By all accounts, this Saturday night will be a long one. That's when the Meer Family Friendship Center in West Bloomfield, Mich., will operate overtime to accommodate a group of teenage girls who will stay up chatting, noshing, playing and singing in its animated large rooms.
Friendship Circle Shines Spotlight on Volunteers in Events Nationwide
By all accounts, this Saturday night will be a long one. That’s when the Meer Family Friendship Center in West Bloomfield, Mich., will operate overtime to accommodate a group of teenage girls who will stay up chatting, noshing, playing and singing in its animated large rooms.
Dubbed Wake-a-Thon 2008, the giant sleepover is the culmination of a fundraising drive that will benefit the founding chapter of the Friendship Circle, a community volunteer network that pairs teenagers with children with special needs.
According to organizers, the idea for the event – the first of its kind for the organization that has spawned some 65 branches at Chabad-Lubavitch centers across the United States, Canada and Australia – came from Friendship Circle volunteers who set out to devise a program that would foster a stronger sense of attachment to the group.
The girls set out to solicit pledges from family, friends, teachers and practically anyone they could get a hold of on behalf of the organization. One volunteer managed to get her former competition dance team to put up its annual charity collection.
An old Bais Rivkah student
Keep up the great work Mrs. Shemtov- you are inspiring! Moshiach Now!