NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN OF CANADA WINNIPEG SECTION INC.
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Mission Statement
National Council of Jewish Women is a voluntary organization which is dedicated to furthering human welfare locally, nationally and internationally. Through an integrated program of education, service and social action, the organization helps to fulfill unmet needs and to serve the individual and the community. The objectives of National Council of Jewish Women, Winnipeg Sections are as follows: (a) To supply and render services of a charitable nature to poor and needy persons. (b) To establish and carry out training programs with a view to assisting and enabling poor and needy persons to becoming self-supporting. (c) To receive and maintain a fund or funds and apply, from time to time, all or part thereof and/or the income therefrom for charitable purposes. (d) To do all things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects. The revenue generated from Just a Second store is used to fulfill the purposes, objectives and projects of National Council of Jewish Women, Winnipeg Section.
About This Cause
At the end of the 19th century, Canada was barely 30 years old and the population had not yet reached the 5 million mark, there were about 12,000 Canadians of Jewish origin. About 6,000 lived in Montreal and 3,000 in Toronto. The others were settled in smaller communities across Canada. In 1897 Toronto established the first section of National Council of Jewish Women. This occurred only 4 years after the parent organization was formed in Chicago in 1893. In 1925 a group of 75 enthusiastic and dedicated women met at the Royal Alexandra Hotel with a NCJW American representative. This meeting marked the founding of National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Winnipeg Section and elected Mrs. S. Hart Green its President. The first Winnipeg Section project was initiated to help the great number of immigrants who came to live in Winnipeg. Classes in English and Citizenship were offered. The classes were organized by Council volunteers. These volunteers served as teachers and became the pupils’ confidants and friends. They helped the new immigrants adjust to their new homeland. Another project adopted was the systematic distribution of new and used clothing to the poor through a central clothes bureau. Another program in the early days was a program that provided surgical supplies and fittings for hospital patients, free of charge, for those who were unable to pay.