A freshman at S. Diego State University when she died, Poliakoff was one of the Friendship Circle's first volunteers, as well as its most-vocal. She gave the keynote address at its appreciation dinner two years ago.
Walk Honors Memory of Friendship Circle Volunteer
S. DIEGO, CA — For its first-ever fundraising walk, the Friendship Circle of S. Diego, a Chabad-Lubavitch program that pairs teenagers with children with special needs, is dedicating the project to the memory of local community member Jenny Poliakoff, who passed away last year. The event has been named Jenny’s Walk.
A freshman at S. Diego State University when she died, Poliakoff was one of the Friendship Circle’s first volunteers, as well as its most-vocal. She gave the keynote address at its appreciation dinner two years ago.
“We’re expecting about 1,500 people for the walk,” said Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Poway, which operates the Friendship Circle. “It is a fitting way to remember Poliakoff, who did so much for children with special needs.”
“When I entered the program, I knew that I’d be helping and teaching lots of children,” she said in 2006. “What I didn’t know is how much they’d be teaching me.”
