Weekly Announcements

HEY AHAVAH!
We've had a very eventful week, and first of all I'd like to congratulate our fall term board, and everyone who was brave enough to declare as a candidate. 


Nsiah- Sydney Rabinowitz
Sganit- Jayne Chorpash
Mit Mom- Abbie Brenner
Sh'licha- Abby Finkle
Mazkirah- Emma Schneider
Katvanit- Pamela Keskt 
Gizborit-?


That being said, we are still without a Gizborit!
-Wednesday, 7:00 at the JCC we will be finishing up our elections.
- After we elect our fall term Gizborit, we will continue with a good & welfare. 
If you have any questions about running, contact Stacie Dunn
317.418.5058


Senior Life was a huge success!
Thank you Rabinowitz family for hosting :)
There is a ton of stuff that was left there so contact Sydney 
and she'll bring it to the meeting Wednesday
Sydney Rabinowitz- 847.924.6666


There are 2 birthdays this week!!!
Sydney Roth- May 28th
Emma Schneider- May 31st


Whoever has elmo, PLEASE BRING HIM TO THE MEETING!!!
though no one will win him this week, he has been missing for too long!
thank you :)


There are still spots available for some summer programs!
I would reccommend CLTC because it's only 2 weeks, the time slots are extremely flexible, and summer programs are one of my favorite parts of BBYO :)
please contact Ben or Stacy, or talk to them Wednesday. 
Sheller@bbyo.org
Bkozberg@bbyo.org




Since I was lucky enough to get the BBG Members Manual passed down to me at Life, I wanted to incorporate a Blue Book fun fact to help us stay a traditional chapter :)
From page 39, I learned that the last international Nsiah from Chicago was named Vivian Brown, and served from 1948-1949. 


DUE THIS WEDNESDAY!
If you are interested in becoming a convention coordinator for GMR next year, and you were inspired by YLTC, Kallah, Invite, or Spring, applying to be coordinator is a great decision :) 

Chair positions are important as well! They are great ways to get involved with BBYO Connect, Advisor Appreciation, all that. 
PLEASE take a look at this application, due Wednesday May 30th.

Click here for great opportunities, yo.

If you were a candidate for Mazkirah, and you believe that you had a great idea that I didn't, let me know! And you can be that chair position. 
That being said, Gabrielle Marzouk will be our new Parent Communication Chair starting next term!
Contact me at 847.363.6081 if you have an idea for a chair position :)

HEY AHAVAH PROSPECTS! are you ready to become an official member of ahavah bbg??? then go to www.blinked.org and click BECOME A MEMBER. we cant wait to have you become a part of our family! any questions, please let Sydney Rabinowitz know!

Sydney Rabinwitz-847.924.6666

With undying love for fly yoga, my new candles, briana katz's pin, ali's up you men shirt, mindys shirts, eves tie dye shirt, brianas woodstock shirt, baker's guarder, amandas boxes, mango chairman, wiener circle, molly's cupcakes, grandma carol's cupcakes, owl calling with abby and briana last night (i heard one), more henna, my puppy, tyler, family, my new fancy facial brush, my birthday on thursday, and every one of you, i remain
emma jane schneider

Advisors in their natural habitat

Weekly Announcements

Well hi :)
let's see what's new for this week...
(you all looked STUNNING at prom, btw)


Elections are this Wednesday!
**candidates- please come prepared with at least 40 platforms, just to be safe. Also come prepared with your speech.
**Please be there by 5:30! THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT SO WE CAN GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY.
** Elections will be held at the Roth's house, 3000 Acacia terr. BG.
**this obviously means don't show up at the JCC please


This is your last chance to submit questions for the candidates. 
click here to have your voice heard!

Attention yearbook committee!
There is a sleepover this Friday at Jayne Chorpash's house, 7:00
**messege Jayne for her address or check in the event. 
**don't forget to bring your sleepover stuff!
**and also bring all of your Ahavah pictures, preferably on your phone or a flash drive.
Jayne (hostess)- 847.571.0382
Abbie Brenner- 847.736.3774

Senior life is coming up
**May 27th at Sydney & Lindsey's house
**1912 Beverly ln, BG
**Between 4:00 and 5:00, we will let you know.
**Bring your sleepover stuff if you will be sleeping over (pick up is at 9 the next morning)
**If you're not planning to sleep over, pickup is at midnight. 

End of the Year Event - "PAINT" Party!!!

