Submission #21011 by Greater Knoxville Jewish Men’s Club - Knoxville, TN (1730)

I have read the 2021 Torch Awards Program Guidelines.
Club Name
Greater Knoxville Jewish Men’s Club - Knoxville, TN (1730)
Area Club
Club Representative
Person completing form
Meir
Niad
Club President at time of convention if known at this time
Club President Now
Erik
Golub
Club Administration

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This concept is perfect for areas that have few Jewish men, especially few that are interested in men's club. The idea is to have a single men's club that is based out of the local Jewish Community Center instead of a single shul and accepts members that are affiliated with any branch of Judaism. Share resources and share volunteers, as One Jewish Community.
Knoxville is a small community compared to others, such as Atlanta. We have fewer men and even fewer volunteers. We decided to form our new men's club underneath the umbrella of our local Jewish Community Center. From an administration standpoint, this is advantageous because all of our finances are managed by JCC staff. We give them our dues and submit requests for reimbursements; they handle the bookkeeping. After all, our club focus is involving Jewish men (any Jewish man no matter if they are conservative, reform, orthodox, or unaffiliated) in Jewish life and community.
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Self Assessment
This program is a success because if it wasn't we wouldn't exist as a club. We earned our first Quality Club Award in 2020 which we feel proves that size doesn't matter as long as your club has the drive to succeed.
The program supports the FJMC's mission because it was cofounded by its region's Executive Vice President who makes sure to spread all of FJMC's content to the club's members throughout the year.
Thank you for your time. We hope that this can help others.

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Original Program
Previous Submission
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