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SOCJETY .

he pillows didn't last
long.
Almost immediately
after the woman brought the
pillows to the Jewish Voca-
tional Service warehouse
they were gone - picked up
by a Soviet Jew who needed
them for her new apartment.
She was one of a half-dozen
Soviet Jews who walked
around the warehouse look-
ing at the racks of clothes,
the piles of old shoes and the
occasional pot or pan or piece
of furniture, carefully selec-
ting the object they needed.
In another end of the
warehouse, a newly arrived
Soviet Jew labored to load a
couch onto a wheeled cart so
he could take the sofa
downstairs to a waiting
truck. Nearby, a warehouse
volunteer was busy repair-
ing a bookcase.
Three afternoons a week,
Soviet refugees gather at the
warehouse collecting items
which will turn their new
apartments into homes. The
warehouse was established a
month ago by the Jewish
Resettlement Service which
had been bombarded with
community donations for
Soviet Jews and had no place
to store them until JVS
offered space at its
Southfield office.
Resettlement volunteer
Louise Hacker said the
Soviet Jews are able to bring
little more to Detroit than
the clothes on their backs.
The refugees must rely on
donations from Reset-
tlement Service, families
and friends to get clothes
and common household
items —pots and pans,
dishes, linens, beds, sofas
and dinette sets.
Before a Soviet family ar-
rives in Detroit, a Reset-
tlement Service caseworker
tries to furnish an apart-
ment for them with a bed,
kitchen table and other
necessary items, Hacker
said. But with 1,000 Soviet
families expected to arrive
in Detroit, caseworkers are
having a hard time finding
enough items for each fami-
ly.
Caseworkers almost corn-
pete with each other to get
the needed items, Hacker
said.
The warehouse recently
stopped collecting clothes
because it has so much ap-
parel and so few hangers

that many shirts, pants and
other items can not be placed
on the racks. But whenever
a piece of furniture or
household item is donated,
the Resettlement Service
grapevine acts quickly.
When a local business mov-
ed and left behind 60 pieces
of furniture, warehouse vol-
unteers told Soviet families

Soviet refugees go
to the warehouse
for items which will
turn their new
apartments into
homes.

if they helped moved the
furniture they could take
one piece home with them.
Except for a few pieces
which were broken, the fur-
niture was soon gone.
The warehouse gets from
six to 12 calls a day from
people who want to donate
objects, Hacker said. Even
synagogues like Temple
Israel, which donated
clothing to the warehouse,
are giving what they can.
Once an item like a sofa is
donated, the caseworker
tells the clients to pick up
the furniture at the
warehouse or take it directly
from the giver's home.
Sandy Hyman, Reset-
tlement Service director,
said the service has a driver
to pick up donated items and
bring them to the
warehouse. However, the
moving fee is expensive so
she prefers donors pay for
the driver's services, drop it
off themselves, or have
Soviet families pick up the
items.
While Soviet families often
return to the warehouse
more than once to select the
items they need, running the
storage area takes vol-
unteers.
Volunteer Herb Schein has
been at the warehouse every
day since it opened, organi-
zing volunteers. "We need
people who are willing to
move light objects," he said,
"and people who can speak
Yiddish or Russian to help
the clients out."
Hacker said more dona-
tions, especially furniture
and household items in good
condition, are needed. The
warehouse is open from 1
p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays.
All useable donations are
tax deductible. 111

