Mazel Tov to the members of The Jewish Fund Teen Board 2015-2016, a diverse group of Jewish teens who have deepened their engagement within our community through learning of communal needs and responding through philanthropic grantmaking. Jared Arbit 10th Grade, West Bloomfield High School Brett Gonte 11th Grade, Frankel Jewish Academy Ethan Neuvirth 10th Grade, Bloomfield Hills High School Dara Bellinson 11th Grade, Bloomfield Hills High School Daniel Grosinger 11th Grade, Cranbrook-Kingswood Upper School Jayden Raitt 10th Grade, Bloomfield Hills High School Special thanks go to our 2015-2016 Leadership Committee for their dedication and hard work in facilitating board meetings and site visits. Alana Blumenstein 10th Grade, Detroit Country Day School Blake Israel 10th Grade, Detroit Country Day School Skylar Raitt 10th Grade, Bloomfield Hills High School Cooper Bellinson 12th Grade, Bloomfield Hills High School Josh Chapnick 10th Grade, Seaholm High School Carly Klein 11th Grade, Frankel Jewish Academy Ben Rashty 11th Grade, Frankel Jewish Academy Nick Bellinson 11th Grade, Bloomfield Hills High School Margo Dickstein 11th Grade, North Farmington High School Ruby Kolendar 10th Grade, Birmingham Groves High School Gabe Schlussel 10th Grade, Berkley High School Cooper Brovenick 12th Grade, Walled Lake Central High School Talya Dovas 11th Grade, Berkley High School Josh Kornblum 11th Grade, Akiva Hebrew Day School Paul Schmitz 11th Grade, Frankel Jewish Academy Samuel Gendelman 12th Grade, The Roeper School Rebecca Driker-Ohren 10th Grade, International Academy Sidrah Kovan 11th Grade, Frankel Jewish Academy Adi Siegmann 10th Grade, Bloomfield Hills High School Livvy Gordon 11th Grade, Cranbrook-Kingswood Upper School Alec Eisenshtadt 11th Grade, Cranbrook-Kingswood Upper School Rachel Krasner 11th Grade, Cranbrook-Kingswood Upper School Caitlin Simpson 10th Grade, Rochester Adams High School Avi Greenbaum 12th Grade, Akiva Hebrew Day School Maddie Fink 11th Grade, Cranbrook-Kingswood Upper School Chava Levi 11th Grade, Frankel Jewish Academy George Victor 10th Grade, Frankel Jewish Academy Emily Levin 12th Grade, Birmingham Groves High School Max Levine 11th Grade, Bloomfield Hills High School Lucie Rosenthal 12th Grade, Berkley High School Dani Silverman 11th Grade, Frankel Jewish Academy 2015-2016 Mission: We are the Jewish Fund Teen Board, a group of motivated teens working together to address community needs through our grantmaking. Through partnerships with Metro Detroit nonprofit organizations, we will fund projects with the following priorities: đƫ+ƫ/1,,+.0ƫ%* %2% 1(/ƫ* ƫ")%(%!/ƫ0$0ƫ$2!ƫ!4,!.%!*! ƫ +)!/0%ƫ2%+(!*!Čƫ* ĥ+.ƫ0+ƫ%*.!/! awareness of the incidence of intimate partner violence in our community. đƫ+ƫ"+/0!.ƫƫ$!(0$5ƫ+))1*%05ƫ0$.+1#$ƫ/1,,+.0ƫ+"ƫ0$+/!ƫ/!!'%*#ƫ0+ƫ%),.+2!ƫ0$!%.ƫ)!*0(ƫ$!(0$Čƫ/ƫ3!((ƫ/ƫ+))1*%05ƫ! 10%+*ƫ+*ƫ0$%/ƫ0+,%ċ Grants Awarded: Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House Teen Depression Educational Series Haven, Inc. Building a Future Without Violence Kadima Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Recognizing & Responding to Mental Health Crises in Youth & Young Adults Mental Wellness Workshops For more information on the work of The Jewish Fund Teen Board, or to apply for a 2016-2017 Board position, please visit www.thejewishfund.org/teenboard. Application deadline is May 31, 2016. The Teen Board is a project of The Jewish Fund. The Jewish Fund was established in 1997 from the sale proceeds of Sinai Hospital to the Detroit Medical Center. Sinai Hospital was a Jewish community funded facility that grew into one of metropolitan Detroit’s top health care institutions. As a legacy of Sinai Hospital, The Jewish Fund continues the tradition of assuring quality and compassionate care for those in need in Metropolitan Detroit. 32 May 26 • 2016 The Jewish Fund Teen Board is proud to be a part of the Foundation Board Incubator, a project of the Jewish Teen Funders Network, which is generously funded by Laura Lauder and the Maimonides Fund.