Youth Groups
B'nai Israel Federation of Temple Youth - BIFTY
Introducing…B’nai Israel’s Tween Scene
Junior Youth Group
An Invitation for Parents
NFTY - NE
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B'nai Israel Federation of Temple Youth
BIFTY Board 2011-2012
| Co-Presidents |
Molly Blumenthal& Michael Kalmans | |
| Programming Vice President | Mollie Rich | |
| Religious and Cultural Vice Presidents | Hannah Greenhall & Maia Butterfield | |
| Membership Vice President |
Jason Nerreau | |
| Social Action Vice Presidents |
Sydney Foulk | |
| Communications Vice President |
Maddy Lippman | |
| 11th Grade Representatives |
Ari Matz & Alexa Molinoff | |
| 10th Grade Representative | Jeff Elbaum & Jon Burger | |
| 9th Grade Representatives | Josh Madwed, Sam Ferleger, Meredith Nerreau & Elizabeth Maisel |
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Junior Youth Group 5771/2010-2011
Interested in Fostering
Jewish Connections for Your Child?
Come join the Junior Youth Group. We are looking for parents who are enthusiastic and interested in the planning and running of activities for our 5th and 6th grade children. The programming is totally run by parent volunteers through the Junior Youth Group Committee, and we would truly welcome your participation.
For those of you with children new to this Junior Youth Group, its purpose is to foster strong social and religious connections for the 5th and 6th graders with their peers outside of the religious school. In addition, a social action component is included in each program.
We will run approximately 5-6 programs during the upcoming school year. Your children already took a survey during religious school on Oct 21, where they ranked a list of activities. The top choices included laser tag, Lake Compounce, pizza and movie, New Rock City and Coco Key. The Youth Group generally meets on a Saturday night for about two and a half hours. Last year, all of the programs were well-attended, and our hope is to continue to build on its success.
We need to begin putting a calendar together, working out details and planning our first activity. If you are interested in planning and/or chaperoning any of the activities, please call Jeff Madwed at 203-521-1015 or email at jeff.madwed@gmail.com, noting your interest. For those of you interested in planning, we will schedule one night during the week to meet. Please indicate which night works best for you.
In order to be environmentally friendly and to keep costs down, all communications about the Junior Youth Group programs will be sent via email. If notification of the programs via email is not practical for you, please contact Jeff Madwed via phone or email.
For the welfare of everyone and to ensure a comfortable environment for all the Youth Group Committee has decided to adopt a Code of Conduct, a copy of which is enclosed. We are asking that you and your child read and sign the enclosed Code of Conduct and return it to Theresa in the Religious School Office if you think your child might attend any of the programs. The signed Code of Conduct will apply to the entire year. The Code of Conduct will also be available on the B’nai Israel website: www.congregationbnaiisrael.org/coc.pdf
We look forward to your child’s involvement and thank you in advance for your support. If you are interested in joining the Youth Group Committee to help plan the activities or have any questions, please call me at 203-521-1015 or email at jeff.madwed@gmail.com.
L’shalom,
Jeff Madwed
Youth Committee Chairperson
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