Good Good Good
Jul 19, 2023Like many, when Steven Hoffen found himself in lockdown due to COVID-19, he wanted to do something meaningful with his time. Unlike many, he was just 13 years old when he created an award-winning documentary in 2020. The short film was inspired by a prior trip to Israel in 2019, where Hoffen worked with Sindyanna of Galilee, a nonprofit where Arab and Jewish women work closely together growing produce in hydroponic gardens.
WUSA-TV
Jul 19, 2023Let’s get uplifted with Annabelle Lombard, Max Blacksten, and Benjamin Joel; Northern Virginia teens who’ve received well-earned recognition — and $36,000 each — for the outstanding good works they’re doing.
Washington Jewish Week
Jul 12, 2023Along with four other friends, Lombard, now 19, founded Generation Ratify, a youth-led nonprofit to advocate for constitutional gender equality through the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and other legislation promoting gender equality.
Patch Media
Jul 12, 2023Three teens from Northern Virginia were each awarded $36,000 by the Helen Diller Family Foundation as part of its annual awards recognizing Jewish teen leaders across the United States.
Marin Independent Journal
Jul 10, 2023Henry Lien, a 17-year-old from Mill Valley, has been awarded $36,000 from a Bay Area philanthropy organization for his work in establishing ChessPals, a program to teach chess to younger students from underserved communities in Marin.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Jul 8, 2023A Little Rock advocate for Holocaust education was one of 15 young people this year to receive a Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award from the San Francisco-based Helen Diller Family Foundation. David Ronnel, a 2022 Central High School graduate, is giving his $36,000 in prize money to the Arkansas Holocaust Education Award Donation Fund.
Advance Local Media
Jul 4, 2023A national foundation has spotlighted two Jewish teen leaders from New Jersey, granting them $36,000 each for creating initiatives aimed at “building a better world.” While one of the awardees uses the social media platform TikTok to educate people about the Holocaust, the second recipient has her own lab where she tests a self-developed bioassessment tool that has the potential to become a global standard.
NPG of California
Jun 29, 2023A local Santa Barbara teen was one of 15 teenagers nationwide receiving a 2023 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award and prize from the Helen Diller Family Foundation. Romy Greenwald will receive $36,000 in recognition of her work leading MiSendero, an intercultural student-to-student tutoring program.