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MyShliach Recognizes Girl Mentors with Special Event

Amidst all the hustle and bustle during the recent women’s convention, the shluchos weren’t the only ones who were recognized for their outstanding service. MyShliach, a division of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch’s Suite 302, held a special girls’ event of appreciation this Chof Gimel Shevat for all the mentors who dedicate their time and effort to being mashpia on young shluchos around the world.

Mentors received a special gift from MyShliach and enjoyed a decadent hot dairy buffet. And though the meal was delicious, the highlight was when the mentors had the opportunity to meet their young learning partners face to face for the very first time.

“It was truly a beautiful event,” says Rabbi Mendy Schanowitz, director of MyShliach. “What the mentors are doing for these kids is absolutely unbelievable, and by hosting this event for them, we hope they feel how special and valuable they really are.”

Realizing that being a child on shlichus can be very isolating, MyShliach’s chavrusa program was founded in 2008 to pair young shluchim and shluchos, many of whom live in remote locations, with older bochurim and girls as learning partners and sources of inspiration.

“We cannot allow distance to be a deterrent to Chassidishe growth,” explains Rabbi Beryl Frankel, founder of MyShliach and director of Merkos Suite 302. “When learning partners, often never having met in person, get together by phone or skype on a weekly basis, it gives both the mentor and the mentee much chizuk.”

MyShliach’s girls’ coordinator Mrs. Blumie Rosenfeld, once herself a young shlucha in Russia, discussed her intimate understanding of the need for Yiddishe learning when on shlichus. She spoke from personal experience at the event, expressing her happiness that such a program exists, and her pride in being a part of it now.

Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Chairman of MyShliach and Vice Chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, has a special place in his heart for these dedicated volunteers. “It’s crucial that these mentors realize that, by providing a Chassidishe influence for these kids, they are contributing to the future of shlichus,” he relates, “and they are quite literally changing the world.”

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9 Comments

  • decadent?

    who ever wrote this article does not know the definition does not know the meaning of the word decadent.

    decadent:characterized by or appealing to self-indulgence

    when applied to food it is usually used in reference to a rich chocolate and the like. It usually has a more sensual connotation than that.

  • 302 rocks

    Way to go Mendy Schanowitz and Rochel Rosenbloom (does she still run the girls division?)

    this is an amazing program !!!
    it really adds to where the young shluchim need it most !!

    Chazak Vematz

  • to number one

    this article is all about good stuff. my shliach’s volunteers and everyone part of my shliach are all good people. if you wanna comment in negative glasses- i think that very inappropriate. but im not going to judge your doings ( just wanted to voice my opinion!) anyway, go simi hanoka and miriam caytak! keep up all the hard work and effort in making this world ready for moshiach! thank you!