**Wednesday, June 6th 5pm-8pm

**Northbrook JCC

 Take a break from studying for Finals and come say good-bye to your GMR friends before everyone leaves for summer. There will be "Paint" games and food! If you plan on attending, RSVP to Ben at bkozberg@bbyo.org

With undying love for Lake Geneva with good friends, Tyler's band- Like I Fall (check um out on facebook!), my sweet lil puppy, Gracie, great weather, my rockin' henna tattoo abilities, short stories by the lake, my car, and Ahavah BBG #2414, I remain Emma Jane Schneider. 

HUGE congrats to our new regional board!

Jennifer Pollack- Nsiah
Rachel Tennenbaum- Sganit
Sydney Oliff- Mit Mom
Jessie Gordon-Mazkirah
Kyle Hoffenberg- Gizborit
Beth Brownfield- Ozeret

Haganah Fundraiser

On Saturday, May 19th come out and support Haganah all day at our SUPERDAWG fundraiser. 

If you say you're with Haganah, then WE GET 20% of the proceeds! Please print out this FORM in order to help out Haganah.

Both locations apply.  Addresses: 6363 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60646 & 333 S. Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL 60090.

PAINT PARTY!

End of the Year Event - "PAINT" Party!!!

Wednesday, June 6th 5pm-8pm

Northbrook JCC

 Take a break from studying for Finals and come say good-bye to your GMR friends before everyone leaves for summer. There will be "Paint" games and food! If you plan on attending, RSVP to Ben at bkozberg@bbyo.org

Sign the Pledge!

Have You Signed BBYO's Anti-Bullying Pledge Yet?

As part of BBYO's Stand UP for Each Other Campaign and in partnership with Hollywood's BULLY Movie, BBYO is collecting signatures for anti-bullying pledges from teens and their families. All signatures will contribute towards The Bully Project’s goal to reach one million teens with an important message to take action and put an end to bullying. Sign the pledges today.

BBYO's Partnership with BULLY Published More than 50 Times!

With more than 18 premiere screenings across North America, BBYO's exclusive partnership with Hollywood's BULLY movie gained a lot of attention in the media! More than 50 articles, including several teen written reflections, were published over the past two months.

Click here to learn more about BBYO and BULLY, and see some of the top articles and teen reactions to the film.

The Shofar Blog

BBYO recently launched the Shofar Blog, a digital and ongoing BBYO news source to innovate the Shofar Newsletter, which AZA and BBG members have been using to share movement news for almost 90 years!

The latest Shofar articles include highlights of BBYO teens starting their own nonprofits, the TUNED IN in Northern Region East, J-Serve, and a BBYO Passover Seder in Albania!

Now you can also be a published author on bbyo.org! Submit articles on BBYO accomplishments in your region that are between 300 and 500 words to abudman@bbyo.org along with a stellar photo and you might be published on the Shofar Blog! This is a year-round opportunity, so please keep the blog in mind as your region has news to share.

Regional Website

bbyo.org/region/gmr


BBYO Great Midwest Region has gained some new real estate on the web! Click here to check out our new regional site, complete with upcoming program information, regional board contact info, BBYO Connect events and so much more. Visit the page frequently to stay up to date on the latest happenings and news from around BBYO Great Midwest Region

Become a member!

HEY AHAVAH PROSPECTS! are you ready to become an official member of ahavah bbg??? then go to www.blinked.org and click BECOME A MEMBER. we cant wait to have you become a part of our family! any questions, please let Sydney Rabinowitz know!

Regional Coordinator Application

If you are interested in becoming a convention coordinator for GMR next year, and you were inspired by YLTC, Kallah, Invite, or Spring, applying to be coordinator is a great decision :) 

Chair positions are important as well! They are great ways to get involved with BBYO Connect, Advisor Appreciation, all that. 

PLEASE take a look at this application, due Wednesday May 30th.

Click here for great opportunities, yo.

Have fun at prom, seniors! You'll all look beautiful!

BBYO Connect Dance Party

Want to get your younger sibling, cousin, friend involved in BBYO? 

If they are in 6th-8th grade invite them to the BBYO Connect Dance Party!

Any Alephs and BBGs that bring a 6th-8th grader to this event will receive GMR Swag!

There will be a DJ with dancing, music, and games provided by Mobile Music Interactive Entertainment! 

ALL Jewish 6-8th graders are invited! 

