Connecting our Community – Gesher
Anyone for Football?
Some weeks ago I featured members of our School community who participated in the 2017 Maccabiah in Israel. Closer to home, we have a number of local sporting competitions in which members of our community are involved.
One such team is playing for Maccabi in the Eastern Suburbs Football Association (ESFA) Womens League – more than half the Maccabi AAW4 team are Emanuel alumni, past parents, current parents or have a connection in some way.
The Emanuel community members in this team are:
Sil Malki, alumna (Class of 1995) and current parent of Max in Year 5
Denise Wright – parent of twins, Elah and Maia in Year 1
Danielle Jaku-Greenfield – alumna (Class of 1995) with one child coming to Emanuel
Beverley Berelowitz – parent of Reece in Year 11 and Tarryn (Class of 2015)
Juliet Lewis, team goal keeper – alumna (Class of 2013)
Cara lee Schapiro – parent of referee Aiden (Year 8) and Sienna (Year 5) who are both in the team photo
Caroline Lewis – past parent of alumni, player Juliet and her sister, Charlotte Weiss (Class of 2009)
Tracy Newfield – parent of Jake (Year 6) and his brother Daniel starting next year
Natalie Simon – parent of Jack (Year 6), Timmy (Year 5) and Matty (Year 1)
David Lewis, husband of Caroline and father of Juliet – coach and team creator.
Sil Malki says: “This team is always looking to recruit active mums who would like to join us. No prior experience necessary. Please call me on 0416242124 if you would like to know more to join our team from next February when the competition re-commences.
We play every Sunday and we are vying hard for semi-final spots, competing against clubs such as The UNSW who have team members less than half our age! We love playing football and letting our sons and daughters know that anything is possible for them if they work hard and work as a team, values we feel are synonymous with Emanuel School”
We invite you to join us on Sunday 27 August from 2.30 to 4.30 pm for an exciting session with Adi Gefen-Adler, UIA Shaliach – see poster here for details.
September is just around the corner
A message now from alumnus Ben Wilheim (Class of 2008) who was instrumental in starting ‘Remember September’ to raise awareness and funds for pancreatic cancer research: “I now work very closely with the Avner Pancreatic Cancer Foundation and we have big plans for this year’s Remember September and the future! 2017 is now the fourth year it is running and it is growing fast! In the last three years we have raised over $60,000 and this year the goal is to hit $100,000! Each year the number of challengers has been growing and I’m expecting 60+ this year.
Below are some points of interest and links which I invite you to view:
- Remember September’s Facebook Page
- Remember September’s Instagram Page (new this year)
- Remember September’s page on the Avner Foundation’s website, as well as our banner feature on their homepage
- Remember September’s 2017 donation page
- You will see that, new this year, we have:
- Introduced the Purple Pass – if a challenger requires a night off the challenge, they simply need to donate (any amount) to themselves,
- Developed branded water bottles to be provided to all challengers – they are high quality glass and look fantastic!”
We look forward to our Emanuel Community supporting Remember September.
If you have news and/or photos you would like to share with our amazing community, please send to: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au