Dear Friends, At a recent Association of Jewish Aging Services conference held in Memphis, Tennessee, the JAA toured the wonderful Memphis Jewish Home. When driving back from that visit, our bus turned a corner, and somehow, a page in history. We were on Mulberry Street. In front of us stood the National Civil Rights Museum and the site of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. We happened to be there on March 28, the 49th anniversary of his death. We got off the bus and found ourselves enveloped by hundreds of people who had come to continue the legacy of MLK’s most honorable work. We were surrounded by the spirit of goodwill and even though it had been 49 years since MLK was physically here, his presence, his connection to this moment, to the crowd, was overwhelming. It was truly an inspirational moment. The people of today were marching, arms linked, remembering what happened yesterday, and fighting for a better tomorrow, just as prior generations have done. We learned from the JAA’s visit to Memphis just how important it is to keep generations connected. We are a community in Pittsburgh who takes care of each other. We can stand on the shoulders of all the great community leaders who came before us, like Martin Luther King, Rabbi Heschel, and Rabbi Ashinsky who started the first Jewish Home in Pittsburgh 111 years ago, to fulfill his vision to care for his elders. When in Memphis we learned that the Memphis Jewish community consists of only 10,000 people, but they had managed to build an endowment of an astonishing $30 million, six times our endowment, mostly from small gifts that built up over time. There is no reason that we cannot follow suit. We are just at the beginning of a first-ever comprehensive campaign for seniors with a goal of $18 million. This goal includes building an endowment to support benevolent care and innovation, creating best in class memory care for Western Pennsylvania, including the construction of the AHAVA Memory Care Residence that will set the bar for how those with Alzheimer’s and dementia are cared for, and finally, establishing a new model of independent living for seniors with enhanced services to help them maintain their independence as they age in place. Let us leave our own legacy for future generations to come. Join your friends and neighbors in supporting our mission. Deborah Winn-Horvitz President & CEO Mitchell Pakler Board Chair JAA President & CEO Deborah Winn-Horvitz and JAA Board Chair Mitchell Pakler with Oscar- and Tony-winner Joel Grey.