Open House for Single Parent Families

My Extended Family (MYEF) will be hosting a Crown Heights open house and welcome event for single-parent families and children.

By Anash.org reporter

My Extended Family (MYEF) will be hosting a Crown Heights open house and welcome event for single-parent families and children.

“A man is a tree,” says Rabbi Yosef Vigler, founder and rabbinical supervisor of MYEF. “It needs to be watered, nurtured, loved, and cared for. Too many children are growing up in a way that they feel uncared for untended.”

This is where My Extended Family steps in. The organization’s goal to help kids build a foundation of self-confidence, self-assurance, and contentment to set them on a positive track for the future. To this end, it offers weekly club meetings, seasonal trips, family events, practical parenting workshops as well as professional and financial support.

This past year, MYEF held weekly club meetings in Crown Heights for girls aged 5-11. Each consists of dinner followed by homework and a fun activity, either crafts, woodworking, games, or sports.

In addition to their weekly activities, MYEF also hold regular events for the whole MYEF community. Last Chanuka, over 400 parents and children from at all four branches –Flatbush, Monsey, Far Rockaway, and Crown Heights– joined My Extended Family’s annual Chanuka celebration held at the Jewish Children’s Museum.

Another of My Extended Family exciting events was held just last winter when a group of 175 children made the annual trip to Campgaw Mountain for a midwinter snow tubing excursion and were able to meet up and enjoy winter fun together.

MYEF’s open house and welcome event will take place on the 19th of Elul – September 8th, at 580 Crown Street. The event will feature fun activities for all who come plus raffles, prizes, and snacks. Covid precautions will be observed.

Register by August 26th.

For registration for the event or for and more information click here.