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Meals on Wheels is a kosher food delivery program ser- vicing primarily Jewish homebound elderly who are clients of Jewish Family Service. It is sponsored and staffed with volunteers or- ganized by National Coun- cil of Jewish Women of Greater Detroit. It is profes- sionally supervised by Jewish Family Service. Meals on Wheels was founded by the NCJW in August 1973 through the ef- forts of Dorothy Kaufman and Sonia Macey. Mrs. Macey, NCJW's current president, remembers those early days well. "We started off with 21 clients and 40 volunteers." Today, 250 Meals on Wheels volunteers service 170 clients. Each week day, dedicated volunteers, both men and women, arrive at the Oak Park Jewish Fed- eration Apartments kitchen at 9 a.m. in order to pack the day's meals. Then between 10:30 and noon, teams of two, in their own cars, de- liver the meals and visit briefly with their clients. Dorothy Kass spent one day a week for five years de- livering meals. Like many of the volunteers, she chose this work after retiring in order to do "something im- portant in my life." She enjoyed the "job" because "the people sincerely ap- preciated us and - looked forward to our visit." Two well-balanced, fresh, kosher meals are delivered each day. One is cold; one "piping hot." Molly Schoenfeld used Meals on Wheels twice, both times for approximately two months while she recuper- ated from an injury and then eye surgery. She spoke positively about the food and the delivery service. "The food was ample, al- ways fresh and well- balanced. The volunteers are dedicated! They deliv- ered the entire winter, even in 15 degrees below zero. They were always prompt." L I Do you have a ques- tion about services or activites sponsored by Jewish communal organizations? If so, write to "Just Asking," The Jewish News, 17515 W. Nine Mile Rd., Suite 865, South- field, MI 48075. A sample week's menu is reminiscent of the meals "Mama" used to serve. For example, Wednesday's hot meal includes soup (cab- bage, chicken, or tomato- rice), meat (tongue, Swiss steak, brisket, stew or roast beef), bow-tie kasha, two slices of bread, vegetable and canned fruit. The pro- gram accommodates a diabetic diet by including less bread, foods with little or no sugar and substitute desserts. Clients on low sodium diets can also feel comforta- ble; no salt is added to the food. Arlene Sukenic, Jewish Family Service's social case worker in charge of Meals on Wheels, says, "Our clients must be unable to prepare their own meals. Many are coming home from the hospital or from rehabilitation. The vast majority are eldery and this program keeps them from entering a nursing home.". Meals on Wheels allows people the dignity of independent living. For some, it is just one part of a community support system involving nurses, therapists and social workers. Most of the clients live on a 90-minute driving route from the 10 Mile kitchen, in their own houses or apart- ments. To qualify for the pro- gram, call Mrs. Sukenic at Jewish Family Service, 559-1500. She will come out for a home or hospital visit and interview to determine the client's needs. If there should be an emergency, the program can begin the day after a • call is made to Jewish Family Service, However, the program usu- ally begins on the Monday following the client's call. The cost is $33 per week but JFS has a sliding scale depending on each client's situation. Food stamps are also accepted payment. Often, Mrs. Sukenic will receive calls that indicate a client's needs are greater than the scope of Meals on Wheels. JFS is able to offer a range of services, includ- ing counseling, a homemaker service to pre- pare and serve meals, and volunteers to gi-ocery shop for a client. Meals on Wheels allows people the dignity of inde- pendent living. For some, it is just one part of a commu- nity support system involv- ing nurses, therapists and social workers. With Meals on Wheels' long term corn- mitment, these aged people are fortunate enough to stay in their own homes and put off the move to a nursing home. For others, middle aged and healthy, a short stay with Meals on Wheels helps them through the crit- ical period after a disabling injury or serious surges , Molly Schoenfeld ech the sentiments of all Meals on Wheels' clients when she says, "It was a blessing. It allowed me to be indepen- dent and not bother any- one." Sharon gets contributions for legal battle with 'Time' NEW YORK (JTA) — More than 1,200 people came to hear former Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon speak at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Mon- day night and many con- tributed money to Sharon for his libel suits against Time magazine. Sharon has filed two suits against Time, one, a $270,000 suit in Tel Aviv shortly after the magazine published its Feb. 21, 1983 issue. The other suit, for $50 million, was filed in the New York several months later. Sharon has charged that he has been damaged by what the suit states is the magazine's suggestion in that issue that he had encouraged a Lebanese massacre of Palestinians in West Beirut. The massacre in the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila took Ariel Sharon place in September 1982 when Sharon was Defense Minister. Rabbi Avraham Weiss, spiritual leader of the He- brew Institute of Riverdale, estimated that the Or- thodox synagogue raised "thousands of dollars" for Sharon's legal expense fund last night. Applications being accepted by education loan service If financial aid from the The Jewish Educational Loan Service is accepting 'general community and applications for the 1984- school is insufficient the students may be eligible for 1985 academic year. The JELS educational aid through JELS. JELS is a loan coordinator at Jewish source of interest-free loans Vocational Service and to Jewish students of the Community Workshop metropolitan Detroit area guides students to sources of who attend undergraduate, financial aid which may be technical or a graduate pro- available to them from fessionally accredited schools, the goverment and school on a full time basis. For information, contact the general community. Edwina Davis, JELS cr dinator, 967-0500, bete 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday Tribute dinner through Friday. for attorney Reservations are still being taken for the tribute dinner for Benjamin J. Safir to be held 6:30 p.m. June 10 at Kingsley Inn, sponsored by the Detroit Graduate Chapter of the Tau Epsilon Rho Law Fraternity. Safir is a founder of the chapter and its first chan- cellor. For reservations, call Be- verly Betz, 399-4884. Accredited Jewish Home for Aged - Prentis Manor has been awarded a three-year cer- tificate of accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation for Hospitals (JCAH). JCAH accredita- tion is evidence, that the Home for Aged is providing health care at a level which meets nationally recognized standards.