Vote for our community's IAC Eitanim teens before Monday May 11!

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A note from my colleague Grace Gurman-Chan:


USH High School students Nathan Kriegel, Sam Calmas and Marcus Heyman studied during the winter with staff from the Israel American Council and local entrepreneurs who are high profile successful business owners that employ Jewish values embedded in successful businesses . Our students learned about the impact Israel has made in areas of science, medicine, community development and business worldwide in a very short period of time. They created a potential on line interactive values-based teen app.  

They are now one of 16 entries in a national competition!

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Please follow the link below and VOTE as individuals and families  after you view their idea for an app, and ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO VOTE in support of their idea!  

(We are also so proud of our 8th graders, who came in 2nd earlier this year in the local competition.)  

We only have until MONDAY MORNING.. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Below you will  also be able find their video and a separate link to vote. 

( Cut and paste the link into your browser.)

This is the link for the video :   https://youtu.be/-wxFfmhl_n8 (or watch it below!)




TO VOTE, PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!

There are two ways to vote : 
1. YouTube - just click 👍
2. Facebook - click 👍 on the video itself, not the post. The post will not be considered a vote. 

( Cut and paste the link into your browser.)

Link for YouTube : 

Link for Facebook : 


Thank you all for supporting these incredible young people. 


Shalom, Grace

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