MJCCA'S Jerry's Habima Theatre Receives Grant from Million Dollar Round Table Foundation
Bryan D. Wulz, CLU, CHFC, of Atlanta, Georgia, secured a $2,000 grant from the MDRT Foundation on behalf of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA). Wulz, a 14-year MDRT member, is an active supporter of the MJCCA. The MDRT Foundation grant will support Jerry's Habima Theatre, the MJCCA's resident theatre company featuring adult actors with developmental disabilities. Representing the MDRT Foundation, Wulz presented this grant to the MJCCA and Jerry's Habima Theatre Committee Members on February 11, 2013. For more information, contact Erika Barnes at 678.812.4144.
About the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Foundation
This year, the MDRT Foundation will award almost $1 million in grants to more than 100 charities. The MDRT Foundation was created in 1959 to provide MDRT members with a means to give back to their communities. Since its inception, the Foundation has donated more than $28 million in more than 70 countries throughout the world, and in all 50 U.S. states. The majority of these funds were raised by MDRT members from MDRT members.
The MDRT Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Million Dollar Round Table, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals. MDRT is an international, independent association of nearly 36,000 of the world's best life insurance and financial services professionals from more than 79 countries. MDRT members demonstrate exceptional product knowledge, strict ethical conduct, and outstanding product service. MDRT membership is recognized internationally as the standard of sales excellence in the life insurance and financial services business.
About Jerry's Habima Theatre
From March 7 – 17, 2013, Jerry's Habima Theatre, Georgia's only theatrical company directed and produced by professionals, featuring actors with developmental disabilities, will celebrate its 20th anniversary season with the 50's-style musical Grease: The School Version. All productions are held at the MJCCA's beautiful Morris & Rae Frank Theater, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody.
Jerry's Habima Theatre, a program of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA), is produced under the auspices of the MJCCA's Blonder Family Department for Developmental Disabilities, and the MJCCA's Department of Arts & Culture. Each year, together with local professional actors from the community, Jerry's Habima Theatre performers (ages 18+) present a Broadway musical, with the funds raised going towards programs for persons with disabilities.
The Blonder Family Department is co-chaired by Ina Enoch and Lowell Fine. This year, Jerry's Habima Theatre's 20th Anniversary is co-chaired by Laura Dinerman, Saba Silverman, and Faye Siegel.
For more information, visit online at atlantajcc.829stage.com.
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