September/October/November 2012 - Congregation Mishkan Tefila
September/October/November 2012 - Congregation Mishkan Tefila
September/October/November 2012 - Congregation Mishkan Tefila
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YOUTH NEWS<br />
CMT has four different youth groups to allow our<br />
children to get involved in social, community service<br />
and religious activities. Our youngest children, in grades<br />
2 and 3, are part of the pre-USY youth group called<br />
Hanoar (loosely translated as ‘the youth’). Children<br />
in grades 4 and 5 are part of the Kadima group; preteens<br />
in grades 6, 7 and 8 are Jr. USYers and teens in<br />
grades 9 – 12 are Sr. USYers. This year’s calendar will<br />
include chapter programs, programs with children<br />
from neighboring conservative synagogues and regional<br />
events. We will keep you posted on upcoming events!<br />
In terms of community service, CMT kids will work<br />
this year to combat hunger…..and they will make a<br />
real difference! Our theme will be HUNGER IS NO<br />
GAME and there are several ways that our children will<br />
participate:<br />
• CMT Sr. USYers will lead the way with a new<br />
initiative for Family Table called Teens Deliver.<br />
Family Table co-chairs will stock our food<br />
pantry and <strong>Mishkan</strong> <strong>Tefila</strong> teens will pack our<br />
boxes of cereal and cans of soup and deliver<br />
these items to the food pantry once Sunday<br />
each month.<br />
• CMT teens and pre-teens will also be<br />
encouraged to take a food stamp challenge.<br />
They will participate in a program that helps<br />
them to understand what it’s like to purchase<br />
food on a food stamp program and to have<br />
limited means and choices.<br />
• Our younger children will participate in an<br />
“empty bowls banquet” where we will create<br />
and design bowls and then donate the utensils<br />
and foods to fill them to families in need.<br />
• Our children’s community service activities<br />
will culminate in early May as they take part in<br />
Boston’s Walk for Hunger.<br />
Join me in helping to shape a generation of kids<br />
that understand that they need to be part of their<br />
communities and that they need to give back to their<br />
communities!<br />
Wendy Handler,<br />
Director of Youth and Family Programs<br />
Our youth programs are supported, in part, through the generosity of the<br />
Fagelman Youth Program Enrichment Fund in memory of Sidney Fagelman.<br />
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CONGREGATION<br />
MISHKAN TEFILA<br />
CONGREGATION MISHKAN TEFILA <strong>September</strong> - <strong>November</strong> 5772/<strong>2012</strong>
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