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DEVELOPMENT NEWS AMIT Mitzvah Program for members … and AMIT professionals too! Tova Ben-Ami
This past April, Tova Ben-Ami of Woodmere, New York, celebrated her Bat Mitzvah at AMIT Frisch Beit Hayeled in Jerusalem along with her Bat Mitzvah Twin, Rachel. To celebrate the Twinning, the Ben-Ami family joined students from AMIT Frisch Beit Hayeled in a special art project decorating door placards. The Ben-Ami family gave Rachel a gold necklace in honor of her Bat Mitzvah. Tova’s grandmother, Jane Blinder, a lifetime member of AMIT, presented Rachel’s mishpachton with a digital camera in honor of Tova’s Bat Mitzvah. “Meeting Rachel and her family was very inspiring and doing the project with the whole group was a lot of fun. Both the kids and the adults enjoyed and were moved by the experience,” said Tova’s mother, Pesha Ben-Ami.
Sasha Astrof
Sasha Astrof, a sixth grade student at the Maimonides School in Los Angeles, participated in the AMIT Mitzvah Program for her Bat Mitzvah chesed project. “I’m so blessed to have the opportunity to celebrate my Bat Mitzvah with all my family and friends, but I know there are a lot of girls who aren’t so fortunate,” Sasha commented. Sasha raised money through her Bat Mitzvah Twinning webpage on the AMIT website. The donations helped fund the Bat Mitzvah party of an AMIT student in Israel who otherwise would not have been able to celebrate this important and meaningful day.
Talia Gill
This past February, Talia Gill and her classmates in the sixth grade class at the Maimonides School, in Los Angeles, gathered at the Gill home to prepare 100 Marvelous Mishloach Manot Baskets while enjoying a pizza party. Proceeds from the sale of the baskets went towards the Bat Mitzvah of Talia’s AMIT Mitzvah Program “Twin,” Mae, a resident at AMIT Frisch Beit Hayeled. Larry and Andrea Gill, Talia’s parents, generously matched the amount raised through the sale of the baskets. The Purim baskets were in such high demand that they sold out within one week. Since the baskets were so popular, the excess of the amount raised for Mae went towards supporting the summer camp at Beit Hayeled. 26 :: Summer 2013 :: AMIT MAGAZINE
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