Beit Issie Shapiro Milestones Newsletter Issue #4 August 2009
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Milestones Newsletter Issue # 4 - August 2009
30 Years of Global Impact On The World of Special Needs www.afobis.org
"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.” Dr. Seuss Sample Pages from Sensory Book:
THE “SENSORY BOOK” PROJECT For B’nai Mitzvah youth, Sunday school classes, day schools, religious schools and more…
by Marilyn Spiegel The “Sensory Book” was inspired by a “Sensory Quilt” made by Ilana Spiegel (granddaughter of Marilyn and Marty), for her Bat Mitzvah tzedakah project. Marilyn has adapted the idea into a non-sewing-required book form, which can be easily made by a student for a tzedakah project or by a Sunday school class, etc. The books are designed to help develop visual, sensory, cognitive and communication skills. The books require only cutting and ironing to assemble the various pages. A kit will be packaged with the necessary materials and instructions, and the kits will be offered at a reasonable price (with all profits benefiting Beit Issie Shapiro). The books cover various subjects such as; numbers/counting, shapes/textures, holidays, animals, daily functions/emotions, etc.
Ilana and the Quilt She Made for Ela:
What a great way to create a hands-on Mitzvah gift that your new friend at Beit Issie Shapiro needs and will cherish. For more information, please contact Marilyn Spiegel at [email protected] or 323.938.9851. Marilyn Spiegel was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1945. Her family has been very close friends with the grandparents and parents of Aaron DeLowe (of blessed memory) for whom the Aaron DeLowe Early Intervention Center at Beit Issie Shapiro is named. She and her husband, Marty, have been involved in the center for 25 years, and Marty is Co-chair of the West Coast Chapter of American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro. They have visited BIS and the Aaron DeLowe Center many times, and each time they have been impressed and inspired by the amazing innovations and results they have seen.
University Synagogue (Los Angeles, CA) Joined the CYCLE and hopped their way to $600 for Binyamin!! Elaine Rosenfield recently joined University Synagogue as the Director of the Early Childhood Learning Center and is thrilled to be Cycling for the Special Children of Beit Issie Shapiro!
Pinemere Camp (Stroudsburg, PA) Made their first team trip to Israel where they learned about special needs, first-hand while touring through Israel. They took time out of their busy schedule to volunteer, meet, and make smiles for the Special Children at Beit Issie Shapiro.
Josh Goldenberg
Rami Chazan
Of Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn Heights, New York shared his Bar Mitzvah with Dudi and also made a very special contritribution for his Pet Therapy.
The biggest Mets fan ever, of Hollis Hills Jewish Center in
New Community Jewish High School (West Hills, CA) We can all learn a thing or two about making a difference from NCJHS students. Under the leadership of club president Andrew Cohen, students partnered with Beit Issie Shapiro for the recent Film Club presentation of Joel Blasberg’s “Withdrawal from Gaza,” a film documenting Israel’s emotional movement out of the Gaza Strip in 2005. 100% of the ticket proceeds were donated to the Special Children of Beit Issie Shapiro!
Queens, New York had the opportunity to meet his new special friend, Yechezkel at Beit Issie Shapiro.
Contra Costa Jewish Day School In Lafayette, CA has a school filled with Menshes. Talya Wittenberg and her brother Ari came to Beit Issie Shapiro to meet their friend, Yinon who they learned about here, in the States, while spreading the message of acceptance, inclusion and loving kindness. Not only did they meet Yinon, but they also spent time with Ya’ara their new friend and can’t wait to get Cycling again!
Rami and Yechezkel
30 Years of Global Impact On The World of Special Needs www.afobis.org
Cycles for Smiles Given $5,000 Matching Donation
Youth Foundation Grant North Peninsula Jewish Community Teen Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, from San Francisco, CA, awarded $5,000 to Beit Issie Shapiro for the “Home Treatments for Israeli-Arab Infants with Severe Developmental Disabilities”
To get the East Coast Cycling! Barbara Salzman of Laurel Hollow, New York (lover of penguins), mother, and grandmother, understands that CFS teaches about differences and special needs and educates about Israel, tzedakah, and the differences one can make, no matter the age!
Continuing the CYCLE this Fall:
Joining the CYCLE this Fall: Hewlett – East Rockaway Jewish Centre Congregation Etz Chaim (East Rockaway, NY) Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School (Northridge, CA) I.L. Peretz Jewish School of Nassau (East Meadow, Long Island)
Yavneh Hebrew Academy (Los Angeles, CA) Alpert JCC of Long Beach (Long Beach, CA) The Brandeis School (Lawrence, NY) Valley Beth Shalom (Encino, CA) Stephen S. Wise Temple (Los Angeles, CA)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, CYCLES FOR SMILES Margie Ipp, Founder Lucienne Adams Audrey Freedman Habush Paula Hoffman Sigalit Nechemia Carole Perl Mina Rush Bonnie Vorspan AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
By Emily Perl Kingsley I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum, The Michelangelo David, The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland." "Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy." But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place. So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills.... and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned." And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss. But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things...about Holland.
