Impact Year

Make a Difference In Your Community

Impact Year gives teens an opportunity to take part in service-learning events and advocacy projects that positively impact a range of populations in need in our communities.

Join your local YouthFirst community in Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, or Palo Alto as an Impact Year Leader.

Please note: applications are now closed.

Check back in spring 2025 or reach out to the Youth Program Director in your region with any questions:

Inbal Shalev [email protected]  | San Francisco
Kate Alexandra Levine [email protected] | Marin
Merav Berger, PhD, [email protected] | North Peninsula
Deborah Schneider, [email protected] | South Peninsula

Be an Impact Year Leader

Join a close cohort of teens and learn about and embody what it means to be a leader in the community through a Jewish values-based lens. Make a positive impact as you collaboratively design and facilitate service-learning events and advocacy projects. Read more about this leadership opportunity.

לֹא עָלֶיךָ הַמְּלָאכָה לִגְמֹר, וְלֹא אַתָּה בֶן חוֹרִין לִבָּטֵל מִמֶּנָּה

It is not up to you to finish the task, but neither are you at liberty to ignore it

(Pirkei Avot 2:16)

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Contact Us

  • Associate Director
  • Debra Massey
415-359-2477
  • San Francisco
  • Inbal Shalev
415-449-1291
  • North Peninsula
  • Merav Berger
650-931-1834
  • South Peninsula
  • Deborah Schneider
650-688-3059
  • Marin County
  • Kate-Alexandra Levine
415-419-3641
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