Mazel Tov to the members of The Jewish Fund Teen Board 2016-2017, a diverse group of Jewish teens who have deepened their engagement within our community through learning of communal needs and responding through philanthropic grantmaking. Julia Abramson 10th grade, West Bloomfield High School Emma Jacobson 11th grade, Frankel Jewish Academy Claire Schwartz 10th grade, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School Rebecca Benezra 11th grade, Farber Hebrew Day School Nicole Kahan 11th grade, Frankel Jewish Academy Evie Segal 10th grade, Berkley High School Elana Bittker 10th grade, Birmingham Groves Jared Katzen 10th grade, Walled Lake Northern Ryan Silberg 10th grade, Northville High School Brooke Boardman 11th grade, International Academy Sofia Klein 10th grade , Frankel Jewish Academy Daniel Sternberg 11th grade, Bloomfield Hills High School Hugh Camiener 10th grade, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School Joshua Klein 11th grade, Birmingham Groves Jonah Stone 10th grade, Bloomfield Hills High School Ilan Elrom 11th grade, Frankel Jewish Academy Griffin Kozlow 10th grade, Birmingham Groves Jordyn Taylor 10th grade, North Farmington High School Charles Gertner 11th grade, Oakland Early College Micah Krakoff 11th grade, Frankel Jewish Academy Eliana Tieke 11th grade, Farber Hebrew Day School Kate Gordon 10th grade, Cranbook Kingswood Upper School Sarah Kreitman 11th grade , Detroit Country Day School Rafi Perrault-Victor 10th grade, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School Yara Hyman 11th grade, Farber Hebrew Day School Ellie Rothstein 10th grade, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School Ari Weiss 11th grade, Frankel Jewish Academy Special thanks go to our 2016-2017 Leadership Committee for their dedication and hard work in facilitating board meetings and site visits. Carolyn Cohn 12th grade, Berkley High School Talya Dovas 12th grade, Berkley High School Taylor Golden-Wise 12th grade, Walled Lake Northern Josh Kornblum 12th grade, Farber Hebrew Day School Paul Schmitz 12th grade, Frankel Jewish Academy George Victor 11th grade, Frankel Jewish Academy 2016-2017 Mission: The Jewish Fund Teen Board will strive to address community needs in Metro Detroit affecting youth and families. Our mission is to effect change in the following areas: • Through support of mental health awareness initiatives, individuals in our community will experience improved mental health. • Through projects which provide support and assistance to individuals with special needs and/or their families, participants will experience better quality of life and access to community participation. The Jewish Fund Teen Board is proud to announce that a total of $50,000 in grants has been awarded to the following organizations: Grants Awarded: Common Ground 24 Hour Crisis Line Text/Chat Expansion Friendship Circle UMatter Weeks JARC Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit-Opening the Doors LinkUp – Social Network for Teens & Young Adults with Disabilities School Inclusion Program For more information on the work of The Jewish Fund Teen Board, or to apply for 2017-2018 Board membership, please visit thejewishfund.org/teenboard. Application deadline is June 1, 2017. 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 through its grantmaking. 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. jn May 25 • 2017 23