Jewish Teens Come Together for an Afternoon of Mental Health Awareness

WESTCHESTER JEWISH TEENS COME TOGETHER FOR AN AFTERNOON OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS CO-SPONSORED WITH WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES (WJCS)

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Congregation Kol Ami
252 Soundview Ave.
White Plains, NY 10606

Join J-Teen Leadership, BBYO and Westchester Jewish Community Services, the largest provider of outpatient mental health services in Westchester, for a community day of mental health awareness, led by teen volunteers.

Volunteer Experience (For 8-12th graders): 2 - 4:30 pm
8th-12th grade volunteers will explore different facets of mental health and lead activities for families with teens and pre-teens that stomp out stigma, build resilience, and turn us into advocates and supporters.

Register to volunteer at: bit.ly/JSERVE2017 • Registration Fee: $10. Fee includes shirt, programming, snacks.

Community Program Experience (For families with teens and pre-teens): 3 - 4:30 pm
Spend the afternoon with our teen volunteers and build a personal mental wellness toolkit through interactive, hands-on activities; Contribute to advocacy campaigns; and develop skills to recognize and ease pressures of mental health challenges. No registration or fee to participate.

Over 150 Jewish teens from across Westchester County will participate along with 10,000 Jewish teens from across North America, Europe, and Israel in a day of community service and improvement projects as they take part in J-SERVE, the International Day of Jewish Youth Service on April 2, 2017. J-SERVE 2017 is the Jewish service component of the Global Youth Service Day of Youth Service America.

J-SERVE CO-CHAIRS: Matthew Flink, 12th Grade, Scarsdale High School, Ethan Halpern, 11th Grade, White Plains High School, Lily Koenig, 11th Grade, Blind Brook High School, Dina Sokol 11th Grade, Byram Hills High School, Hannah Spitzer, 11th Grade, Scarsdale High School

PARTNER GROUPS: BBYO, Westchester Jewish Community Services

SUPPORTERS: Bet Am Shalom Synagogue, Bet Torah, Beth El Synagogue Center, Carmel Academy, Congregation B'nai Yisrael of Armonk, Congregation Kol Ami, Elm Street Center, JEP, Keshet, Mosaic of Westchester,Moving Traditions, Nami Westchester, Pleasantville Community Synagogue, Project Here.Now, Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El, Solomon Schechter of Westchester, Sulam Yaakov, Temple Shalom Greenwich, Temple Israel Center, White Plains, the harris project, UJA, Westchester County Youth Council, Westchester Day School, Westchester Jewish Center, Westchester Jewish Council, Westchester Reform Temple

For more information: Aviva Perlman, J-SERVE project coordinator, J-Teen Leadership (914) 328-8788 or aviva@jteenleadership.org, Emily Eisen, (314) 401-9077 or eeisen@bbyo.org