Teens receive Visionary Award at Chabad gala
search
home page
Journal

Teens receive Visionary Award at Chabad gala

By NJJN Staff June 19, 2019, 12:13 pm Edit
CTeen honorees with their families including, from left, Melissa Simon, Oliver Simon, Mark Simon, Sophia Smith, Doug Smith, Cecile Smith, Aharona Lubin, and Rabbi Shalom Lubin.
CTeen honorees with their families including, from left, Melissa Simon, Oliver Simon, Mark Simon, Sophia Smith, Doug Smith, Cecile Smith, Aharona Lubin, and Rabbi Shalom Lubin.

CHABAD OF SE MORRIS County held a gala on May 22 at Brooklake Country Club in Florham Park. Some 250 guests attended the event, where CTeen volunteers Oliver Simon and Sophia Smith were honored with the Teen Visionary Award for establishing Extra Helpings Delivered, a project that alleviates hunger and eliminates food waste.

Other honorees included Marsha Hoch and Bernard Brothman, who received the Community Leadership Award, and Evelyn Schachtel, who was the recipient of the Woman of Valor Award.

The gala highlighted Chabad’s many programs, including a weekly senior discussion group, knitting circle, Thanksgiving dinners for the Homebound Project, The Jewish Law Symposium, Hebrew School, CTeen volunteering, and Shabbat and holiday celebrations.

read more:
comments