcover cookbooks, with stunning cover art by Peter Huntoon, contain nearly 600 recipes and come with their own stand. To place an order, call the RJC at (802) 773-3455 (you may need to leave a message), email [email protected], or download and print an order form. Cookbooks are $22 each, plus applicable shipping and handling if you prefer to have them shipped.
Light of Honor—The light in the entry foyer of the Rutland Jewish Center has been named the Light of Honor. Anyone may donate $36 in honor of an event in their own or someone else’s life. When people drive by the synagogue at night and see the light on in the entry foyer, they recall the honor for the week. The Light of Honor is appropriate to mark happy events or to memorialize loved ones who have passed on. To make a light of honor donation please complete this information and payment FORM. Donations can be made by credit card or check.
Cemetery—Monies are invested and controlled by the RJC Board and are used to maintain the cemetery grounds, the administration of and historical preservation of the Rutland Jewish Cemetery. Unlike other funds, checks are written to "RJC Cemetery." Please submit your donation to the General fund (above) and include a note that you would like the donation used for cemetery maintenance.
Endowment—Monies are invested and controlled by the Endowment Fund Committee to help ensure the future of the Rutland Jewish Center. Memorial funds are also held in the Endowment Fund, until the family decides on their use. Please contact the RJC President to donate to the Endowment.
High Holiday Appeal—Our largest fundraiser of the year is the annual High Holiday Appeal. Letters for this appeal will be sent out in the fall of each year. A link to the donation form will be added to this location in August of each year.
Kosher Yankee Centennial: 100 Years of Jewish Cooking in Vermont, are now available for purchase. The 3-ring binder, hardcover cookbooks, with stunning cover art by Peter Huntoon, contain nearly 600 recipes and come with their own stand. To place an order, call the RJC at (802) 773-3455 (you may need to leave a message), email [email protected], or download and print an order form. Cookbooks are $22 each, plus applicable shipping and handling if you prefer to have them shipped.
Light of Honor—The light in the entry foyer of the Rutland Jewish Center has been named the Light of Honor. Anyone may donate $36 in honor of an event in their own or someone else’s life. When people drive by the synagogue at night and see the light on in the entry foyer, they recall the honor for the week. The Light of Honor is appropriate to mark happy events or to memorialize loved ones who have passed on. To make a light of honor donation please complete this information and payment FORM. Donations can be made by credit card or check.
Cemetery—Monies are invested and controlled by the RJC Board and are used to maintain the cemetery grounds, the administration of and historical preservation of the Rutland Jewish Cemetery. Unlike other funds, checks are written to "RJC Cemetery." Please submit your donation to the General fund (above) and include a note that you would like the donation used for cemetery maintenance.
Endowment—Monies are invested and controlled by the Endowment Fund Committee to help ensure the future of the Rutland Jewish Center. Memorial funds are also held in the Endowment Fund, until the family decides on their use. Please contact the RJC President to donate to the Endowment.
High Holiday Appeal—Our largest fundraiser of the year is the annual High Holiday Appeal. Letters for this appeal will be sent out in the fall of each year. A link to the donation form will be added to this location in August of each year.
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Tree of Life—The Tree of Life, which is for simachot (celebrations) and in honor of the living, is a way to remember significant events involving members and their families. For a contribution of $100 you may have a leaf engraved with name, date and simcha.
Yahrzeit Plaques--Yahrzeit plaques are mounted on the tablets upstairs. They are engraved with the name of the deceased and the Hebrew and English dates of passing. The contribution for each yahrzeit plaque is $300. |
Yahrzeit Yearly Donations—Members are sent annual reminders a week or so in advance of the yahrzeit (anniversary of the death) of loved ones. It is proper to make a special contribution to tzedekah (charity) to honor the memory of the person whose yahrzeit is being observed. Many of our members observe the occasion according to long-standing Jewish tradition with a small donation (often $18, which represents chai (life), or multiples thereof, $36, $54, etc.).