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Join our Board
 If
you're in 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade and want to gain valuable
leadership skills and experience, bond with socially conscious
Jewish peers, and make a difference through realization of
Jewish values, we invite you to apply to become one of 22
members on this grant making board.
As a Board member, you will:
 Boost
your leadership skills- Connect with Jewish youth
- Expand your Jewish identity
- Debate tough choices
- Engage in social justice issues
- Attend a fun, inspirational and well-planned weekend retreat
in November 2009
- Participate in skill-building seminars and youth-led Foundation
Board Meetings on seven Sunday afternoon meetings from December
2008-May 2009
- Become an effective grantmaker and strategic youth philanthropist
Eligibility requirements:
- You must be a 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grader who identifies
yourself as Jewish.
- You must have performed community service.
- You must be willing to contribute at least $100.00 to
the pooled fund from your own personal resources, or from
funds you will raise
- You must have checked with your family and have made
yourself available to attend several Teen Foundation Board
events (dates to be determined; contact us for more information).
- You understand that attendance is required at all sessions,
barring unforeseen illness or emergency, in which case,
you agree to contact the Program Director in advance of
the meeting.
- You must be a resident of Alameda or Contra Costa counties.
- You must be able to attend the Teen Foundation Board events
listed below.
Important 2008-2009 Teen Foundation dates
Application deadline:
October 20, 2008
Teen Foundation Regional Retreat at the San Mateo Marriott
Hotel
November 21-23, 2008
Teen Foundation Board Meetings
December 7, 2008
January 11, 2009
February 8, 2009
March 1, 2009
March 29, 2009
April 19, 2009
May 3 , 2009
Closing celebration
May 17, 2009
To apply for 2008-09 East Bay Jewish Community Teen Foundation
Board:
Download the application,
fill it out, and return to Elana Isaacs, Teen Foundation director,
by October 20, 2008:
- by email: elana@jfed.org
- by fax: (510) 839-3996
- by snail mail: Elana Isaacs, Director
East Bay Jewish Community Teen Foundation
300 Grand Ave.
Oakland, CA 94610
>> Application
Form (MS Word format)
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For more about board membership, please contact Elana Isaacs
at (510) 433-0134 x284, or elana@jfed.org.
EBJCTF is a program of The Jewish Community Foundation
in Oakland, California. Funding is generously provided by the Morton and Amy
Friedkin Supporting Foundation and the Ronald and Gail Rubenstein Philanthropic
Fund of The Jewish Community Foundation; the Shoresh Foundation; and the David
B. Klein Foundation.
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