Date: April 28th 2008

We hope you all had a wonderful Passover. Twenty five of us enjoyed a great seder last Thursday organized by Judith Stubbs and Carol Paris and led by Judith Stubbs and Rachael Decker. The food and camaraderie were terrific. Thanks to all those who made it possible.

You’ve heard of cookie exchanges. In honor of Shavuot, we will be holding a Kugel Exchange on Thursday, May 22 beginning at 6 pm in the Temple House. Bring your favorite dairy kugel in a 9 x 13 pan. If you don’t make kugel, bring a potluck salad or main course type food to share. We will be tasting each others kugel with dinner, and refilling our kugel pans with our favorite left-overs (if there are any). A short meeting will follow dinner. RSVP to Harriet Reisner at 226 2842 and let her know what you are bringing.

The last batch of Donor invitations are being put in the mail tomorrow, so if you haven’t gotten yours by this Friday, please let me know. The invitations were designed and donated by JoAnne Hersch. THANKS! JoAnne. We would also like to thank Lynda Chase for working with JoAnne, for chairing our donor and for booking the entertainment. Thanks to our mailing chair, Eleanor Gerstly, and her crew, Libby Kass, Millie Segal and Barbara Berlant, the bulk of the invitations were mailed on Tuesday. They couldn’t have done it without the help of Jane and Marcy, who printed all the labels. All we need now is for you, your friends and family to attend. Send in your response cards NOW, so you don’t forget. Join us at the beautiful La Rinconada Country (arranged for us by Ruth Krandel) for a delicious bruncheon. As you may know, this year our auction is on-line. You can view it at www.templesanjose.cmarket.com and can start the bidding now. We already have some very generous do
nations with more coming daily. Keep checking the site for new items. There are also opportunities for sponsorship on this site. They are,

ON LINE AUCTION www.templesanjose.cmarket.com

1. In becoming a sponsor for our online auction - as opposed to traditionally supporting our donor - sponsors are offered the opportunity to reach far more people than are "in the room" at a live event. Instead of just having your name and logo in a program , we place your logo on the web, providing a clickable link - and instant accessibility - to your business homepage.

2. By including our auction on Bidding for Good you will have exposure to BiddingForGood's 30,000 unique members from across the United States. Furthermore, the BiddingForGood audience continues to grow daily! You will not only have exposure to our local community, but also to a national audience.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPONSORSHIP

Homepage Sponsorships: For only $150 sponsors will have a logo placed on the homepage of our auction site. The homepage is generally the entry point to our catalog with visitors pausing on the page to learn more about the auction and our organization. The homepage provides a great deal of visibility for sponsors. There are eight positions available in the designated sponsor area of the homepage, plus two call-out boxes towards the top of the page.

Global Sponsorships: For only $500 sponsors will have their logos placed in the right sidebar of every page in our auction site.

Email Sponsors: For only $750 you can be an email sponsor. In addition to having your logo in the right sidebar of every page in our auction site, our email communications can generate sponsorship dollars. Every email we send to our community through the auction management system and can accommodate up to 10 sponsors housed in the right sidebar of the email.

Please let me know if you can participate in any way. Or sign up by clicking on “become a sponsor” on our auction homepage at www.templesanjose.cmarket.com