Gabriella will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah June 21, 2014 at Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue.
Gabriella is the daughter of Kevin and Sheila Bates of Bellevue and the sister of Victoria. Her grandparents are Melvin and Barbara Roseman of Kingwood, Tex., and Charles and Iona Bates of Cave Spring, Ga.
Gabriella is a 7th grader at Tyee Middle School. She cheers for the Newport Knights and Eastside Dream Elite, and she plays lacrosse for Bellevue East Lacrosse and Vandal Lacrosse. For her mitzvah project, she is providing care packages for deployed units in Afghanistan and Iraq.