It’s truly amazing how close our C4 Diller family has become. It was clearly evident at our last workshop. It was our first workshop with Chris, which we started out with “Good and Welfare". Good and Welfare is going around and simply talking about whatever is on your mind. It was quick, but a great way to catch up. We continued our day with the film, Nicky’s Family which had been shown at the 2012 Jewish Film Festival. The movie goes into the depth and actuality of Sir Nicolas Winton’s incredible rescue 669 Jewish children from Eastern Europe right at the beginning of WWII. The movie not only educated us on his story, but inspired us. It inspired us to never give up on our goals in life, specifically pertaining to helping other. As well, if you work hard enough, you can overcome any obstacle. With the new, refreshed state of mind we went to work on our Tikkun Olum projects. It was the first day we got to meet our mentors, prominent leaders in our community that are helping us accomplish our goals. We have four groups that are each focusing on four different topics: Israel, homelessness, animal rights, and last but, definitely not least, cancer awareness. Each group worked with their respective mentor to discuss their ideas as well as to work out any problems that may have already come up. My group, focusing on cancer awareness, worked together to create a plan that would complement our vision: giving families with a cancer patient experiences that they would otherwise lack, hopefully giving the families a chance to truly bond and have fun. Overall, each group got a significant amount of work done. We are all so excited to complete these projects and see the outcomes.
Chag Sameach!
Shoshana K.