Galya will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on Feb. 14, 2009 at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island. She will read from Parshat Yitro.
Galya is the daughter of Deborah Simonds and Stuart Kolodner and the sister of Nadav and Zohar. Her grandparents are Sarah and Meyer Kolodner of Philadelphia, Pa. and the late Filbert and Doris Simonds.
Galya is in the 7th grade at the Jewish Day School. For her mitzvah project, she is raising money and swimming for World Swim against Malaria, to which friends and family can contribute at http://www.worldswimagainstmalaria.com/batmitzvahproject.