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| Issue 1 • Sunday, April 06, 2008 • ר"ח ניסן תשס"ח |
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Dear Volunteer 'שי:
In this month we celebrate Pesach, the Holiday during which we left Egypt, a place of hardship and slavery. However, Pesach is not just a commemoration of events of the past, in modern times too, we celebrate a Holiday focused on overcoming our own personal limitations. We too are slaves. We enslave ourselves through our fears, discomforts, habits, doubts, and prejudices. Our "pharaohs", or layers of ego, control who we are, limit our progress and prevent us from expressing our true selves. Then, "we were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt" now, "we are slaves to our egos, stuck in our personal limitations." Pesach, the "Holiday of Freedom", is our opportunity to go beyond our "comfort zone", to push back our limits, to break out of our personal slavery, and become free. This makes us more genuine individuals, more dynamic people...and better volunteers!
As Friendship Circle volunteers, we pride ourselves in our ability to look beyond the external limitations of others and see them for who they really are. Now we must work to do the same for ourselves, so that we can take this "Message of Pesach" to others still restricted by their own self-interest, routine, and indifference and "Make the WORLD a Friendship Circle".
Wishing you a Happy Pesach and much success!
FC International Leadership Team
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Volunteer Recruitment Tips
Many high school students are interested in contributing to a community service project, whether it's for college credits, personal growth, or just the opportunity to give back. A lot of students however, are unsuccessful at finding a cause they are passionate about because they are unaware of the possibilities.
By appealing to the student body at your school, Continue...
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F@H Tips
Springtime brings great weather, here are some great ideas for you and your special friend!
• Try having a picnic where you can:
Decorate cupcakes with colored frosting.
Talk about mixing colors and what
happens.
• Make your own soap for bubble
blowing, then blow bubbles!
• Get a magnifying glass and look
at plants and bugs.
• Take a walk and enjoy the change of
setting.
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Meet Our New Board
Dena Berlin
"Once I started, I was hooked!" says Dena, a sophomore at Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield, Michigan. A Friendship Circle volunteer for over four years, Dena first got started when she heard about FC from her friends. Other than Friendship Circle, Dena enjoys wakeboarding, all types of sports, and hanging out with friends.
Dani Rosen
Dani, a junior at Weston High School in Connecticut, has been eagerly volunteering for Friendship Circle for nearly two years since finding out about, "the amazing things that Friendship Circle does" through a friend. Aside from participating in Friendship Circle, Dani is a member of her school's swim team and works as an editor for the Weston High School yearbook.
Emma Singer
Hailing from Miami, FL, Emma, a freshman at Coral Reef Senior High School, loves to read, play guitar, and sing (even though she claims she sounds awful. ;-) ) She became interested in Friendship Circle after the FC coordinator in her area visited her youth group several years ago. Since then she's become a president of her local branch.
Gila Akselrad
Dancing, Cooking, & Graphic Design are just some of the ways that Gila, a sophomore at the Solomon Schechter Day School in West Orange, New Jersey keeps herself busy; aside from Friendship Circle of course! Asked by a friend to start volunteering with her, back in 2006, Gila hopes to continue this chain by working to get other kids involved with Friendship Circle.
Morlie Agor
Sixteen, and a Junior at the Moshe Aaron Yeshiva High School in Central Jersey, Morlie enjoys photography, concerts,and traveling. She has been a Friendship Circle Volunteer for six years, since 2003! Morlie is very active in her Friendship Circle and in her community in general.
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