2018-2019 Winner: LINDSAY CHEVLIN
JCYF Class of 2016
Home Town: Princeton Junction, NJ
College: Barnyard College of Columbia University
Award Money Given To: Students Supporting Israel
Message to current JCYF participants: Be grateful for the opportunity to help others. Use the lessons of JCYF to continue a life of philanthropy strengthening the Jewish and Israeli communities. If you do not take action for the Jewish people and Israel, NO ONE ELSE WILL. Be the change, this is just the beginning!
2017-2018 Winner: MATTHEW HAMPEL
JCYF Alumnus 2015
Home Town: Yardley, PA
College: Penn State University
Award Money Given To: BKind at Penn State
Message to current JCYF participants: JCYF is an incredibly valuable experience. Prospective employers and people you meet in college and beyond are impressed by my merits. It demonstrates initiative, and showcases essential skills as planning, teamwork, leadership, and decision-making.
2016-2017 Winner: STEPHANIE WOLOSHIN
JCYF Alumna 2015
Home Town: Yardley, PA
College: Lynn University
Award Money Given To: Jewish Teen Funders Network
Message to current JCYF participants: JCYF enables students to impart real tangible change and repair the world. Value the opportunity to positively change the world through your contributions. It is imperative that each one of us contributes to enriching our world.
2015-2016 Winner: STEPHANIE BLITZER
JCYF Alumna 2013
Home Town: East Windsor
College: American University
Award Money Given to: HIAS
Message to Current JCYF Participants: Don’t take JCYF for granted. There is so much to learn: using Maimonides’ Ladder of Tzedakah to compare organizations, or gaining new perspective of fund distribution. Don’t wait until you graduate from JCYF to fully understand and appreciate the skills you developed. It is privilege to participate in such an amazing organization.
2014-2015 Winner: MOLLY FISCH-FRIEDMAN
JCYF Alumna 2012
Home Town: Princeton Junction
College: Princeton University
Award Money Given to: Greenwood House
Message to Current JCYF Participants:
You are doing incredibly important work by supporting the Jewish community across the world. The small actions you take here in New Jersey can impact people in your town, your state, your country, and your world. That’s no small feat! Congratulations on everything you’ve been able to do so far, and if you keep it up, you’ll be able to do amazing things in your future.
2013-2014 Winner: DANIEL FINE
JCYF Alum 2011
Home Town: West Windsor
College: University of Pennsylvania
Award Money Given to: MEOR
Message to Current JCYF Participants:
Hey JCYF. Hope you’re enjoying your experience thus far! To keep this short and sweet, have fun while participating at JCYF, but also think about and appreciate the values that it teaches you. It’s a program that goes beyond philanthropy and helps give you a greater connection to the Jewish community. From the causes and organizations that you support to the friends with whom you share the experience with, JCYF is a great and unique program. Learn from it. Appreciate it. And enjoy!
2012-2013 Winner: ALISON BERG
JCYF Alumna 2010
Home Town: Princeton Junction
College: University of Michigan
Award Money Given to: Hadassah Hospital
Message to Current JCYF Participants:
JCYF gives students the opportunity to gain a new perspective on the world and the Jewish guidelines on how to give. If they take advantage of this, they will be much better informed citizens and will be able to use their problem solving skills in every day life. The Jewish Community Youth Foundation was the best high school experience that I had and has lasted me long past graduation.
2011-2012 Winner: SAMARA WRIGHT
JCYF Alumna 2010
Home Town: Princeton
College: University of Pittsburgh
Award Money Given to: Hadassah Hospital
Message to Current JCYF Participants:
Take a moment to appreciate and self-reflect on the amazing skills learned from JCYF. Take advantage of the connections you make among your peers and the adults around you. Feel great about yourself because you are participating in such a great program and giving back to the community in a meaningful way.
2010-2011 Winner: LILY PEPPER
JCYF Alumna 2008
Home Town: West Windsor
Home Town Synagogue: Beth El Synagogue
College: Trinity College, class of 2012
Major: Public Policy & Middle East Studies
Message to Current JCYF Participants:
Learn about and donate to organizations in which you are interested and care about. Try to avoid choosing organizations that you think “look good,” in other words be discerning; though wherever you choose to contribute will be the right choice because you chose to contribute!
