J-Teen Leadership comes together for a Day of Health and Wellness!

Over 100 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 17. J-SERVE 2016 is the Jewish service component of the Global Youth Service Day of Youth Service America.

On Sunday, April 17 2016, the 2016 Westchester J-SERVE project: Teens for “Wealth of Health” project will take place from 1pm – 3pm at the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Microsociety School in Yonkers. A teen planning committee of fourteen teens from across Westchester from 7 area high schools has worked together since January to plan an afternoon of interactive fun for elementary school students and their families through activities promoting healthy, happy and nutritious households.

The teens are collecting books to be given away as part of the afternoon of fun. Youth groups from across Westchester have joined in the effort and are sponsoring booths at the WEALTH OF HEALTH – Carnival.

This is the eleventh year that Jewish teens in Westchester will turn out in force for J- SERVE in an effort to encourage community building and connections across religious and societal lines. 2016 Westchester J-SERVE is sponsored by J-Teen Leadership, a community service leadership program under the auspices of the Westchester Jewish Council.

J-Teen Leadership is dedicated to empowering and inspiring teens so they can start contributing to their community and the world-today. J-Teen Leadership provides a platform for teens to develop a collective voice, address issues confronting society, connect to one another, and be change agents in repairing the world. J-Teen Leadership programming is teen-led, meaningful and fun. J-Teen Leadership received funding from UJA-Federation of New York.

The JCY-Westchester Community Partners’ mission is to strengthen a sense of community, enhance our children’s education, encourage volunteerism and bring generations together, all within the framework of Jewish values. They continue their commitment to serve and represent the Jewish Community in Yonkers. JCY- Westchester Community Partners is Westchester’s leader in intergenerational volunteer programming. They sponsor literacy and education programs.

WHAT: 2016 WESTCHESTER J-SERVE: Teens for Healthy Living “Wealth of Health!” Interactive healthy living carnival with games, projects and book give- aways. On-site interviews and photo opportunities.

WHEN: Sunday, April 17, 2016
WHERE: EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS MICRSOCIETY SCHOOL, 75 Morris Street,Yonkers.

TIME: 1PM – 3PM (set up starts at 11:45AM)

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please contact Aviva Perlman, J-SERVE Coordinator, J- Teen Leadership Coach and Program Director, J-Teen Leadership, 914-328-8788 or aviva@jteenleadership.org

Ethan Afran, J-Teen Leadership, J-SERVE Co-Chair: “It is important for people to come together in an atmosphere that is fun and inviting in order to promote the importance of healthy living. We are creating a festive and relaxed environment in order to connect in small caring groups.”

J-SERVE CO-CHAIRS: Ethan Afran, 10th Grade, Scarsdale High School and Jordyn Glantz, 11th Grade, Horace Greeley High School

PARTNER GROUPS: BBYO, JCY-Westchester Community Partners, Eugenio Maria De Hostos MicroSociety School

SUPPORTERS: Areyvut, Bet Torah, Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, The First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill, JCC- Harrison, The Jewish Education Project, Keshet, Mosaic of Westchester, Solomon Schechter of Westchester, Westchester Reform Temple, Westchester Schlichim