The Message, Volume 9, Number 6, November 1981 Page: 4 of 4
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TO PARENTS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
YOUTH ACTIVITIES UPDATE
TNT-SOS-VIP
Sunday, November 8 at 9:30 a.m.
CENTER FOR EARLY ADOLESCENCE
Attention Parents Attention Parents
Announcing Informative Meeting
with
Rabbi David Soloff
Director of Camp Ramah in Wisconsin
Tuesday, December 1, 1981 at Beth Yeshurun
Come learn about RAMAH
Camp Ramah for eligible students is an investment in their
future. Camp Ramah is Jewish Living and Jewish Learning
that lasts a lifetime. Think about Camp Ramah for your chil-
dren entering grades 6 through 11 - for the summer of 1982.
Fran Falk, Parent Coordinator, Youth Activities Committee.
Details from Michael Korman,
Educational Director, 666-1884.
- DO NOT BE LEFT OUT -
As in the past, we want to maintain contact with our
college students while they are away at school. If you have not
already done so, please complete the special form below and
return to: Rabbi Jack Segal,, P. 0. Box 35067, Houston,
Texas 77035.
We want our college students to be contacted. Please
cooperate with us.
COLLEGE STUDENTS ADDRESS 1981-82
Student’s Name ________
College__________________
Student’s College Address
______________________________Zip
If there is more than one college student in your home,
please attach the information on an additional sheet of paper.
BE CERTAIN TO INCLUDE ZIP CODE NUMBER.
Reciting the Birkat Todah in honor of their Simchah:
PARENTS CHILD
Simon Wiederman Stephanie Wiederman
Sandra Engebretson
Service, Torah Talk, Bagels & Lox Breakfast
Rabbi Segal’s Torah Talk: “The Introductory
Blessings — Thankful to be a Jew.”
Bring the Entire Family
Children - Parents - Grandparents
Sit together at the service - Enjoy breakfast together
Sing loudly and enjoy the service.
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A major goal of the Youth Ac- I
tivities Department is to enrich the ▼ •
social and educational components of
our Jewish children’s lives. But
how does one go about evaluating
how successful these efforts have
been? Numbers tell part of the story.
The three KADIMA groups have
over 80 children involved. Beth
Yeshurun’s Brownie Troop Aleph,
headed by Helene Gould and Iris
KADIMA members during
a recent activity.
Caplovitz, has 15 girls; Brownie Troop Bet, headed by Wendy
Turk, Robin Fleschler and Marsha Laviage, has 14 girls. Under
the leadership of Cub Scout Master L. C. St.Andry and den
leaders Larry Smith and Guy and Cheryl Schwartz, the Cub
Scout chapter has grown to 30 members. USY has attracted 16
members so far this year.
The fact is that something very good is happening here. Kids
are beginning to ask their advisor in each group, “What are we
going to do next time?” If we briefly scan the events of the several
months, we will see just how busy a time this has been for the
Youth Activities Department.
HEVRAH USY has been host to the USY on Wheels pro-
gram, wherein USY members hosted 50 teenagers during the
week of August 2nd, 1981. USY advisor Melanie Stephenson,
with the help of USY members, planned, organized and executed
a unique variety of activities for the group during their visit
in Houston.
KADIMA, whose advisors include Becki Silverman, Joan
Gershman and Melanie Stephenson, has been very busy. After
getting organized, the KADIMA kids enjoyed a skit put on by
KADIMA staff, and enthusiastically learned Jewish dance from
Rachel Rozycki. On October 4th, 1981, KADIMA sponsored a
Sukkah building workshop for its members. The KADIMAnikim
were exposed to techniques and methods of creativity, decora-
tion and coloring.
The Brownies have presented a series of stimulating and
exciting programs, with the aim of helping the girls to become
self-realized, concerned, and committed individuals. With
essentially the same objectives, the Cub Scouts and Brownies
have gone about organizing themselves into effective and ex-
citing vehicles for rounding out the Jewish life of their members,
so that for the kids, being Jewish means not only Jewish educa-
tion and interest, it also means having fun with one’s friends
in a Jewish context.
In addition to all this, the Youth Activities Department has
sponsored the Etrog and Lulav sale, miniature Sukkah contest,
and the Renaissance Festival trip. In short, it has been a very
busy time for our youth and their department.
The Youth Activities Department has recently participated
in a nation-wide research project, “Early Adolescence and Re-
ligion - Serving Families and Communities." “The project is sup-
ported by the Center for Early Adolescence at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,” said Shelly Middleman, youth
Activities Committee Chairman. “The Center for Early Ado-
lescence assists professionals who need more information about
the young adolescents they serve.”
Before the Center opened in 1978, professionals searched
haphazardly for training and information about 10- to 15-year-
olds. Frequently these searches were unsuccessful. Six regional
conferences were held to focus on how young adolescents could
be better served. One theme emerged - the need for a central
place to call for training, information, and technical assistance-
one place whose sole mission is to help people who work with the
age group. The Center was founded to answer this need.
In conclusion, Shelly said, “The Center for Early Adolescence
is dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of agencies and pro-
fessionals who work with young adolescents as they experience a
time of great physical, social, and emotional growth. Through
information dissemination, networking, and constituency-
building, the Center encourages policy-setters and practitioners
to expand young adolescents’ opportunities for positive growth
and responsible social involvement.”
For more information, please call Boaz Hodes, Youth Ac-
tivities Director at 666-1884.
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