Shalom Naples families!

By Jessica Zimmerman, Associate Regional Dir., North Florida Region

BBYO is actively moving into inperson programming. In October,

Mishpacha BBG and Negev AZA met for a board meeting at Temple Shalom, immediately following the first day of Religious School. A special thank you to Temple Shalom for allowing us to use their beautiful garden for our programming. The girls went on to host a virtual “Top Ten’s List” program open to all girls on October 18. The boys hosted a successfulin-person, socially distanced Mini Golf event on October 25! Both the BBGs and the Alephs want to continue welcoming prospective teens to join their brother and sisterhood in Naples. Come be a part of something very special!

As a part of North Florida Region BBYO, Naples teens are invited to participate in NFR’s first official virtual convention of the year, the weekend of Nov. 13-14. Convention will include a fully teen-led weekend, complete with a Friday night opening ceremony, candle lighting, services, onegs, amazing teenled programming (I can’t spoil the fun), in-person chapter competitions, havdalah, exclusive international celebrity moments, and more. Do not miss this opportunity!

Conventions are open only to BBYO members. To register for BBYO membership, visit bit.ly/memberbbyo. Membership lasts through 12th-grade graduation, so it is never too early to join.

Naples BBYO’s next event, Bob Ross Painting Party, will be on Sunday, Nov. 29, at 2 p.m. Location to be determined. If you’d like additional information about future in-person and virtual events, please connect directly with me, the staff in Naples.

Brand new this year, BBYO is offering Israel Vouchers that will reduce the price by $3,000 to all Israel-related BBYO travel for 2021! That’s right, $3,000 to use toward any Israel-related travel program. This opportunity is available by application only to BBYO members and offered to teenagers in grades 9-12. To learn more, visit bbyopassport.org.

To contact Jess Zimmerman, Associate Regional Director, North Florida Region, email jesszimmerman@bbyo.org or call and/or text 941-677-3018. We hope to see you soon! Stay safe, from your friends at Naples BBYO.

P.S. We are actively searching for volunteer chapter advisors in Naples. The position requires about 8 to 10 hours a month and the benefits are far too many to list. With interest, visit https://bbyo. org/get-involved/become-an-advisor.