Calling all Jewish high-schoolers!

LOOKING FOR CHANGE-MAKERS, WORLD-BUILDERS, TIKKUN OLAM TRENDSETTERS, LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS

SAMUEL M GOLDSTON TEEN PHILANTHROPY PROJECT

• The Samuel M. Goldston Teen Philanthropy Project is a program for 9th-12th graders, focused on philanthropy, social justice, and volunteerism intheory and practice. Together, a cohort of approximately twenty teens ill explore philanthropy and social justice as Jewish concepts under the umbrella of tikkun olam—world repair. Together they will:
  participate in monthly Sunday-afternoon workshops
• attend one overnight retreat
• aidentify problems in their community/communities
• engage with local non-profits to learn about non-profit management and development
• contribute, allocate, and fundraise for local non-profits
• learn how philanthropy and social justice are important Jewishvalues
• meet, learn, and interact with their peers
• learn how to be a leader in their communities

Tentative Schedule of Events, 2021-2022

Sunday, 10/3 2-5pm
Saturday, 10/23 7.30-9pm
Sunday, 11/21 2-5pm
Sunday, 12/12 2-5pm
Sunday, 1/16 2-5pm
Sunday, 2/13 2-5pm
Saturday, 3/27-Sunday 3/28 7.45pm-2.00pm
April, exact dates TBD J-Serve events
Sunday, 5/1 3-5pm, graduation

There is a $250.00 fee to participate & a $150.00 fundraising commitment. (Financial aid may be available.)

For more information and instructions on how to apply, please email Maria Carson at [email protected] or text/call 630-740-5398.

Goldston – Looking for Change-Makers

Contributions are matched through a generous grant from Edward and Linda Goldston (z’l) in memory of their son, Samuel.