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yTEAM is an incredible organization servicing frum high school and post-seminary girls living with chronic invisible medical conditions such as lupus, Crohn’s, juvenile arthritis, chronic Lyme disease, and diabetes (and many more — these are just the more well-known ones).

While the conditions our girls face are not life-threatening, they are lifelong conditions that have a great impact on their everyday lives. While the average high school girl spends most of her time thinking about school and friends, our girls live in a reality of doctors' appointments, heavy medications, and debilitating symptoms, often with the additional stress of keeping their conditions secret.

MyTEAM’s goal is to provide these girls with much-needed support while maintaining strict confidentiality. They currently service over 135 girls worldwide by pairing each girl with a teammate — a girl their own age with the same or similar condition. Each girl also gets a mentor, a young woman with a similar condition, who can offer support, perspective, and guidance. In addition, MyTEAM regularly sends out chizuk emails and arranges monthly teleconference shiurim by renowned speakers and mechanchos on topics chosen by the girls.

Since MyTEAM was featured in the TP Shavuos edition, many girls have reached out to them. Here we present feedback and stories from girls whose lives have been transformed by MyTEAM in just a few short months.

I read your article in Teen Pages. It literally was incredible. I’m 18-years-old and have long become accustomed to the fact that there is no one out there who “gets it,” and I kinda got used to suffering alone. I literally was incredulous when I read your article. There is a frum organization helping girls feel less alone and also maintains confidentiality?! Wow! I’d love to be part of this program and be paired up with a mentor! Thank you for providing this tremendous service to Klal Yisrael!

(Age 18)