JELF Circles Around With Young Professionals
Happy hour gives loan recipients a chance to talk about how they benefiting and why they are paying it forward.
“JELF fosters a unique opportunity to get involved in an organization that is truly about full-circle giving,” Jewish Educational Loan Fund board member Jordan Arogeti said in welcoming nearly 40 young professionals to a happy hour at Taverna at the Shops Buckhead Atlanta on Tuesday, April 17.
Ilana Lind, an event co-chair and past JELF loan recipient, said during the brief program, “JELF gave me the opportunity to complete my education, and I am so proud to now pay it forward.”
Josh Schaier, JELF’s director of development, facilitated the remarks by JELF recipients. One spoke about a family’s college savings being used to pay for necessary medical treatment, and another lost both parents to illness before college.
“JELF’s interest-free loans for education are small but powerful sums of money for the Jewish students we serve,” JELF CEO Jenna Shulman said. “Each time we fund a student, that is one more dollar that they don’t have to borrow at a high interest rate.”
Photos courtesy of JELF
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