Ilana Vines

(From top left to bottom right) Sophia Kuperman, Lily Siegel, Nicole Goldin, Brooke Markowitz, Ilana Vines and Megan Samuels together in our nation’s capital. Not pictured: Debra Lederman, Alegra Germain, Hailey Newman, Sterling Rosenthal, Chloe Starr, Gabriella Danziger, Jennifer Blum, Arthur Levy, Julia Leibman, Zachary Engelhart, Ryan Bronston, Rachel Melman, Mia Cotta, Asher Siegel, Maya Zehavi, David Ilouz, Philip Rosenfeld. Madeline Canfield, Anna Paradise, Anna Rajagopal, Kayla Frank, Zoe Brown and Hope Desenberg. (Photo: Chloe Starr)

Emery senior Ilana Vines passing out Bottles of Smiles to spread happiness to children after Hurricane Harvey.

Participants in Opening Ceremonies: (From left, top row) Stuart Dow, Kelly Dean, Josh Sheiman, Ryan Bronston, Zach Baker, Ben Tuchschneider, Kathy Elder, Jennifer Bauer-Conley; (from left, bottom row) Ilana Vines, Carly Tiras, Elise Shoss, Sofia Heyl. 

Seniors Ilana Vines and Ben Tuchshnieder address the school during opening ceremonies. 

Ilana Vines, a junior at The Emery/Weiner School, co-founded a nonprofit called Bottles of Smiles with her friend Gavin Roth, also a junior at Emery, to cheer up pediatric patients in hospitals.