Here are some daily examples of how your gift affects so many.

• $7 pays for a college student to partake in a Shabbat dinner at a Hillel.
• $10 pays for a month of unlimited access to job listings, career resource library and technology center at Jewish Vocational Service (JVS).
• $15 pays for a parenting class for a first-time parent.
• $20 pays for a one-time resume-writing workshop for an unemployed Bay Area professional.
• $32 pays for a kosher Passover seder meal and service for a senior citizen.
• $36 pays for a teen to join a Jewish recreational, educational or social action program at a JCC.
• $40 pays for a week of in-home help for a senior residing at Menorah Park, an independent living facility.
• $50 pays for a week of hot kosher lunches for a senior citizen.
• $80 pays for an emergency-call pendant enabling a senior to maintain independence while living at Menorah Park.
• $85 pays for an eight-session “introduction to Judaism” class.
• $90 gift pays for an eight-session introductory Hebrew-language course.
• $100 pays for eyeglasses for an elderly Israeli.
• $180 pays for an alarm to keep a senior at Menorah Park safe.
• $215 pays for a bereaved adult and $160 pays for a bereaved child to attend the Grief and Growing Jewish Healing Weekend at Camp Tawonga.
• $250 helps a Jewish émigré become an American citizen (via Jewish Family & Children’s Services)
• $200 pays for 25 new books for a Jewish library in the former Soviet Union.
• $365 pays for one month of pre-school for an at-risk Ethiopian-Israeli child.
• $450 pays for one year of tuition to an after-school program for a Bay Area high school teen.
• $500 pays for two weeks of Jewish summer day camp at a JCC.
• $1,000 pays for one Bay Area grade-school child’s summer camp fee.
• $4,000 pays for a program that sends a teen to volunteer in a poor community in El Salvador or Alaska.
• $5,000 pays for 85 winter relief packages — blankets, fuel and clothing — in the former Soviet Union.
• $3,900 pays for a full year of educational, fun after-school care, three hours a day, five days a week at a JCC.
• $9,300 pays for a child to attend a Jewish preschool on a partial-day schedule at a JCC for nine months.
• $5,000 pays for a teen to visit Israel.
• $15,435 pays for a child to attend a Jewish preschool full-time at a JCC for a year.