Daniel will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on June 2, 2012, at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island.
Daniel is the son of Bruce and Peggy Gladner of Redmond and the brother of Natanya. His grandparents are Pauline Dean of Post Falls, Idaho, and the late Wayne and Dorothy Dean, Evelyn Gladner of Alpharetta, Ga., and the late Phil and Nettie Gladner.
Daniel is a 7th-grader at the Jewish Day School of Greater Seattle and enjoys baseball, soccer, basketball, skiing, snowboarding, sailing and attending Camp Solomon Schechter. For his mitzvah project, Daniel is donating a portion of his gifts to “Save a Child’s Heart,” an Israeli-based international humanitarian project.