"But all the other kids are going to Israel!" PARENTS: 595 students have already enrolled in the Israel Incentive Savings Plan. Don't wait another day to sign up your 5th, 6th, or 7th grader for an Israel Experience! QUIT page 20 cost, no matter how painful. My solution: Rather than forcing him to use the boys' locker room, I helped him change in a corner of the ladies' room. Then I led him into the pool myself and spoke with his teacher about his problems and concerns. I stayed to watch his class. And I spoke to the locker room attendant. After class was over, my son agreed to stick with through the six-week course, and I agreed to let him quit once this session was over. Here's some advice on help- ing children not to quit: • Let your child choose and plan his own activities, with your guidance. • Help your child to follow through on plans, showing up on time and feeling comfortable with the activity. • Talk through and help solve any problems that may make your child want to quit • If you\ child still insists he wants to quit an activity, make a plan: Try it for two more weeks. If you still hate it, then you can quit • Don't push on at all costs. If you've given the activity a fair shot and your child is still un- happy, let him quit and try something else. ❑ Food For Thought Each year* that you invest $150 toward your child's's trip to Israel, the Ben Teitel Charitable Trust will contribute an additional $100. Combined, you can save as much as $1,750 toward the Israel trip of your choice! For more information, contact your rabbi, religious school principal or the Agency for Jewish Education at (248) 354-1050. *7-year maximum THE APPLETREE A joint program of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and Agency for Jewish Education 28 3414' b/Jolitan S Allied Jewish Campaign Camper Shalom Pollack, 11, of Beersheva, with executive chef Hans Lelie (sec- ond from left) and Rabbi Yossi Tirneur, both of the Sheraton Hotel in Tel Aviv. Talk about a tasty idea. Volunteers from the Shera- ton Hotel in Tel Aviv staff re- cently prepared a barbecue dinner for 1,000 — including 200 boys and girls who partici- pated in a camp organized by Kay L',Haim (Lifeline), an orga- nization dedicated to helping ill children. Each year Kay L',Haim hosts a camp for children with can- cer, cerebral palsy and other ailments. As part of a recent session, the hotel volunteers came to the camp and pre- pared a five-star dinner of bar- becue chicken and hamburgers, fruit, rolls, salad and juice, much of which was donated by hotel suppliers.