After attending the Fall 2007 Eimatai conference, students from the Queens Gymnasia decided to initiate a program to rally their fellow students around a common cause. This conference marked what will hopefully be the first of many participations for Gymnasia students at Eimatai events.
The students teamed up with Chai Lifeline for a school-wide toy drive in the weeks preceding Chanukah. With a collection bin set up in the school’s lobby, students brought in loads of toys to be distributed to needy kids on Chanukah.
Ethan Bienenfeld, the group’s Eimatai advisor, met with the four students Tammy Ilyadzhanova, Anetta Koltun, Eddie Aulov, and Roma Ibragimov on the final day of the collection for a mini-ceremony celebrating their success.
Future projects planned by the Gymnasia group include efforts to raise money for student programming that will include a barbeque for the boys, and an ice skating trip for the girls.
