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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 26, 1
THE DENO l JEWISH CO 4 MTh
SERVICES FOR ITS CHILDREN
LIE IN FOUR MAIN AREAS:
Health:
Jewish Education . . . He
Community Chest, Allied Campaign
Support Children's Service Agencies
Part of the building of a community is . the preparation of its children
for tomorrow's citizenship, and Detroit's Jewish community has long
recognized the importance of making possible healthy, well-balanced fu-
tures for our Jewish boys and girls.
In four principal areas—health, Jewish education, recreation and foster
home placements—Detroit Jews have joined together in the Community
Chest and in the Allied Jewish Campaign—to support North End Clinic,
United Hebrew Schools, Farband Folk School, Workmen's Circle Schools,
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah, United Jewish High School, Fresh Air Camp,
Jewish Community Center, Sholom Aleichem School and the Children's
Department of the Jewish Social Service Bureau, to meet the greatest needs
of Jewish children.
An important phase of North End Clinic's work now is with refugee
children, who require special care to build up their bodies after the strug-
gling horror of the Nazi years. The Clinic's facilities are open to all child-
ren, and include even a pre-school group to keep the younger children corn-
posed as they wait for their medical or dental appointments.
To help build inner security for Jewish children, as well as to perpet-
uate Jewish cultural values, the community works constantly to strengthen
the Hebrew and Yiddish schools and to inform parents of the importance
of Jewish education.
Through summer camping and year-round group activities, Detroit
Jewry has created healthful, entertaining social activities, significant in
the group values they teach and the opportunity they provide for Jewish
children to build lasting friendships with boys and girls who share com-
mon experiences. .
In one area alone, the community has taken on a function usually
assumed by a child's own parents—finding him a home. Some of the
Children who need foster homes are refugees, others' are native De-
troiters whose homes have been broken or whose parents are physically
or economically disabled. All share a common need. - They depend
upon the Children's Department of the Jewish Social Service Bureau
to find them the security, love and care of a family, if they are to giow
up strong in mind, and unafraid. This is the one year-round appeal
the community makes, the appeal for foster homes. This is an appeal
greater than a request for funds, because a foster parent gives of him-
self. If you would like to open your home to a child, call "Foster Par-
ents" at TR. 2-4080.
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Children of all races, creeds and color receive free diagnostic, medical and
dental treatment at North End Clink, where this solemn little boy, whose parents
are unable to afford private medical care, is having a thorough ear examination.
The Clinic's doctors, all volunteers, treat adults, also. While. the Clinic is a Red Feather
Service, receiving its principal support from the Community Chest, hospitalization
funds are provided for Clinic patients by the Allied Jewish Campaign.
Recreation:
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As can be seen from the spirited baseball game above, Fresh Air Camp's
program includes outdoor sports, as well as swimming, handicraft and the other
activities that make for a well-rounded summer vacation. FAC is the Detroit Jewish
community's largest country camp, with a capacity of 230 boys and - girls for each
three-week period. Not designed for "underprivileged" children only the vacationers
come largely from families who are able to pay moderate rates. Other camps main-
tained by the community are the Jewish Community Center-sponsored Camp Chelsea,
for mothers and children, and Camp Habonim, a summer day project.
An exhibit of their contemporaries' art captures the attention of
small fry at the Jewish Community Center (above). At the same time
that Center activities provide healthy social outlets for children and
adults, the experiences of group relationships and the participation in
Jewish and general cultural activities under the guidance of trained
group workers prepares children for the serious business of life and
work in all phases of our society.
Learning to make something with their hands—and, better still,
having something to take home to their mothers—day campers at
Camp Habonim, Jewish Community enter (left), keep arts and crafts
counselor Shirley Kallus busy on summer days. The Camp's program
includes trips to points of interest in Detroit, swimming, music and
other cultvral and recreational activities.