OKATY is looking forward to a GREAT 2008-2009 year! Hopefully you have completed your membership forms and have already sent them in. If you have not turned in your membership forms, look just to your right AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEM, fill them in and send them to me asap. 

On August 29th, OKATY heads to Greene Family Camp for our first NFTY-TOR event, Summer Kallah. The theme is “The UNITED STATES of NFTY” and the 2008-2009 NFTY-TOR board has been planning this event for several months. Check out next month’s article for all the fun details!

Don’t forget to send in your tickets for “The Best Spot on the Lot”. We will have two winners for Rosh Hashanah & two winners for Yom Kippur. All the money raised this year will go into the “Update the Youth Lounge Kitchen” fund. Winning tickets will be pulled at the OKATY meeting September 21st and winners will be notified by phone later that week.

JR OKATY’s 1st event will be Sunday, August 24th after ICSS. We will head to North Park Mall for lunch at City Bite’s and a movie. Invitations will be coming soon. If you have not turned in your membership forms, just bring them to the event. I am looking forward to another fun year with JR OKATY! 

Did you see your picture online at an OKATY or JR OKATY event? Be sure to visit the TBI Photo Gallery. 

OKATily yours,
Barbie Greer, Youth Advisor

For a detailed listing of local programs, events and meetings for 2008-2009:

See the OKATY schedule (9th - 12 Grades)

See the JR OKATY schedule (6th - 8th Grades)

NFTY-TOR Regional Event Calendar 2008 – 2009

Summer Kallah
Greene Family Camp
August 29 – September 1, 2008
(Four days over Labor Day Weekend)

Fall Conclave
Congregation Jewish Community North, Spring, TX
October 31 – November 2, 2008

Southwest Council Regional Biennial
Dallas, TX
November 7-9, 2008

Na’aseh V’Nishmah
Greene Family Camp
(Study and Social Action limited attendance weekend)
December 5-7, 2008

Winter Conclave
Temple Beth-El, San Antonio, TX
January 23 – 25, 2009

NFTY Convention
Washington D.C.
February 13-17, 2009

Junior Youth Group Retreat (JYG)
Greene Family Camp
(NFTY led 6th, 7th and 8th grade weekend)
March 13-15, 2009

Spring Kallah
Greene Family Camp
April 17 – 19, 2008