Miss Drew Alyeshmerni Edit

Education

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1. 1. Making a difference

   www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/02 - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/7/2002   Last Visited: 6/7/2002

   Wylie Silverstein, left, president of the Women's Department of the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix, presents the Anne Frank "Teens Make a Difference" Award to Madeleine Wells, second from left, and Drew Alyeshmerni, second from right.
   ...
   Once the applications were received, the award committee selected 10 finalists, who were then invited for personal interviews: Rachel Alter, Horizon High School; Drew Alyeshmerni, Chaparral High School; Kara Block, Mingus Union High School; Randi Heller, Chaparral High School; Jarod Munzer, Horizon High School; Melissa Rubin, Sedona Red Rock High School; Alana Thomas, Chaparral High School; Helen Thomas, Desert Canyon Middle School; Rachel Tie, Desert Mountain High School; and Madeleine Wells, Mingus Union High School.
   ...
   According to Silverstein, both Wells and Alyeshmerni are committed to serving the community, but they stood out for different reasons.
   
   ...
   "Drew was outstanding in her total involvement in so many Jewish communal pro-jects in Phoenix," explains Silverstein.
   
   Alyesh-merni says her favorite work is the bikkur cholim (visiting the sick) program she participates in at Mayo Hospital. Each Friday she brings challah, grape juice and a pamphlet with the blessings to the Jewish patients at the hospital.
   
   "The people who really enjoy it the most are the people (who) really don't have any family in town," she explains.
   
   Alyesh-merni is active at Temple Chai and Chabad of Scottsdale, and she enjoys working with children at both places. She's also an active Girl Scout.
   
   "My favorite part is selling cookies and doing stuff with the little girls," she says.
   
   The musically inclined Alyeshmerni plays several instruments and has been singing for "as long as I can remember." She teaches Israeli dancing and culture at Temple Chai's religious school and assists with their junior choir.
   
   Alyesh-merni also works with the Council for Jews with Special Needs. She leads song and dance sessions at the group's Passover seders and created a teaching tape of prayers and songs for Shabbat services.
   
   Alyesh-merni credits Cantor Sharona Feller of Temple Chai with being a role model in her life.
   
   "Because she gives so much of herself just to help somebody else, it really touched me and I wanted to be just like her when I grew up," she explains. "It started with just one little thing. I liked the way helping people made me feel, so therefore I just wanted to see how far I could get."
   
   Recently, Alyeshmerni was elected to the position of regional religious and cultural vice president for NFTY Southwest (North American Federation of Temple Youth). She says she is excited about the opportunity to correspond with the youth groups and the chance to lead services and organize Torah studies. All practice for her future career: "I want to be a rabbi when I grow up - a rabbi or a cantor."
   
   Silverstein says the award program far surpassed her expectations, and she looks forward to great success from the yearly award.
   
   "We hope it grows and grows and reaches more and more young people and motivates them and plants those seeds for the future that we will be so grateful for.
   
   "(The honorees) made us feel that the future looks bright. We're in good shape if these are the representatives of the Jewish community of the future."

2. 2. Making a difference

   www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/02 - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/8/2002   Last Visited: 5/8/2002

   Wylie Silverstein, left, president of the Women's Department of the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix, presents the Anne Frank "Teens Make a Difference" Award to Madeleine Wells, second from left, and Drew Alyeshmerni, second from right.
   ...
   Once the applications were received, the award committee selected 10 finalists, who were then invited for personal interviews: Rachel Alter, Horizon High School; Drew Alyeshmerni, Chaparral High School; Kara Block, Mingus Union High School; Randi Heller, Chaparral High School; Jarod Munzer, Horizon High School; Melissa Rubin, Sedona Red Rock High School; Alana Thomas, Chaparral High School; Helen Thomas, Desert Canyon Middle School; Rachel Tie, Desert Mountain High School; and Madeleine Wells, Mingus Union High School.
   ...
   According to Silverstein, both Wells and Alyeshmerni are committed to serving the community, but they stood out for different reasons.
   
   ...
   "Drew was outstanding in her total involvement in so many Jewish communal pro-jects in Phoenix," explains Silverstein.
   
   Alyesh-merni says her favorite work is the bikkur cholim (visiting the sick) program she participates in at Mayo Hospital. Each Friday she brings challah, grape juice and a pamphlet with the blessings to the Jewish patients at the hospital.
   
   "The people who really enjoy it the most are the people (who) really don't have any family in town," she explains.
   
   Alyesh-merni is active at Temple Chai and Chabad of Scottsdale, and she enjoys working with children at both places. She's also an active Girl Scout.
   
   "My favorite part is selling cookies and doing stuff with the little girls," she says.
   
   The musically inclined Alyeshmerni plays several instruments and has been singing for "as long as I can remember." She teaches Israeli dancing and culture at Temple Chai's religious school and assists with their junior choir.
   
   Alyesh-merni also works with the Council for Jews with Special Needs. She leads song and dance sessions at the group's Passover seders and created a teaching tape of prayers and songs for Shabbat services.
   
   Alyesh-merni credits Cantor Sharona Feller of Temple Chai with being a role model in her life.
   
   "Because she gives so much of herself just to help somebody else, it really touched me and I wanted to be just like her when I grew up," she explains. "It started with just one little thing. I liked the way helping people made me feel, so therefore I just wanted to see how far I could get."
   
   Recently, Alyeshmerni was elected to the position of regional religious and cultural vice president for NFTY Southwest (North American Federation of Temple Youth). She says she is excited about the opportunity to correspond with the youth groups and the chance to lead services and organize Torah studies. All practice for her future career: "I want to be a rabbi when I grow up - a rabbi or a cantor."
   
   Silverstein says the award program far surpassed her expectations, and she looks forward to great success from the yearly award.
   
   "We hope it grows and grows and reaches more and more young people and motivates them and plants those seeds for the future that we will be so grateful for.
   
   "(The honorees) made us feel that the future looks bright. We're in good shape if these are the representatives of the Jewish community of the future."

3. 3. New Page 1

   www.uahc-psw.org/NFTY%20Region - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/17/2002   Last Visited: 4/3/2003

   Drew Alyeshmerni is the Religious and Cultural Vice President. Drew is a high school senior who loves NFTY and TSTY (Temple Solel Temple Youth), as well as volunteering at various synagogues and organizations throughout the community. She teaches trope to 7th graders at religious school, Co-Directs the Jr. Choir with the rabbi, visits Jewish patients at a local hospital on Fridays, and is an active Girl Scout. She loves music, going to Hebrew High School, singing in the Adult Choir at Temple Chai and spending time with her family. This past summer, she attended the regional board track at the UAHC Kutz camp and is very excited about her new position. She is eager to bring her ideas for rejuvenating cultural awareness and Judaic knowledge to her peers in NFTY-SW this coming year.