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Milestones NewsletterIssue # 3 - June 2009

Temple Emeth Early Childhood Center (Teaneck, NJ)The first school in New Jersey to Cycle For Smiles!

Held their 2009 annual Purim walk around the dance floor which raised ove$1700 for Linoi, their buddy at Beit Issie Shapiro!

Sharon Floch, ECE Director is pleased and proud to be part of the cycle!

Pressman Academy (Los Angeles, CA)Held their annual CFS on April 30

th.

Joshua, a child at Pressman brought in a jar of money he was savingfor baseball cards, but wanted to donate to

Tamar, his buddy, instead.Thank you to Joshua and all the children at Pressman!

Kehillat Israel (Pacific Palisades, CA)Naomi Stuchiner, CEO of Beit Issie Shapiro International, attends

Cycles For Smiles on May 12th.

Since becoming part of the BIS family last year, KI has not only raisedthousands of dollars for Oren, they have visited, told others & created bond

that will continue to grow.

Congregation Beth Sholom (Elkins Park, PA)

Held its first Cycles for Smiles on Lag B Omerfor Neta of Beit Issie Shapiro. They raised over

$700 and are already lookingforward to cycling again!

Held their Lag BomerCycles For Smiles

celebration on May 17th,

fortheir special friend Neta.

Jewish Community Center of Harrison (NY)Will be cycling for their special buddy, Tamar in the fall!

You are invited to a very special breakfast for very specialeducators for very Special Childrenhosted by

Director Nancy Isaacs and Beit Issie ShapiroWednesday, June 24

thfrom 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

Come eat a scrumptious breakfast, be a raffle winner and leaabout *Cycles for Smiles and how to work with your children

Please RSVP by June 20th

toNancy Isaacs nancyi@jcch.org or 914.835.2850

Westside JCC (Los Angeles, CA)The children had a great time learning about Oren and now understand the

challenges he faces as well as the great opportunities he experiences atBeit Issie Shapiro. The children rode their trikes proudly and learned the

mitzvah of helping others.

They raised over $2300 for Oren!

YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Ohr Chadash (Flushing, NY)

Purim wizard Rabbi Gavriel BellinoChildren and teachers participating in the Purim Walk -a-thon to benefit Linoi All dressed and ready for Purim

And Religious School Director Dora Geld-Friedman gave her teachers their Mishloach Manoat gifts that keep on giving! She made a donation The Special Children of Beit Issie Shapiro in honor of their hard work and dedication! Imagine what we could do for The Special Children of Be

Issie Shapiro if every Religious School director did the same!

Their Tzedakahmeter was a

huge success!

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CFS HandbookThank you to Lucienne & Lee Adams for their generous donation of printing &

collating the books!Learn to Create your own BIS Tzedakah Boxes.

Sigalit Nechemia, creator and expert can give you all the detailsCall/Email for information!

AFOBIS 323.938.9851 or laoffice@afobis.org

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,CYCLES FOR SMILES

Margie Ipp, FounderLucienne Adams

Audrey Freedman HabushPaula Hoffman

Sigalit NechemiaCarole PerlMina Rush

Bonnie Vorspan

AMERICAN FRIENDSOF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

METRO NEW YORK CO-CHAIRSGerald & Eileen Lieberman

NATIONAL DIRECTOREd Ward

WEST COAST CO-CHAIRS

Errol FineMarty Spiegel

WEST COAST DIRECTORYael Blasberg

SOUTH EAST CO-CHAIRJohn Bussel

SOUTH EAST DIRECTORSteve Rose

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO

Jean Judes

CEO INTERNATIONALNaomi Stuchiner

NATIONAL MILESTONESDIRECTOR

Amy Slater-Ovadia

Lauren Hochhauser

Temple Israel (Manhattan, NY)

Josh GoldenbergOf Temple Beth Sholom

Roslyn Heights, NYshared his Bar Mitzvah on

June 6th

, with his newspecial friend, Dudi

at Beit Issie Shapiro.

Kesselman Early Childhood Centerof Temple Sinai (Hollywood, FL)

Has already begun raising awarenessand tzedakah for their special buddy,Neta, and are looking forward to their

1st

ever Cycles For Smiles during Sukkot!

Temple Beth David(Commack, NY)

Really got things cookingduring their first ever,amazing Bake Sale!

They raised $400 for theirspecial buddy Binyamin!

Stephen S Wise TempleEarly Childhood Center, Los Angeles (CA)

Held their third amazing Bake Sale of the year onYom Ha Atzmaut for Oriyan.

The ust kee on C clin !

On May 22nd, students from Jess Schwartz College Prep in Phoenix,Arizona and students from Donna Klein JewishAcademy in Boca Raton, Florida visited BeitIssie Shapiro, bringing Shani gifts from her BatMitzvah twin, Sydney of Phoenix. They spentmuch of the day at Park Chaverim (Israelsfirst accessible playground), working with

special needs children.

Fun Day at Park Chaverim

Milken High School (Los Angeles, CA)Lady Davis High School (Tel Aviv)

Were welcomed to Beit Issie Shapiroon April 30th.

They brought with them, their $400donation for the children and left with

their hearts filled!

Has had an ongoing relationship with Beit Issie lasting for many years. Eachyear, their student council has tried to find innovative ways to raise money for

such a worthy cause. In the past, the students of JSA have also written cards andletters to the children at the school in Israel, and have worked to connect Beit

Issie with other Jewish day schools and organizations. This year, they sold ticketsto a Miami Heat game and also held a bake sale to help their friend Rani.

In addition to raising $500 during theirfirst annual Mitzvah Day for Oren on

April 5th, the children of Temple Israelcreated this wonderful wall-hanging for

Beit Issie Shapiro.

Jacobson Sinai Academy (Miami, FL)

American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro is Proud to Present our FirstAnnual Community Wide Cycles For Smiles!

BESTSELLING AUTHOR CAROL LEIFERLIVE AND IN PERSON!

Reading and Book Signing for Parents, Fun-Filled Activities for Children and Breakfast for All

DATE: June 28, 2009

TIME: 10:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Stephen S. Wise Temple, 15500 Stephen S. Wise Dr. Los Angeles, 90077

More Info & To Register:

Paula Nazar at (310) 801-8558 Online: http://leiferperformsforbis.eventbrite.com

Of Temple B'Nai Sholomin Rockville Centre, NY

twinned with Shani of BeitIssie Shapiro for her

Bat Mitzvah on June 13th!

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