| Bar Mitzvah PERRY ANDREW KERNER PERRY ANDREW KERNER, son of Gail and Bruce Kerner celebrated becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, February 13th with Congregation Or Chadash at La Paloma Country Club. He is the grandson of Judi and the late Herman Schmertz of Roslyn, New York and Tucson and Elaine and Jerry Kerner of Lake Worth, Florida and Tucson. Perry attends Orange Grove Middle School where he is an honor student. He plays tennis in the Junior Excellence Program at the Tucson Racquet and Fitness Club. He also performs with Kids Unlimited. For his Mitzvah project, Perry organized a tennis tournament for children and teens to raise money for the University of Arizona Foundation/Steele Children’s Research Center to benefit pediatric cancer. He did this project, which he called the Got Love Tennis Challenge, in honor of a very special friend who is bravely battling leukemia. Perry raised almost $2,000 and is still collecting additional contributions to support this worthy cause. |