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Friendship Circle Celebrates Extraordinary Year

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The Friendship Circle marked another successful year by celebrating with their volunteers. More than two hundred packed into the Jewish Children’s Museum on Tuesday, May 26 for desserts and entertainment. The evening, aptly titled Light the World, celebrated the year long efforts of the dedicated Friendship Circle volunteers. Awards and thanks were aplenty, as were delicious desserts.

Volunteers in this organization give of their free time to assist children with special needs. Their dedication affects the lives of hundreds of children and truly does light up the world. It was therefore fitting for the volunteers to enjoy an evening for themselves after a year of tireless work.

The event was highlighted by a spectacular concert by Rivkah Krinsky. Volunteers had a wonderful time singing, dancing and clapping along, as she enthralled the crowd with her musical talents. “It was an amazing night,” said Chana, a volunteer, “We all had so much fun together; it was a great way to end a great year.”

The directors of the Friendship Circle showed their tremendous appreciation to all the volunteers, and particularly to the volunteer presidents who showed incredible dedication throughout the entire year. Hindy Yarmak, Chaish New and Rish Gopin of Beis Rivkah and Shaina Frimerman and Esta Rimler of Bnos Menachem ensured that this past year’s programs ran smoothly and efficiently.

The volunteers were then introduced to next year’s presidents: Sara Mochkin, Mushka Green and Zeldy Minkowitz of Beis Rivkah and Chanky Friedman and Shaina Frimerman of Bnos Menachem

Yocheved Eber was presented with the prestigious Volunteer of the Year award, in tribute to her devotion to the Friendship Circle children.

While the Friendship Circle celebrated the success of a year passed, they looked forward to the year ahead. G-d willing, they look to improve on their programs and services, and with the help of their incredible volunteers, will no doubt achieve even greater success.

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45 Comments

  • fun fun

    first of all there is an anerexic arm in middle of nowhere that should be taken out.
    second off – go bracha k and mushkie s!!

  • CHT

    You are the best of the best, your future Hasonim don’t even have idea how lucky they are.

  • got ch.info got smart!

    if you notice the way the girls are reacting to the photos are diff then in the past since beforhand girls felt uncomfertable to pose for a random guy to snap pix.It was a smart move to get a girl to take these shots!BTW the sweaters are purple and not a funny blue that it came up in the photos as

  • a girl that likes your burlington skirt

    esta you made front page yet again!lol!good luck with finals!

  • cousineineklach jk uyour number one cuz

    GOOOO…
    MUKI SHEMTOV WOOOHHHOOOOO!!
    :)

  • doesn-r make sense

    with all the talk of tznius lately how do these pictures fit in??

  • כל הכב

    go RL!
    and to that comment abt tznius, whats not tznius? i am actually impressed by their tznius.
    and lastly, y do they do this in the summer? i pity the girls having to wear heavy sweaters in sweltering heat… לאל

  • Montgomery ST Cousins...

    Ya Chayale,
    Your smile and the ice cream, what a combination,,

  • GREAT JOB TO CHAYA HURWITZ AND CHANA B

    GO CHAYA HURWITZ AND CHANA B!!
    YOU GUYS MADE IT ON THE FRONT PIC!
    LOOKING GREAT!
    DOING A AWESOME JOB!!!!!!

  • esther

    when i graduated BR in 1980,my class opted not to have a year book for fear our photos would be seen by classmates brothers.you can make up whatever excuses you want for why it’s ok for teenage girls to pose for photos(some more aidel then others)which will be seen by many bochrim and men.if you feel i’m being over sensitive,just realize it’s this type of hairgush that kept us away from the multitude of problems we now have.

  • HERE-S YOUR ANSWER

    what’s not tznius??? is displaying girls and women before bochurim and men.

    There is not ONE Rov who will say this is appropriate for a chassidishe site.

    would you ever expect pictures like this in the Kfar chabad magazine??

    Would anyone in their right mind present a community magazine with pictures of this sort before the REbbe???

    This site like all Chabad sites is a internet magazine and we should have higher standards and reckognize the place of women is in modesty not flagrant display.

  • to kol hakavod

    did u go to rabbi ganz’s shier? he said no sweaters with words on them. it’s not tznius

  • beutiful centerpeices

    The boxes with the pictures on them add so much to the center peices! Great job!

  • to --to kol hakavod--

    i thought rabbi ganz is only for men. now i understand whats not tznius, maybe CH.info can next time do something like post a link to the pics so not EVERYONE (eg from the opposite gender) have to see them
    btw i dont hear rabbi ganz because he speaks to men im a girl
    and whats bad with writing on sweaters? im honestly curious

    and those brothers usually can see the yearbooks ONLY if the sisters allow. the sisters can ban it.

  • rishe gowen

    GOOOO RISHE GOPIIIINNNNN!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):)
    best person in the worlllddd
    come to australia to be shlucha you would do such a good job.
    and then we can play all day