Saturday May 19th from 7:00-9:00 at Michael's in Buffalo Grove. (340 West Half Day Road) 

The cost of the program is $10 and there will be a special menu for food for purchase.

RSVP to Samantha at sisenstein@bbyo.org or the BBYO office at 224-406-9261 by Tuesday May 15th

I know it's after the 15th but if you or anyone you know still wants to go I bet you can still RSVP :)

Weekly Announcements!

Hello, lovely chapter!!
there are lots of fun things going on this week,
so listen up!


This week's meeting will be at 7:00 at the JCC
the theme is Israel, the land of our people! 
and also, don't forget pen pal letters*****
-->***AND DEC PACKETS ARE DUE THIS WEDNESDAY***<--
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^IMPORTANT^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


click here for the dec packet!


Congratulations to Jayne Chorpash, our new twitter chair! Jayne will be constantly updating the chapter twitter in fun ways! check it out! tweet it up


***get your act together***
the talent show is coming up on may 12th! 
Ahavah, it is YOUR job to advertise to friends in GMR :)
Acts are due to Jennifer BY WEDNESDAY
Remember to respond to the event!
Any questions? Please contact me, Leah, Jen, or any advisor!


Elections are coming up!
-Dec packets due THIS WEDNESDAY
-Platforms due for approval NEXT WEDNESDAY
-Elections May 23rd at Sammi Roth's house! (5:30 SHARP!)
all information is in the dec packet.


whoever has elmo, please bring him back  8D


LAST CALL FOR YEARBOOK COMMITTEE FORMS!!!! BRING THEM TO ABBIE ON WEDNESDAY!!!!


If someone would like to take pictures on the walk (may 6th) please send them to me or Abbie :)


Do you love BBYO? BBG? GMR? Ahavah?
Become a paid member!
visit blinked.org to get signed up :)

"The Ahavah Phone Tree" is something I'd like to bring to the chapter. Check out the diagram! It will be explained in detail at the meeting wednesday, but for now, please try to get the numbers of the girls who you are supposed to call, or  if they are supposed to call you (by looking at the arrows).


and as always, keep checking the website for updates. This week we will be learning a little bit about our sisters Eve & Bri!!


With undying love for owls, tyler, tyler visiting me at work for the first time, mom, dad, brother, benefit cosmetics, gracie schneider the schnauzer, herpy furth of juler, Cher, David Bowie, fudge, bonfires, and Ahavah BBG 2414
i remain emma jane schneider :)

Love These Kids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=332rQZu4mfo&feature=youtu.be


watch this lovely promo for May 6th by Jenna & Bathtaub :)

Fall Term Elections

If you think you have what it takes to be on the honorable executive board of Ahavah BBG #2414, you should really consider filling out this dec packet! 

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6fpgzhIs2thNTFFbUdBNHJJVnM/edit?pli=1

Here are some important dates to remember: 
-Dec Packets are DUE- Wednesday, May 2nd
-Platforms due for approval- Wednesday May 9th
-Elections- May 29th at 5:30! 


**Complete details in the dec packet

Congratulations Jen & Beth!

If you weren't at Spring Convention, you missed 2 of our lovely sisters of Ahavah winning the regional elections for N'siah and Ozeret! We are all so proud of you girls!


Jennifer and Beth, your two of the most important people in my life. im so glad to be your brother and now its an honor to work alongside you on board. Without friends like you i doubt i'd survive. with much love,david samuel dworkin 11th regional aleph shliach

jen and beth: girls, i'm so incredibly proud of both of you. although i'm so sad to be graduating, i know you guys will set a new bar for gmr nextg year and leaving you in charge will bring all new great things. i love you both very much and i'm so proud!! congratulations! -julia masters


Dear Jennifer and Beth, I remember you both as 8th graders just walking into the chapter, just looking for opportunities to explore. You both have such ambition and are such an inspiration to other BBGs in the chapter and the region. You are both sweethearts and I’m glad to see your dreams come true; you both truly have earned it. I love you both so much and it makes it a litter easier to leave BBYO knowing that you will be great leaders of the region and have inspired so many future leaders for the chapter. -Jordan Silverman



i would like to congratulate Jennifer and Beth on their regional board accomplishments. I have complete certainty in the successes they will bring GMR. -Joseph Sitzman


So proud of Jen and beth on regional board and super excited for the upcoming chapter elections! -Gberg


Mazel tov to Jennifer of becoming Regional N’siah, and Beth of becoming Regional Ozeret!!! I know that both of you have worked very hard to get elected and I know that you both will do an amazing job this upcoming year!! -Hayley Alperstein


**if anyone would like to send in a shout out to Jen or Beth please send it in!

Weekly Announcements, by Becky

Hey Ahavah!!!

it's Becky writing your weekly email!!!