Beit Issie Shapiro Update
METRO NEW YORK CO-CHAIRS Alvin & Aliza Broome
Launches Assessment and Treatment Unit for People with Dual Diagnosis We are pleased to announce the opening of a new community assessment and treatment unit for children and adults with "Dual Diagnosis" (i.e., people with intellectual disabilities as well as emotional/psychological/behavioral difficulties), their families and for the professionals who work with them. To read more: http://beitissie.org.il/Eng/?CategoryID=0&ArticleID=472&Page=1
NATIONAL DIRECTOR Ed Ward WEST COAST CO-CHAIRS Errol Fine Marty Spiegel WEST COAST DIRECTOR Yael Blasberg SOUTH EAST CHAIR John Bussel SOUTH EAST DIRECTOR Steve Rose EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO Jean Judes CEO INTERNATIONAL Naomi Stuchiner NATIONAL MILESTONES DIRECTOR Amy Slater-Ovadia
Temple Israel (Great Neck, NY)
Welcome to Holland
Temple Isaiah Located in Lafayette, CA joined the CYCLE and donated all of their tzedakah to Ya’ara of Beit Issie Shapiro!
Jewish Community Center of Harrison (Harrison, NY)
Beit Issie children are now in summer camp and enjoying our fully accessible Park Chaverim.
Is Awarded an "A" in New MIDOT Rankings (Analysis Report Reflecting and Rating National Non Profit Organizations in Israel A Corporation for Public Benefit)
MIDOT, which was founded as a unique partnership between Meitav Beit Hashka'ot and Joint Israel, is a professional, independent and non-profit organization directed by an extensive public board which includes representatives of the third sector, business and academia. Its aim is to improve the professionalism of third-sector organizations and influence donor decision making through comprehensive evaluations of non-profit organizations in Israel. The analysis process in Beit Issie Shapiro took place from November 2008 - January 2009 and included an examination of financial reports, work plans, grant requests and more. Information was gathered from Internet sources and others. Interviews and discussions were held with various people within and without the organization. To read the full report: http://beitissie.org.il/Eng/_Uploads/dbsAttachedFiles/Final_Midot_Report.pdf
30 Years of Global Impact On The World of Special Needs www.afobis.org
"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.” Dr. Seuss Sample Pages from Sensory Book:
THE “SENSORY BOOK” PROJECT For B’nai Mitzvah youth, Sunday school classes, day schools, religious schools and more…
by Marilyn Spiegel The “Sensory Book” was inspired by a “Sensory Quilt” made by Ilana Spiegel (granddaughter of Marilyn and Marty), for her Bat Mitzvah tzedakah project. Marilyn has adapted the idea into a non-sewing-required book form, which can be easily made by a student for a tzedakah project or by a Sunday school class, etc. The books are designed to help develop visual, sensory, cognitive and communication skills. The books require only cutting and ironing to assemble the various pages. A kit will be packaged with the necessary materials and instructions, and the kits will be offered at a reasonable price (with all profits benefiting Beit Issie Shapiro). The books cover various subjects such as; numbers/counting, shapes/textures, holidays, animals, daily functions/emotions, etc.
Ilana and the Quilt She Made for Ela:
What a great way to create a hands-on Mitzvah gift that your new friend at Beit Issie Shapiro needs and will cherish. For more information, please contact Marilyn Spiegel at [email protected] or 323.938.9851. Marilyn Spiegel was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1945. Her family has been very close friends with the grandparents and parents of Aaron DeLowe (of blessed memory) for whom the Aaron DeLowe Early Intervention Center at Beit Issie Shapiro is named. She and her husband, Marty, have been involved in the center for 25 years, and Marty is Co-chair of the West Coast Chapter of American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro. They have visited BIS and the Aaron DeLowe Center many times, and each time they have been impressed and inspired by the amazing innovations and results they have seen.
University Synagogue (Los Angeles, CA) Joined the CYCLE and hopped their way to $600 for Binyamin!! Elaine Rosenfield recently joined University Synagogue as the Director of the Early Childhood Learning Center and is thrilled to be Cycling for the Special Children of Beit Issie Shapiro!
Pinemere Camp (Stroudsburg, PA) Made their first team trip to Israel where they learned about special needs, first-hand while touring through Israel. They took time out of their busy schedule to volunteer, meet, and make smiles for the Special Children at Beit Issie Shapiro.
Josh Goldenberg
Rami Chazan
Of Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn Heights, New York shared his Bar Mitzvah with Dudi and also made a very special contritribution for his Pet Therapy.
