Youth Engagement

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• Every year, our children and teens spend summers at URJ Camps (including Camp Coleman and specialty camps), and during the year participate in regional youth group gatherings, North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY), where they learn and connect with other youth from the wider Jewish community.  They travel to Israel with NFTY Israel with teens from throughout North America.  Many of them return to Camp Coleman as staff, where they hone their leadership skills and serve as role models to others.
• Several of our teens attended the annual NFTY Convention, and two were featured on the program.
• Members of our clergy team and staff spend time as visiting faculty at URJ camps or chaperone NFTY events and Israel trips.
• Every year, our teens participate in the L’Taken Social Justice Seminar in Washington ,D.C., through which they receive advocacy training by the RAC and meet with elected officials to advocate for issues that are important to them.

Camp Coleman Committee (TBS Members)

• Danny Aronson
• Mark Baranek
• Barbara Gelber
• Shelley Niceley Groff