CANDLES 25th Anniversary Campaign
Help us Celebrate 25 Years
To celebrate CANDLES' anniversary on April 30, 2020, we are campaigning to raise $25,000 in honor of our 25 years as an organization. The campaign will continue throughout the end of the year.
Thank you to our 25th Campaign donors!
Anonymous Lynn O'Brien Cynthia Buenger Brian Robinson Janet Roe
Wendy Johnson Anonymous Patricia Plummer John Keith Anonymous
Jason Ernst Nancy Edwards Allison Mitchell Joshua Tobash Glenda Thompson
Danial Jewell Leslie Dubin Michael Skolnick Anonymous Judith Hatch
Ursula David Beverly Gregg Cary and Norma Laxer Elke Hines Julia Borland
Anonymous Anonymous Alex Kor Susan Rich Chris Newton
Anonymous Miles Abernethy Anonymous Anonymous Sandborn United Methodist Women
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Catie Hann James Brooks Marvin Hershenson Beverly Hemeyer-Borrok Anonymous
Stephanie Hall Anonymous Terry Fear Trey Etcheson Dorothy Chambers
Anonymous Anonymous Doreen Taras Michael Mardis Harry and Karen Teel
Karen DeGrange John Muller Anonymous Anonymous Paula Hender
Glenn Gee Joseph and Helen-Louise Boling Ellie Caldwell Marie Conn Anonymous
Lisa and Charles Rousey Anonymous Laura Pearce Edward Frantz Stewart McMillan
Nathan Felix Donna Abshier Daniel Promen Polly Beeson Anonymous
Paul and Margaret Roby Brielle Hill Bruce and Adele Erickson Julie Silberger Dan Funkhouser
Ilya Piraner Jean Kristeller Sheron Dailey William Cooler Helen Gunn
Joshua Tobash Anonymous Dina Kaplan Anonymous Jerry Danner
Anonymous Jerrold and Ellen Simon Anonymous Tony Gonzcarow Carolyn Sims
Alan Goldberg Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous
Melody Keller Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous
Anonymous Anonymous Elisa Di Simone Anonymous Anonymous
Anonymous Linda Bauer Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Richard and Beverly Markoff
Nicole Altomare LJ and Jeffrey Abrams Helen Langone Sherri Roach Gloria Wiser
Sisterhood of United Hebrew Congregation Duane Klueh Marietta Young Anonymous
Anonymous Jeff Rudkin Barry Goldsmith Robin Weiss Wendy Johnson Jeffrey Rosenthal
Samuel Ford Russell Skiba Vianne Clark Brian Gold Laney Meis Paul Berebitsky
Suzie Crowder Libby and James Jackson Lawrence and Patricia Harnish Pam Bell Leslie Thompson
James Schuster Kristy McPike Janet Juster Anita Sorkin Mark Hancock Anonymous Katie Bolte
Larry and Barbara Brown Lauren Banks Jacalyn Randall Phil Bremen Joel and Patricia Marx
Glenn Schmitt Richard Fogel Anonymous David Tucker Ronald Levin Anonymous Judith Marten
Kathy and Dave Kolger Jennifer Thuma Alan Nathan Sharon Karp Anonymous
Our Fundraising Progress:
The money we raise during this campaign will go toward securing CANDLES’ future, ensuring that we can continue our mission, the mission that Eva began, of illuminating the world with hope, healing, respect, and responsibility. This includes efforts to:
- Educate about lessons of the Holocaust, the consequences of prejudice and hatred, and the impact of our choices
- Preserve the stories of Holocaust survivors, witnesses to atrocities, and the Mengele Twins
- Advocate for victims, healing and forgiveness, empowering each other and ourselves, and supporting our neighbors and communities
- Witness history, the events unfolding around us, and the power of human kindness
Donations will fund areas of our museum such as operations, including future planning, programs, exhibits, and partnerships, preserving Eva’s legacy and CANDLES’ history, and sharing testimonies from survivors and witnesses.
Although Eva’s passing makes this 25th-anniversary milestone bittersweet, we recognize that we have a great opportunity to shape the next 25 years for CANDLES. Eva created CANDLES in honor of her twin sister, Miriam. Now, CANDLES would like to dedicate the next 25 years to the memory of Eva, of her life and her legacy.
We need your help to reach our $25,000 goal.
Make a personal donation. Join together to make a donation as a group or a company. Host digital fundraisers. Pledge to give even $5 a month. All contributions will help us take the steps we need to make sure we are still here educating, preserving, advocating, and witnessing for many years to come. Become part of CANDLES’s history and add your mark to the next 25 years.
Please enter your donation in the form below.
Through a generous gift, the Miguel B. Fernandez Family Foundation will match all donations, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000.
This means that any contribution made up to our goal will go twice as far to help us in our efforts to make the world a better place. As a token of our appreciation for our supporters, each donation will be honored with a small gift from CANDLES and donor names will be added to our website and a special display.
