Leadership Mission to Ashkelon 9-12.2.2011

Leadership Mission

Heart 2 Heart

Two important delegations visited us in the middle of February, the Leadership Mission and womens Heart to Heart Mission.

In such a short period of time we did so much together . Visits to programs that Baltimore funds through the Partnership and through the "Israel & Overseas committee". Meetings face to face and for the first time doing the anual allocation when over 30 members of the partnership sat around the same table - Ashkelonians and Baltimorians . And the highlight of the visits was to the new Volunteer Center that is soon to be finished .

Meetings and more meetings

Mayor Benny Vaknin greets Sue Liebman

Visiting Projects: The Center for Excellence

Science is fun - the Excellence Center for gifted students

Visiting a Beit Tzipora enrichment class

Many enjoyable shared meals

Visiting the new Volunteer Center

"I volunteered at the Ashkelon Volunteer Center"

Volunteer Activities at the new Volunteer Center

Sorting donated clothing for the AMEN store

Gardening

Beautifying the yard - the BAP logo

Meeting the new "shinshinim" for 2011-2012, Shani Yamin & Roi Dor

TAGLIT in Ashkelon 10 January 2011

Three busloads of happy university students from Baltimore spent a night in Ashkelon as part of their Taglit-Birthright tour of Israel.

The next day they volunteered at locations all over Ashkelon; making their presence felt by teaching English and talking with students at high schools; planting trees and teaching songs at kindergartens; planting vegetables at the Ashkelon Community farm; and painting walls and beautifying Beit Canada, the absorption center for new immigrants.

The Taglit students also visited Michael Lapidus Baltimore Park and Lynn Stacie Getz Playground.

At lunch, the Taglit students enjoyed meeting Otzma participants and hearing about the Otzma ITC volunteer teaching program in Ashkelon. Many Taglit participants expressed interest in coming to work and volunteer in Israel for 10 months with Otzma and other programs.

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Volunteer Day with the Family Mission 30.12.2010

Beit Canada in Barnea Ashkelon, was a hive of activity on 30th December 2010 as participants in the Family Mission from Baltimore joined volunteers from Ashkelon to beautify the Absorption Center for new immigrants.

The night before, Family Mission was hosted by Ashkelon families, many renewed connections forged during previous Missions

More photos can be seen HERE and HERE

Shani Yamin (right) and her family hosted the Geller family

Carly Geller and Shani are Diller partners from last year

Einat (second from left above) and Shulamit (below)

renewed their Mom's Mission connection with Harriet Weiner and her family.

Vered and Dotan kept the Mission kids busy

SOME OF THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS

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The outdoor living room (below) - BEFORE

The outdoor living room (below) - AFTER

Entry mural (below) - BEFORE

Entry mural (below) - AFTER (not yet complete)

The dove, with Ashkelon artist Hana Raviv BEFORE

The dove, in place, - AFTER

Shlomo Cohen accepted a gift...

The Diller teens arrived to lend a hand

more photos can be seen HERE and HERE

more photos can be seen HERE and HERE

Dalia Bromberg and sons visit Ashkelon

Dalia and her three sons were in Ashkelon for a day of volunteering at Beit Canada, and brought the kids there some play equipment. The Bromberg kids had a great time playing with the Ethiopian kids at the absoprtion center.

Diller Teen Fellows Summer 2010 - volunteering in the community

Volunteering at Beit Canada new immigrant absorption center

Volunteering at Burton community center with day campers

Helping the Burton day-camper kids make cards in English for their parents

Drum circle at Meitar, with darbookas