Super Diller...Super Sunday - December 8, 2013

Last sunday marks the third Diller workshop for cohort 7, and also Super Sunday. The day was not only filled with Diller activities and bonding, but also with calls to potential donors and raising money, which every teen took part in.

The workshop began with Avodat HaLev from Seth and Cara, followed by a game of KoomCha. Afterwards delicious munchkins provided by the birthday committee were eaten to celebrate the birthdays of Seth, Max B, and Micaela. After that, each Diller participated in a group activity to find which charities they personally felt were the most worthy of the Super Sunday eanings, showing the importance even a small amount of funding can have on a charity. All of this prepped us for the upcoming Super Sunday calling session.

After this, we were all given our awesome Diller T-shirts!

Then, all of the Dillers headed into a room with other teen participants to be taught how to call people for Super Sunday. During this meeting, we all learned how many different parts of the world and organizations benefit from the donated money thanks to the Federation. We also learned how to react when we were calling high profile people like Bill Gates, or angry and annoyed people like Anitta Knapp. Then, we all got to put our skills to the test and call people to ask for donations.

All the Dillers sat together at one table with a lot of phones. We all helped each other and hoped the others did well. One Diller raised $10,000 from one person! Yet, at the end of the night almost 2 million dollars were raised, showing that when we all work together, we can all make a huge impact. It was also good knowing that some of the money we were helping to raise would go towards future Dillers and let other people have the same great experiences as we are having.

Overall, the workshop was fun and a huge success. We all worked together and raised a ton of money for the Federation while having fun.  At the end of the night, a past diller won a tablet in the raffle!

-Cara and Seth