The Charlotte Jewish News -October 2013 - Page 30
Don’t Diss My Ability!
Friendship Circle Teen Volunteer
Kickoff
The Friendship Circle kicked
off its year with a spectacular
event and Panini Bar to welcome
new and existing volunteers and
prepare for a great year.
The teens participated in a fun
and exciting hands-on project ti
tled "DON'T DIS my ABILITY.”
Learning how to see past disabili
ties and to recognize the abilities
of individuals with special needs.
In addition, teens learned about
our programs and how they run,
interacting with children who
have special needs and more.
The Friendship Circle is an or
ganization that cultivates friend
ships between teen volunteers and
children with special needs. The
Friendship Circle is a beneficiary
agency of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Charlotte.
For more information visit
FriendshipCircleNC.org or call
704-366-5983. ■
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Mazel Tov & Congratulations
Long Time Museum Volunteer Honey
Kridel Retires
Teens learn how to be sensitive to individuals with special needs.
For the past 17 years, Honey
Kridel has been a fixture on tours
at the Levine Museumof the New
South. A charismatic and dedi
cated docent, this past May she
announced her intentions to step
down from her volunteer post.
“The mind is willing but the body
is weak,” she quipped during a re
cent visit back. “I know my lim
its.”
Honey, who celebrated her 88th
birthday in September, has led
tour groups large and small,
young and old, native and new
comer, through Cotton Fields to
Skyscrapers and dozens of travel
ing exhibits during her tenure.
Doing so has helped her better un
derstand the place she now calls
home and impart knowledge to
visitors.
“You must remember when I
moved down here, there was no
black and white,” the Long Island,
NY, native said. “I came down
here with no prejudices because I
had none. But I met people who
did. They had big ones.” Honey
never accepted those for herself
and when it came time to give
back, she felt the Museum and its
focus on the changing South and
building community were the per
fect fit.
She and her husband Arnold
volunteered every Tuesday and
Thursday until settling on
Tuesday tours. And with
each tour group. Honey
said she was able to gain as
much as she gave. “It
rounded out my days. I
looked forward to being a
docent. I looked forward to
leaving with something,”
she said. “If 1 could do that
with one or two or 10 chil
dren a month, then I feel 1
would have done some
thing.” Now she will fill
her calendar with family trips,
times for breakfast or dinner with
friends, or activities with the
Oasis senior group at the Levine
Jewish Community Center. “I will
Honey at the Levine Museum of the New
South.
miss the chatter of the teenagers,
the help of the staff, the cama
raderie and the fun we always had
together,” she said,
Reprinted with permission of
Levine Museum of the New South.
Honey standi at the Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers exhibit where she often
led tours.
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