As is always the case with Partnership 2000, this coming summer we anticipate lively two-way traffic over the ocean as hundreds of youth and young people take part in Living Bridge or people-to-people activities, expanding the circles of interpersonal friendships and intensifying the relationship between the communities in Israel and Montreal.  So what's in store?

Young leadership
Representatives from the Partnership 2000 Young Leadership group are expected to attend a Young Leadership conference in Toronto and spend several days visiting the Montreal community.

Mahanayim
A delegation of young people aged 18-22 serving as counselors in various summer camps operating around Montreal, will come to the region for a week.  A group of community service youngsters from "Acharai" will host them for the week.  In the mornings they will conduct various voluntary activities and in the afternoons and evenings there will be social activities and trips around the region.

Kefiyada
This activity is being operated through the Partnership for the third year.  This is a young leadership group operated by the Jewish Federation in Montreal for young adults aged 18-24.  The group will arrive at the beginning of July and will stay in the region for three weeks.  In the mornings the participants will work as counselors at the "Kivunim" day camps, and in the afternoons the group will lead a special project for participants in the "Youth Futures" project - a dolls project. The Israeli group hosting the visitors will consist of former "Acharai" members.

Dorot
The Dorot group consists of children who have finished 9th grade in Montreal's Jewish schools, such as the Bialik and Herzliya schools.  They will be hosted in the region for three days as part of a 6-week program of touring around the country.  The hosts will be Living Bridge trustees from schools in the region who, together with the children from Montreal, will participate in volunteer activities and visits in the region.
 
Shorashim
Shorashim is a delegation of youth from Montreal who have finished 11th and 12th grades and will come to us in the beginning of August.  Their hosts for days of activities and volunteering in Beersheva and Bnei Shimon will be from the Partnership's Israeli leadership group.

CBB - B'nai Brith summer camp
As part of this program, which has been taking place for over a decade, some 15 Israel youths from the region will spend five weeks of instruction at the CBB camp in Montreal, plus home hospitality with families in Montreal.  The contribution of the Israelis to the camp continues to grow from year to year and includes conducting workshops and educational activities for the camp's participants.

Kadimadrich
The Sephardic Jewish community of Montreal (CSUQ) is organizing, for the first time, a delegation of young people aged 16-17 who will visit the region at the end of July.  The group join the counseling staff of the summer camps being organized by the community.  During their visit to the region the group will participate in activities at the Bnei Shimon summer camps.  Members of the Partnership's leadership group will participate in trips around the region and volunteer activities.

ATID
ATID is a Young Leadership delegation for participants aged 25-35 who are expected to arrive in the region for a period of one week at the end of July.  This is the second year this activity is being carried out.  Their hosts for this period of activity and volunteering in Beersheva and Bnei Shimon are the Partnership's young leadership group.

Cochi Numa
Living Bridge Coordinator