Student uses bat mitzvah skiathon to raise funds for Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center

Student uses bat mitzvah skiathon to raise funds for Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center

Seventh-grade student Maya Klein wanted to do something big for her bat mitzvah project.  Serving as a community-oriented initiative for Jewish teenagers, the project is meant to have a positive impact and act as a form of service prior to a girl’s bat mitzvah ceremony or a boy’s bar mitzvah ceremony, which are coming-of-age ceremonies for the religion.  Living in Summit County part time, Klein had grown accustomed to seeing the bright green jac…