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Friday, July 3, 1981
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Belle Isle Picnic Is Set for solated Jews
The Community Out-
reach Project of the Jewish
Vocational Service is plan-
ning a picnic on Belle Isle on
July 23 for isolated Jewish
adults it has located in De-
troit nursing homes.
The project, under the di-
rection of coordinator Anne
Stone, has identified more
than 100 persons who are
isolated "from their reli-
gious and cultural heritage,
their families and from
society as a whole."
Since the beginning of the
year, the project has or-
ganized a group of Volun-
eers for Isolated People
Ps), who visit individu-
s on a monthly basis.
There are currently 14 VIPs
and more are being sought.
In March, founding
VIPs Sam Sobel and
Leonard Aranovitz,
along with Ms. Stone,
took nine "clients" to see
the Shrine Circus.
In May, Downtown-Fox
Lodge and Chapter of Bnai
Brith hosted a luncheon for
11 clients at the Jimmy
Prentis Morris Branch of
the Jewish Community
,Center. Saul Brenner and
Morris Victor organized the
event and Julius Ring pro-
vided a program of Jewish
songs.
Downtown-Fox is now
planning to host luncheons
for different clients several
times a year.
In late May, volunteers
from the JVS Senior Service
Corps of senior adult volun-
teers hosted a similar
luncheon for 15 clients, in-
cluding several in wheel-
chairs. The Senior Service
Corps volunteers socialized
and reminisced with the
clients.
Albert Ascher, execu-
tive director of the
Jewish Vocational Serv-
ice - Community Work-
shop, was deeply moved
to see one group of
JVS-CW clients helping a
second group of clients.
Ascher said, "One of the
greatest accomplishments
of the Community Outreach
Project has been to gal-
vanize leaders in the corn-
munity to organize and par-
ticipate in voluntary ac-
tions on behalf of this iso-
lated group."
Ascher said few programs
with which he has been
associated have achieved so
great a degree of spontane-
ous community support.
The July 23 picnic at
Belle Isle will involve as
many clients and volun-
teers as possible; Ms. Stone
said. The clients will be
transported to the JVS-CW
in Detroit and then bused to
Belle Isle for the event.
Ms. Stone explained
Shown at the Downtown-Fox event are, from left,
in back, volunteers Helen Ring and Lil Weinbaum,
and Sarah Solomon and Rose Fine. Seated in front is
Margaret Ginsberg.
Annual Fresh Air Society
Meeting July 29 at Main UHS
The annual meeting of
the Fresh Air Society will be
held 8 p.m. July 29, in the
auditorium of the main
United Hebrew Schools
building.
The following proposed
amendments to the by-laws
the Fresh Air Society will
presented for approval:
• The treasurer shall not
be required to be the chair-
man of the budget and fees
committee;
• The immediate past
president of the Fresh Air
Society shall be a member of
the executive committee;
and
• An endowment com-
mittee shall become a
standing committee of the
Fresh Air Society.
The Fresh Air Society
committee nominated to an
additional three-year term
to the board of directors
Pola Friedman, Jonathan
Haber, Richard Krugel and
Michael Maddin. The fol-
lowing were nominated for
a first term of three years;
Joel Gershenson, John
Jacobs, Julian Lefkovitz,
David Levine, Sally Levy,
Rhonda Medow, Pam
Operer and Howard Tapper.
Dr. Oscar Schwartz was
made an honorary member
of the Fresh Air Society.
Nominated as officers for
the 1981-1982 season were:
Allan Nachman, president;
Rhoda Medow, secretary;
Sidney Feldman, treasurer.
The crown of all faculties
is common sense.
95 Health Grads
RAMAT GAN
Ninety-five nurses and
senior health officials have
successfully completed a
three-year course at Bar-
Ilan University to upgrade
their qualifications.
Nearly half are proceed-
ing for another two years to
obtain a bachelor's degree.
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Mack Pitt
and his
Orchestra
plus
Disco
Music just for you
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"TRUNK SHOW"
Hundreds of New Pieces
Sadie Frazis, left, and her husband Harry meet
Senior Service Corps volunteer Betty Rodner at a
Community Outreach Project luncheon.
that many of the project's
clients have spent many
years in institutions be-
fore being released re-
cently to boarding and
nursing homes in the
inner city. A Jewish
Community Foundation
grant has helped the
project to provide advo-
cacy with counseling,
cultural enrichment and
religious activities.
"Several of the activities
are designed to provide a
change of scenery, intellec-
tual stimulation and a de-
licious meal," Ms. Stone
said.
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