The biggest Mets fan ever, of Hollis Hills Jewish Center in
New Community Jewish High School (West Hills, CA) We can all learn a thing or two about making a difference from NCJHS students. Under the leadership of club president Andrew Cohen, students partnered with Beit Issie Shapiro for the recent Film Club presentation of Joel Blasberg’s “Withdrawal from Gaza,” a film documenting Israel’s emotional movement out of the Gaza Strip in 2005. 100% of the ticket proceeds were donated to the Special Children of Beit Issie Shapiro!
Queens, New York had the opportunity to meet his new special friend, Yechezkel at Beit Issie Shapiro.
Contra Costa Jewish Day School In Lafayette, CA has a school filled with Menshes. Talya Wittenberg and her brother Ari came to Beit Issie Shapiro to meet their friend, Yinon who they learned about here, in the States, while spreading the message of acceptance, inclusion and loving kindness. Not only did they meet Yinon, but they also spent time with Ya’ara their new friend and can’t wait to get Cycling again!
Rami and Yechezkel
30 Years of Global Impact On The World of Special Needs www.afobis.org
Cycles for Smiles Given $5,000 Matching Donation
Youth Foundation Grant North Peninsula Jewish Community Teen Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, from San Francisco, CA, awarded $5,000 to Beit Issie Shapiro for the “Home Treatments for Israeli-Arab Infants with Severe Developmental Disabilities”
To get the East Coast Cycling! Barbara Salzman of Laurel Hollow, New York (lover of penguins), mother, and grandmother, understands that CFS teaches about differences and special needs and educates about Israel, tzedakah, and the differences one can make, no matter the age!
Continuing the CYCLE this Fall:
Joining the CYCLE this Fall: Hewlett – East Rockaway Jewish Centre Congregation Etz Chaim (East Rockaway, NY) Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School (Northridge, CA) I.L. Peretz Jewish School of Nassau (East Meadow, Long Island)
Yavneh Hebrew Academy (Los Angeles, CA) Alpert JCC of Long Beach (Long Beach, CA) The Brandeis School (Lawrence, NY) Valley Beth Shalom (Encino, CA) Stephen S. Wise Temple (Los Angeles, CA)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, CYCLES FOR SMILES Margie Ipp, Founder Lucienne Adams Audrey Freedman Habush Paula Hoffman Sigalit Nechemia Carole Perl Mina Rush Bonnie Vorspan AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
By Emily Perl Kingsley I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum, The Michelangelo David, The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland." "Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy." But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place. So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills.... and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned." And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss. But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things...about Holland.
Beit Issie Shapiro Update
METRO NEW YORK CO-CHAIRS Alvin & Aliza Broome
Launches Assessment and Treatment Unit for People with Dual Diagnosis We are pleased to announce the opening of a new community assessment and treatment unit for children and adults with "Dual Diagnosis" (i.e., people with intellectual disabilities as well as emotional/psychological/behavioral difficulties), their families and for the professionals who work with them. To read more: http://beitissie.org.il/Eng/?CategoryID=0&ArticleID=472&Page=1
NATIONAL DIRECTOR Ed Ward WEST COAST CO-CHAIRS Errol Fine Marty Spiegel WEST COAST DIRECTOR Yael Blasberg SOUTH EAST CHAIR John Bussel SOUTH EAST DIRECTOR Steve Rose EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO Jean Judes CEO INTERNATIONAL Naomi Stuchiner NATIONAL MILESTONES DIRECTOR Amy Slater-Ovadia
Temple Israel (Great Neck, NY)
Welcome to Holland
Temple Isaiah Located in Lafayette, CA joined the CYCLE and donated all of their tzedakah to Ya’ara of Beit Issie Shapiro!
Jewish Community Center of Harrison (Harrison, NY)
Beit Issie children are now in summer camp and enjoying our fully accessible Park Chaverim.
Is Awarded an "A" in New MIDOT Rankings (Analysis Report Reflecting and Rating National Non Profit Organizations in Israel A Corporation for Public Benefit)
MIDOT, which was founded as a unique partnership between Meitav Beit Hashka'ot and Joint Israel, is a professional, independent and non-profit organization directed by an extensive public board which includes representatives of the third sector, business and academia. Its aim is to improve the professionalism of third-sector organizations and influence donor decision making through comprehensive evaluations of non-profit organizations in Israel. The analysis process in Beit Issie Shapiro took place from November 2008 - January 2009 and included an examination of financial reports, work plans, grant requests and more. Information was gathered from Internet sources and others. Interviews and discussions were held with various people within and without the organization. To read the full report: http://beitissie.org.il/Eng/_Uploads/dbsAttachedFiles/Final_Midot_Report.pdf
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