Greetings to the Partnership family!

Spring is here ... days of revival and blossoming, programs, missions, volunteers, young adults, youth and many more. We are pleased to share with you a little of what recently happened in the Partnership. We wish you and your families a happy holiday and may you too enjoy growth and renewal.

~ The Partnership staff

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Bringing happiness to the Children's Ward Today, 8th graders in the Teen Leadership program brought a smile to the faces of children hospitalized in the children's ward of HaEmek Medical Center. Over recent weeks the teens had collected a wealth of games, toys, sweets, and arts & crafts activities from schools in Migdal HaEmek and Illit. They brought their 'treasure chest' of toys and games to the hospital and played with the children during the morning hours, handed out bags of treats to the young patients and of course left all of the games they'd collected as a donation to the Children's Ward. How wonderful it is to make others feel good! Tamarack 2016 – preparing for the trip This is the 15th year in which more than 80 teens from the Partnership region will travel for an unforgettable summer experience at Tamarack summer camp. Teens from Jezreel Valley, Nazareth Illit and Migdal HaEmek are presently getting ready for their departure to the camp this summer.

"Naim Beyachad" – carving out a trail for the Partnership Path Some thirty-five 10th graders from the Partnership region and the village of Yafiya joined hands to carve out a one-kilometer segment of the Partnership Path called 'Naim Beyachad'. The segment connects between Kfar Hachoresh, Nazareth and Yafiye. With rolled up sleeves and hoes in hand, the teens cleared a walking and cycling path that completes the 55- kilometer circuit connecting between local communities in Jezreel Valley, Migdal HaEmek, Nazareth Illit, Old Nazareth and Yafiye. Happy Purim to Detroit lone soldiers Amazing Teen Leadership participants collected sweets from schools in our three partner municipalities and put them in to packages- Mishloach Manot for purim to the Detroit lone soldiers in Partnership family sending a big hug to the dear soldiers . Recent visitors to the Partnership region The JFMD Steering Committee and the Israel & Overseas Committee visited. A teen mission from Ann Arbor visited where the teens were hosted for 10 days. A Families Mission from Temple Kol Ami was hosted in . A CEO delegation met with local hi-tech entrepreneurs. The Grosfeld Mission met with Teen Leadership and Taglit-Birthright participants spent an entire fun and engaging day in the Partnership region. So what's ahead of us? An exciting and activity-packed summer awaits us! A delegation of 8th graders from Hillel Day School will meet with teens in the Teen Leadership program; a delegation of 12th graders from a Detroit Jewish High School will meet with teens from ; two new Taglit-Birthright groups will visit us in May and June, followed by a Mifgash in Detroit for the Birthright Israelis; and of course, approximately 80 teens will embark for a one-month stay at Tamarack summer camp in June-July, while 12 Israeli teens will join more than 100 teens from Detroit on the Federation’s Teen Mission during the month of July.

And many more to come 