MAJOR STUART ADAM WOLFER INSTITUTE
APRIL 23, 1971 - APRIL 6, 2008
KIA - BAGHDAD, IRAQ
2016
Sunday, April 3, 2016 - Support Our Troops Day
Report for Duty: 1-4pm
Congregation Ramath Orah, 550 West 110th St., NYC
Come help us make 2,000 Troop & Veteran care packages. Experience a real bootcamp, hear from Veterans in our 'military academy', and help to create craft items & write thank you cards to the Troops. Click here to register.
2015
Sunday, March 15, 2015 - Support Our Troops Day
Report for Duty: 1-4pm
Congregation Ramath Orah, 550 West 110th St., NYC
We made 1,000 Troop care packages and 250 care bags for homeless Veterans; kids worked out in our bootcamp, took classes in our 'military academy', created craft items & wrote thank you cards to the Troops.
Saturday, March 21st (1 Nisan) - Yahrtzeit of Major Stuart Adam Wolfer (z"l)
PAST EVENTS: 2014
November: Veterans Day & Community Service Days
SAR Academy & SAR HS, Bronx, NY
Central HS, Queens, NY
Ramaz HS, NY, NY
Heschel School, NY, NY
Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont & Emanu-El,
Westchester, NY
City of Sunny Isles Beach, FL
B'nai Torah Congregation, Boca Raton, FL
Temple Beth Or, NJ
Jewish War Veterans Post #265 renamed to honor three South Florida residents: Specialist Daniel J. Agami, Parkland, FL, A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobson, Riviera Beach, FL, Major Stuart Adam Wolfer, Coral Springs, FL
Memorial Day Programs:
- NYC - In conjunction with JCCA, Rear Admiral Herman Shelanski addresses over 300 attendees at the Jewish Center
- NYC - Memorial Day remembrance at SAR Academy
- Boca Raton Memorial Day Tribute
Sunday, February 2nd, 2014 - Roll up Your Sleeves for Our Troops: An Afternoon of Action & Learning Over 125 folks joined us to make 100 care packages, cards, patriotic rainbow loom bracelets & matzah covers for our Troops.
2013
NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY
March 3rd, 2013 - Support Our Troops Day - Help to pack 500+ care packages, create craft items for the care packages, write thank you cards, join a class in our mini-military academy or workout in our bootcamp!
March 12, 2013 (1 Nissan) - Yahrtzeit of Major Stuart Adam Wolfer (z"l)
Bar-Bat Mitzvah & Birthday Projects:
The Bressler Family (NY)
The Cohen Family (MA)
The Morag Family (NY)
The Najman Family (CT)
The Whiting Family (NJ)
Dix Hills Jewish Center, Dix Hills, NY
Hebrew Institute of White Plains, White Plains, NY
SAR Academy, Riverdale, NY
FLORIDA
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Spanish River High School, The Galleon spotlights the Latin American Club's support of Stars For Our Troops, February, 2012 Click here to read full article
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Distinguished Service Award Presentation in Memory of Major Stuart Adam Wolfer, Feb. 5, Hollywood, FL attended by Esther & Len Wolfer, Lee Wolfer & Beverly Wolfer-Nerenberg; click here to read full article__________
Bar-Bat Mitzvah & Birthday Projects:
The Kahane Family, Boca Raton, FL
Our newest Dandelion Project has brought together over 20 organizations who have created over 4,000 Stars For Our Troops. These "Stars" are distributed in care packages and directly to Veterans & active duty military personnel. Click here for more information.
Cell Phones For Soldiers Collection Sites-Florida:
Atlantic Community HS/Army JROTC, Delray Beach
Boca Raton Community HS/Navy JROTC, Boca Raton
B'nai Torah Congregation, Boca Raton
Broken Sound Country Club, Boca Raton
Jewish War Veterans,
Miami Beach High School Class of 1960 Reunion - #50
MiraBay Community, Apollo Beach
Pinecrest Elementary School, Miami
Pompano Beach HS/Army JROTC, Pompano Beach
Schwarzkopf Elementary, Lutz
St. Andrew's School, Boca Raton
St. Mark's Church & School, Ft. Lauderdale
Talmudic University, Miami Beach
Temple Beth Shalom, Miami Beach
Valencia Lakes, Wimauma, FL
Woodfield Country Club, Boca Raton
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For additional CP4S collection sites around the US, please email: esther@msawi.org
To learn more about any of the programs above, please contact us at info@msawi.org
October, 2012 Dix Hills Jewish Center Mitzvah Fair
Click here to view pictures
July 28, 2012 Boca Club News September 2012 edition
"Run For The Fallen" Reaches worldwide to Broken Sound In Memory of Major Stuart Adam Wolfer"
Orli M. supports our Troops for Purim by decorating masks & groggers with her classmates at Kinneret Day School in Riverdale, NY.
St. Marks Episcopal Church & School, Ft. Lauderdale, FL get all ages involved in collecting Cell Phones For Soldiers.
5/12/11: City of Boca Raton recognizes Military Appreciation Month:
click here for Proclamation
click here for Proclamation presentation video
March, 2011 2nd Annual Support-Our-Troops Day: Click here to view hoto album from Day
February 18, 2011 Issue of The Forward, "Profiles of Our Fallen" A tribute to our American Jewish Troops killed in action (in Iraq & Afghanistan)
Click here to read & view