2007 Foundation’s Legacy Award:
Service to the Jewish community
Last year, for the first time, our Board of Trustees choose to honor a member of our community in recognition of their long-time advocacy and service to our Jewish community. At that time, we titled it the “Unsung Hero” award and Michael Moss was our first worthy honoree. Now we are renaming the honor to the “Legacy Award” and we are pleased to announce this year’s winner is Sheldon J. Kruth.

Sheldon was a founding member of our Foundation board. He served as our founding Secretary/Treasurer and worked pro-bono to get our Foundation established. Although his term of office as a member of our Board of Trustees ended 2 years ago, he remains a wonderful advocate for the Foundation.

When asked about the Foundation, he stated,“I supported the founding of the Foundation because I encourage: family philanthropy; sound estate and gift tax planning during one’s lifetime; the ability to have influence over the use of a family’s charitable assets; the ability to pass the responsibilities and values of family giving on to the next generation. I believe in the Foundation’s ability to monitor and administer assets by continually cultivating responsible leaders and the likelihood that the Foundation can endure in our community for generations.”

Sheldon Kruth is a partner in the accounting firm Kruth, Stein, Squadrito, Liberman & Silverman. He has served on many boards of our local Jewish organizations including the Federation and Jewish Family Service. He is a past president of the Jewish Community Center, and served as chair of the Holocaust Education & Research Center and campaign co-chair of the JCC’s Sport & Fitness Center.

Sheldon lives with his wife Karen in Fayetteville. They have 2 children and 1 grandchild.