rl Carter CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, 01110 Page 29 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Thursday, September 7, 1950 Center Records Year of Expansion, Interest by HERMAN JACOBS – day-camps (Dexter-Davison, workers about the country—par- Northwest, 12th Street and ents, like their children, must at- Executive Director, Jewish Camp Habonim at the Aaron De- tend institutes which build their Community Center Roy Memorial Building) yet reg- identification with Jewish-Amer- THIS HAS BEEN a year of istration at all the Center day- ican life. 4. expansion, of physical move- camps continued far in excess of Parents also take part in plan- ment •for the Jewish Com- capacity. --- ning and in setting the objectives munity Center. This was the Through the generosity of of the 31 Center neighborhood year we opened our Dexter- Israel Davidson, the Center had clubs, in which children six to Davison branch, the year we the use this summer of a 100- 12 meet weekly at the Center operated our first country camp acre country site, which our day branches or at members' homes. site for day campers, our first campers visited weekly, and For these youngsters, their clubs old age camping program. Our which served our teen agers as are an exciting taste of the northwest extension office at the scene for overnight cookouts. democratic process, of fun and 18677 Livernois is only a few Camp Chelsea, near Grass informal education—all with a months old. Lake, added camp periods for marked Jewish content. What is significant, however, Center teen-agers, too, in a teen-age girls tand old people. is not the rate at which the The Center has grown out not variety of committees at dif- Center has moved out to the ferent levels, help plan their 1 community, but the kind of wel- merely in a physical sense, but programs of athletics, social ac in terms of program as well. We come the community has given are serving more and more sec- tivity and informal education. new Center facilities. I am tors of the community. This group was perhaps the most thinking, for example, of Open Cheek by jowl at the 12th enthusiastic in its response to House Week at the Dexter Street branch with our play- the opening of the Dexter-Davi- branch, when every event drew school for three and four-year son branch and we anticipate a at least twice the anticipated olds are our Golden Age Clubs like response in the Northwest crowd, and we had to admit which help men and women over this fall, when a full-time teen- youngsters to the dedication par- 55 to find companionship, activity, age worker will take over. ties by shifts. I am thinking of self-expression and informal edu- YOUTH LEADERS the hundreds of parents in the cation. After a lapse of nearly a year, northwest who attended meet- a full-time leader will work with PARENTS' INSTITUTE ings to discuss the kinds of pro- grams and the facilities the Cen- Nationally recognized is the ter could supply in their neigh- Center's unique Jewish Parents' borhoods. Institute, an experimental pro- Drive by the Dexter-Davison gram for secular Jewish educa- branch any evening or Sunday tion. Parents work out the cur- and you will find it literally riculum and teaching aids—last FROM "jumping" with throngs of young year's" Passover Story record, people. More than 1,300 mem- which had wide local distribu- bers have joined the branch and tion, was an offshoot of this kind more than 100 groups are or- of parent participation—and here ganized under its sponsorship. is a proviso which has drawn at- Paralleling the spectacular re- tention of educators and Center sponse in the new neighborhoods, 1■0 ■•■■ ■ ■ 5111 FOURTEENTH there has been a continued, TY 7-5550 steady growth in membership at the old Center buildings-12th I IOU DAY GREETINGS Street Council Center and Wood- ward avenue. Center member- ship and the demand for Cen- ter programs is today the high- KAY CARNEY est in history. FORMAL SERVICE CAMPING FACILITIES The story of our camping pro- 4835 Grand River gram underlines how this agency has grown in physical scope, how TY. 4-8885 the Center, in effect, has become decentralized. We added a fourth this year to our chain of city the Center - sponsored Young . couragethent and education in Adult Council this fall. Ile will adjusting to a new land. Eng- help Council members with their lish classes for immigrants have acceptance of community re- proved immensely practical. sponsibility, with planning of so- The Jewish Community Center cial and cultural events, with is a network of many programs, the coordination of programs and of widely distributed physical the infusion of Jewish content facilities which serve every area and self-education. and interest in Detroit's Jewish But the Center is also an edu- community. cational medium of importance. The Center-sponsored art, mu- sic and dance classes have turned out, distinguished alumni. The lectures, film showings, concerts and exhibits under the sponsor- ship of our adult education pro- gram have done us honor. In- formal education is pursued through a number of adult so- cial groups sponsored by this de- Wish All Their Friends partment. A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR One of the significant areas of Center growth has been in serv- 3317 STURTEVANT ice to newcomers. Center-spon- TO 7-0874 sored groups offer self-help, en- Mrs. Anna_ Karbal and family WESTERN LADIES AID SOCIETY WISHES ALL ITS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR MRS. NATHAN HORENSTEIN ON1MENWOMINIMO•111.41 Holiday Greetings ---.— .1M.1 11 •11111.41••141 16•MOU.N.0.11.1 ■ 0•1111. ■ •••• ■■•■01 •11.1411 ■0 .1 •0■0■ ••••••• ■■■101MOOMMINEDU■10■41.0 Greetings & Best Wishes to the Entire Jewish Cominunity Vita-Boy Food Products James N. McNally 1 punuu Tie Ryan Coal Company TW. 2-3530 17400 RYAN DRIVE front the of the U.S. AND LADIES' AUXILIARIES Norman L. 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