Ashkelon Diller teens are Home!

Ashkelon's Diller CSI Teens were in Baltimore just before Passover, to meet their Baltimore partners, learn about The Associated, and volunteer in the community. The visit was one of the highlights of the year-long teen leadership program led in Ashkelon by Noa Nagar-HaLevy and in Baltimore by Leah Berry & Megan Goldsmith. The Ashkelon teens are looking forward to hosting their Baltimore counterparts in Ashkelon this summer. Below, a small taste .....
First stop - Battery Park, New York


Leah, Noa & Megan


Volunteering at Kayam Farm


Diller teens from Baltimore and Ashkelon connect!

Volunteering at Falstaff Elementary

Learning about The ASSOCIATED, with our fabulous Shinshinim, Hadar & Natan


Having fun with the kids who will be on the Family Mission in Dec 2010


Leading a session with Rambam pupils


Lunch with community leaders at THE ASSOCIATED


A day in Washington DC - the only rainy day of the visit.

Volunteering at Carmelo Anthony


A Baltimore tree asks for, and gets, a hug

Signing each other's T-shirts before saying farewell


Host families and teens at final dinner at the Sholk's home

DILLER Teens 2009

We are pleased to have finally completed the process of forming our group of 20 kids for this year's Diller CSI Program. This is the 4th year that we are running the program in Ashkelon and Baltimore.

We interviewed many teens and held two 3-hour workshops before finally undertaking the task of choosing 20 teens to represent all the population groups and high schools in Ashkelon. Diller's representative in Israel, Liat Cohen Raviv, supervised the selection process together with Avner Maimon from the Education Dept in the Municipality.

Noa Nagar HaLevy is our Diller coordinator, for the second year running. She will be assisted by our soldier Rebecca Navon. Noa is constant contact with Leah Sherizen Berry in Baltimore, planning and coordinating the matching programs.

We are looking forward to another exciting and educational Diller program!

Nicole

Noa Nagar Halevy - Diller 2009 Ashkelon Coordinator

Sigal with Liat Cohen Raviv, who represents Diller in Israel

Rebecca Navon Noa running one of the workshops

A leadership exercise during the workshops