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COMMUNITY FOCUS September 2020 13

Florida Rewilding Collective, and me,
Sarasota’s PJ Library Professional, on
Thursday, September 10 at 8:00 p.m.
for an informal discussion and learn
more about what’s in store in terms
of commitment, work and program
structure. Please help us decide if this
project is a good fit for our PJ commu-
nity.
To register and receive the Zoom
link to participate, go to jfedsrq.org/
events. For more information or ques-
tions, please contact me at aeiffert@
jfedsrq.org or 941.552.6308.

Virtually better together… the next best thing

to being there

This program is open to Jewish
high school students from Sarasota and
Manatee counties and there is no fee to
participate. Program sessions
will take place weekly from
October 20 thru December 15,
and students must be available
during that time and commit
to the entire program (with the excep-
tion of Thanksgiving week). Students
who complete the program will receive
commensurate volunteer hours and a
certificate of completion.
For more information or to partici-
pate, contact me at aeiffert@jfedsrq.
org or 941.552.6308.

for a few years and saw that Harper was
doing a program for another Jewish or-
ganization about Shavuot through chal-
lah baking. I viewed the program and
knew immediately this was something
that Hillel International would love
to bring to all our students! I reached
out to the staff of Hillel@Home and
the rest is history. We worked together
for about a month preparing to push
the event out onto various marketing
platforms. I, along with one of my
students, actually facilitated the day
of the event, as well as conducted the
Q&A. We had 61 viewers on Zoom
and even more watching on Facebook
Live!
Hillels from around the country
and Canada not only co-sponsored
the event, they participated as well:
Florida State University, Bradley Uni-
versity, Michigan State University, The
Ohio State University, Ohio Universi-
ty, Wake Forest University, Bingham-
ton University, University of Virginia,
Princeton University, Maryville Uni-
versity, Calgary Hillel and all the col-
leges in North Carolina.
Hillel International has shared that
it would like to continue this kind of
programming, so we look forward to
working with these and other schools
again soon.
For more information about Gulf
Coast Hillel, contact me at sydney@
gchillel.org. For information about
Hillel International, visit hillel.org.

Hebrew letter Shin challah

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