• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
 
DONATE NOW
SUBSCRIBE
The Good People Fund

The Good People Fund

  • About
    • Mission
    • Vision
    • Professional Leadership
    • Board of Trustees
    • Financial Information
    • Privacy Policy
    • FAQ’s
    • Contact Us
  • Our Grantees
    • By Program Focus
    • By Location
    • By Organization
    • Alumni Grantees
    • In Their Words: The Pandemic
  • How to Help
    • Donate Now
    • Send an E-Card for Purim
    • October 7 and After
    • Acknowledgement Cards
    • Planned Giving
    • Charitable Solicitation Disclosure Statement
  • Learning
    • Good People Learn
    • Our Educational Philosophy
    • For Jewish Educators
      • Our Good Service Model
      • Grab ‘n’ Go Lessons
      • GPF Core Curriculum
      • B’nai Mitzvah Service Projects
      • Archival Materials
      • Ziv Tzedakah Curriculum
    • For Students
      • Tips for Good Service Projects
      • Other Resources
  • Media
    • Newsroom
      • Grantees in the News
      • GPF in the News
      • Press Releases
      • 10th Anniversary
    • Grantee Focus
    • Journal of Good (Annual Reports)
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
  • Good News
  • (un)conference 2024
    • About the (un)conference
    • (un)conference Podcasts
    • (un)conference Press/Media
    • A Gathering of Good People
    • Photo Album
You are here: Home / Archives for Executive Director Message

Executive Director Message

Homeward Bound, and Changed

March 12, 2024 by Andrea Good

In a few hours, Julie and I will board a plane in Israel and head home. Our 15 days here have been enlightening and enriching as always, but also highly emotionally charged.

To say that we were welcomed with open arms would be an understatement. Our very presence was a balm to our grantees, who have been overwhelmed with so much sadness, stress, and also conflicting emotions. I think these words from one of our grantees best express it:

“Since you came to visit, I feel I’m shining. Throughout these many months of war, I had only brief moments of synchronization in my life. Our meeting, with all that’s happening, reminded me how things have a reason, how solutions come at the right time, how good people are important, and how much hope there actually still is.”

It has been an honor and a privilege to be here on behalf of all of you, to connect with our grantees and to help make the shining and hope possible and tangible.

On Sunday, as our trip was winding down, we invited three of our Good People here to sit with us for a live webcast. As we sat and talked in Tel Aviv with Avraham Hayon of S.A.H.I., Shlomit Somech-Lehmann of Al-Baqour, and Yael Noy of Road to Recovery, we were moved by their expressions of fortitude, creativity and passion upholding and advancing hope at a time of great challenge. They are representative of all of our Good People in Israel who are doubling down on their missions to uplift their communities and strengthen the broader civil society.

If you missed it, you can click here — or scroll down — to watch our one-hour conversation, one that has already generated so many warm and positive responses from our online audience. It is at once raw and heartwarming, and underscores the realities here in Israel and the embrace of our Good People Fund family.

You will be hearing more of our observations and takeaways soon, once I’m back home and settled. In the meantime, please know how thankful I am for your friendship and support of our work together.

Filed Under: Executive Director Message

New look…new colors…but, still lots of good news

May 24, 2018 by Andrea Good

As we celebrate our 10th anniversary year,  we are designing dynamic new channels through which we can share some of the highlights of all of the good your ongoing support makes possible. Ideally, each of you would be able to be at my side each day and watch as we use your dollars and our creativity to improve lives in the US, Israel, and elsewhere around the world. Until that is practical, we hope our monthly Good News e-newsletter will remind you of the good work you make possible.

We also hope that the news we share here will be an antidote to the headlines we all read each morning.  It is very important to me that you — vital members of the GPF community — know about the impact you help to drive and the issues you help to advance. Please let us know your thoughts — we would love to hear from you.

Filed Under: Executive Director Message

Primary Sidebar

Footer

Candid Gold Transparency Award Charity Navigator Four-Star Rating
Safety. Respect. Equity. — SRE Network Affiliate

Get Inspired

Get uplifting stories of how ordinary people are changing the world in extraordinary ways. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter.

Subscribe

Recent Updates

  • Detroit Phoenix Center: Providing Critical Resources June 4, 2024
  • NOLA Children’s Hospital A Fitting End June 4, 2024
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2025 The Good People Fund, Inc. | All Right Reserved | Website by DoSiDo Design and Insight Dezign 26-1887249

Get Inspired
Just add your name and email address and you are on the way to reading Good People’s stories that will inspire you!
Educators Newsletter

Join our Educators News list for updates on to receive updates on our programs and curricula:

Want more good news?

Sign up here for our newsletter!

Good News

The Good People FundLogo Header Menu
  • About
    • Mission
    • Vision
    • Professional Leadership
    • Board of Trustees
    • Financial Information
    • Privacy Policy
    • FAQ’s
    • Contact Us
  • Our Grantees
    • By Program Focus
    • By Location
    • By Organization
    • Alumni Grantees
    • In Their Words: The Pandemic
  • How to Help
    • Donate Now
    • Send an E-Card for Purim
    • October 7 and After
    • Acknowledgement Cards
    • Planned Giving
    • Charitable Solicitation Disclosure Statement
  • Learning
    • Good People Learn
    • Our Educational Philosophy
    • For Jewish Educators
      • Our Good Service Model
      • Grab ‘n’ Go Lessons
      • GPF Core Curriculum
      • B’nai Mitzvah Service Projects
      • Archival Materials
      • Ziv Tzedakah Curriculum
    • For Students
      • Tips for Good Service Projects
      • Other Resources
  • Media
    • Newsroom
      • Grantees in the News
      • GPF in the News
      • Press Releases
      • 10th Anniversary
    • Grantee Focus
    • Journal of Good (Annual Reports)
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
  • Good News
  • (un)conference 2024
    • About the (un)conference
    • (un)conference Podcasts
    • (un)conference Press/Media
    • A Gathering of Good People
    • Photo Album