"This humanitarian event was called so that we could send help to those who were affected by hurricane Harvey. Our chapter collected donations of foods, toys, school supplies, and toiletries. We then packed all of the goods in boxes and were even filmed and featured on CBS news! The mitzvah we all performed tonight will help so many of the people in Texas and it makes me feel great knowing I was part of it!" -Hannah Sharifian Here are some pictures from the event:

West Suffolk's Ethan Ertel wearing his CTeen kippah while ball boying for the U.S. Open! "First we grabbed food. Then we headed into the CTeen van. After the long drive, we arrived in Flushing. After we found a shuttle that took us to the stadium, we put the items that weren't allowed in the stadium into a locker, then made our way to the courts. We watched a few matches and then we met with Ethan Ertel (CTeen ball boy) who talked with us for a bit and walked us around the st

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Video by Carly Tamer "On July 6th, cteen of west Suffolk had its first event of the summer. The event started at 6:30 and ended at 9. We went go-carting, played lazer tag, and enjoyed slurpees. After, we went back to the chai center and ate some hot dogs, while rabbi Dovid enriched our minds of Torah. The event was extremely fun, and I took many lessons away from it too." -Jacob Don