On November 12, at the Third International Partnership Conference held at Kfar Hamaccabi in Ramat Gan, our TIPS partnership won one of the four "Awards of Excellence" that were presented this year. Since there are 45 partnerships and many programs, this truly was an honor. We won for our art competition/calendar program. It is the first such award that the region has ever won and thanks must be given to everyone who has worked so hard on this project .