“Shine Bright” was the theme of this years Friendship Circle’s volunteer appreciation event. 200 girls and their proud mothers came together at the JCM on Monday night to salute the work and dedication of the volunteers this year.
Mrs. Chani Majesky, Director of the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn began the night with a heartwarming speech comparing the girls to the stars in the nights sky; dazzling, bright and able to spot from a distance. She told over the story of a man with Cerebral Palsy, wheelchair bound, but pushed by his father for over 1,000 marathons. His dream was to one day be able to push his father.
A short film emphasizing this point had the crowd in tears as they watched how Hudi Klein, a special volunteer and a member of FC, now makes weekly visits to her little friend Rivka, both girls have Downs Syndrome.
Inspiring words were delivered by Mrs. Shuffi Telsner, thanking the mothers for allowing their girls to pay visits to these special children, even if help was needed in their own homes during that time. She described the impact this has on the entire home and family.
Mrs. Libby Chein, a member of the FC Parent Advisory Committee and mother of a volunteer, presented the school presidents with a gift on behalf of all the FC families, thanking them for their tireless contributions to the organization.
A beautiful A Capella choir accompanied a slideshow of pictures from many events that occurred this year.
The highlight of the evening came next – representatives from each program stepped up on stage to introduce the program that they took part in and announced how many hours of volunteering this program had given over the year. Hours given to Winter Camp, Public Holidays, Friends at Home, Sunday Circle, Jewish Holiday Events, Behind the Scenes, Teens & 20s program and others totaled 5754 – that’s 230 days of round the clock volunteering.
The volunteers were then led in a roll call by Moussia Telsner, encouraging them to stand proudly, wave their glow sticks and continue shining bright!
The program ended off with girls receiving sweatshirts in appreciation for all their dedication. An Ipad was raffled off to one lucky winner.
Thank you to Mushki Tenenbaum and Sheina Chincholker for all their help in arranging and assisting with this event and to Mrs. Tzipporah Hahn for the beautiful setup.
You are
AWESOME!!!!!
Esther and Riki… you are incredible examples and we are so proud of you!!! I am certain we will see lots more of you in the future iyh!!
The Rantes:)
you are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Little t:)
the bomb
chanie youre amazing
your chayus your huge smile
the friendship team loves you
Go Shterna Wolf!
Gitty salek!!
Beautiful video recap.. Gorgeous song and a proud community!
Mazel tov, keep up the great work
woohoo!!
great job!!
go bnos menachemers!!
You’r amazing
370 ROX!
omg rivkaposner you are the best!
You continue to make the Rebbe and ur family very proud! Keep up the extraordinary things you do!
May you and your family be blessed with health and happiness
AMAZING!!!!! CONGRATS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS!!!1
Little T!
Miss you.
Mrs. Introlegator
MUSSIA FOGELMAN!!!!
berel & chani Amazing videos keep giving the rebbe nachas chazak vamotz