I'm so excited to be the mock mazkirah this week!

This week the meeting is at the JCC at 7:00

We will not be opening for business, however, we have a very fun program planned.

Show your Ahavah spirit by dressing in your chapter spirit wear!

**The Buffalo Grove BBYO phone-a-thon is at 6 this week before the meeting.

Here you will be calling an array of possible donors, explaining your passion for BBYO and asking for donations for scholarships and regional funds. Contact Beth if you are interested.

**You will receive 1 community service hour

Twitter applications are due ASAP!!! If you need a new one, contact Emma.

This is a GREAT way to get involved!!!

Now is the time to get in your yearbook committee forms to Abbie Brenner.

This is also a great way to get involved and it will be a lot of fun!

SAVE THE DATE!!!!!!

Ahavah is throwing it's first Talent show/end of the year BBQ!

Mark your calendars for may 12th

It will be at my house (4819 kathleen ct, long grove, 60047)

contact Leah or Jen if you would like to get involved and help out :)

May 6th is "Look Back, Walk Forward," the official teen walk for Israel. Bbyo is leading the program this year as a part of our J-Serve 2012 project. Register here: http://www.juf.org/idays.
The day begins at the Holocaust Museum in Skokie, with a program with Holocaust survivors, followed by a Walk with Israel from the museum to the Mayer Kaplan JCC. The walk starts at 11:15, but I HIGHLY recommend getting there at 9 for museum access or 10 for the Holocaust program. The day also includes advocacy programming, hands-on service projects, sports, food, and more!! (sorry the letters are all smushed together on the top)

Congrats to Jennifer on becoming Regional N'siah!!!

Congrats to Beth on becoming Regional Ozeret!!!

I'm sure your speeches were great!!! You both worked really hard!!!

With undying love for,

beth and jennifer on regional board, my sisters in Ahavah, being mock mazkirah

I remain, Becky Goldberg

p.s. start thinking about running for board :)

Weekly announcements!

Hey Beautifuls <3

Hope you all had fantastic weekends!!!

This week there is a meeting at the JCC at 7:00.

The theme this week is our beautiful hometown Chicago.

Dress in Chicago sports spirit wear, or something you bought in Bucktown, I don't know whatever reminds you of this wonderful city :)

LAST CALL FOR TWITTER CHAIR APPLICATIONS! 

if you lost your application, contact me as soon as you can please!

Also, Abbie would like her yearbook application in ASAP

SAVE THE DATE!!!!!!

Ahavah is throwing it's first Talent show/end of the year BBQ!

Mark your calendars for may 12th

It will be at my house (4819 kathleen ct, long grove, 60047)

contact Leah or Jen if you would like to get involved and help out :)

The scholarship form for Spring Convention is due WEDNESDAY!!!!

got that? Any questions? Ask Jennifer or any Ahavah Advisor :)

11th Regional Board elections will take place at Spring on Sunday, April 22nd. Want to hear candidates answer questions that matter to you? Make your voice heard and suggest candidate questions by Wednesday April 18th at www.tinyurl.com/candidateQs! You may ask questions for every position, one you feel most passionate about, or somewhere number in between. If you have any questions please contact Sami Kopinsky

With undying love for Lincoln Park, Top Shop, getting the new Juicy leather bag $100 off, Tyler and his adorable new band, the new mock board, my puppy, my dreadlocks that I'm getting sometime this week, reuniting with my lovely IC roommate, Muriel's Wedding, I remain EmmaJaneSchneider

Congrats to our mock board!

Nsiah-Emily Kopka will help Beth run a meeting and sing the Nsiah part of the BBG song!
Sganit-Samantha Horwitz will help with the Wednesday night programming-tentative.
MIT Mom-Bri Cole will help plan a sisterhood program at the sleepover.
Shlicha- Annee Welbel will tentatively plan a Jewish program.
Mazkirah- Becky Goldberg will help me post on the website and write an email.
Katvanit-Lindsey Rabinowitz will help with the yearbook.
Gizborit- Olivia Richardson will help with the talent show and sell stuff at shuk.


Congrats girls :)
xoxo