I DETROIT r - Sharing Food to Relieve Hunger - Mission Origin Forgotten Harvest is a non-profit prepared foods program established to collect viable food from restaurants, caterings and other health department-approved sources and deliver to soup kitchens and shelters. The Mazon Council of Metropolitan Detroit founded Forgotten Harvest to address the problem of hunger on the local level. Forgot- ten Harvest is now a separate, non- denominational organization. Target Population Forgotten Harvest operates in Oakland Coun- ty within which 80 feeding agencies are ser- ving 300,000 meals monthly to 15,000 people. How It Works Those who wish to donate prepared foods, dairy, produce or baked goods should call Forgotten Harvest to register as a donor. Then, whenever food is available for dona- tion, either regularly, sporadically or on an emergency basis, Forgotten Harvest will send its refrigerated van to transport the food to the feeding agencies which can best utilize it. Hours Forgotten Harvest strives to meet the com- munity's response to help those less for- tunate. Calls are answered promptly seven days a week. Call to Action Forgotten Harvest needs funds! Its 1990 refrigerated van was donated. Its Board of Directors and Advisory Board is comprised of concerned and dedicated volunteers. But operating expenses must be covered. Con- tributions are necessary! Tax Status All donations, including food donations, are tax deductible as allowed by law. How To Give Make checks payable to FORGOTTEN HARVEST and mail to: Forgotten Harvest 31275 Northwestern Hwy., Ste. 243 Farmington Hills, MI 48018 No gain.No pain. Keeping your weight at a moderate level may scale down your risk of heart attack. So maintain a healthy diet and lighten up on your heart. ip American Heart Association 18 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1990 ALYN Hospital Group Forms In Detroit KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer s ome of the children have no joints; their hands don't bend. Others don't walk; they play floor hockey in wheelchairs. These are the children of the 50-year-old ALYN Hospital, Israel's only long- term, nonsectarian or- thopedic hospital and reha- bilitation center for physically handicapped children. To help raise money for the hospital, a 93-bed facility in Jerusalem that also treats over 5,000 children each year in outpatient clinics throughout Israel, a small group from metropolitan Detroit recently formed the Detroit Friends of ALYN Hospital, creating the ninth chapter in the United States. ALYN comes to Detroit through Ann Baruch, a Detroit native who has been involved with the hospital for many years. An educa- tional meeting is slated for Oct. 9 at the home of Leonard and Bluma Siegal. The group's first parlor fund- raising meeting is scheduled for Nov. 29 at the home of Steve and Arlene Victor. For more information, contact Anaruth Bernard at 569- 5065. The group hopes to hold one major fund-raiser each year. ALYN is the Hebrew acronym for Agudah Le'ezrat Yeladim Nachim, the organization to aid han- dicapped children. It is a non-profit organization which treats all children, regardless of religion or eth- nic background, who suffer from crippling diseases or from trauma after accidents. Many of the children are socially and economically deprived and come from Armenian and Arab families. The hospital operates on a $4.25 million budget. Of that, 25 percent comes from donations and the rest is funded through the Israeli government's health-care system. The government funds do not cover costs for the pur- chase of equipment for medical, educational, reha- bilitational or household purposes. Pam Lippitt, vice-chair of the newly formed Detroit chapter, visited ALYN about six years ago. "I was there right after the first child got an electric wheelchair," Ms. Lippitt said. "What struck me the most was when I saw the kids coming out of the lun- chroom, all forming a train attached to the kid who had the electric wheelchair. "They had a little parade out of the lunchroom," Ms. Lippitt said. "The child with the electric wheelchair became king of the castle be- cause he could pull all of the other children." Rae Scharfman, also a board member, visited the hospital in May. "I hadn't heard of it and Arm Baruch asked me to go Twenty-five percent of the budget must come from donations. visit," Mrs. Scharfman recalled. "It was a wonder- ful, warm, loving hospital. "Some of the parents reject these children and they live there all of the time," Mrs. Scharfman said. "The love from the volunteers and staff just radiates throughout the whole place." ALYN was founded by a New York orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Henry Keller, an ardent Zionist who died in 1943. For many years, Dr. Keller worked in New York and in Israel before moving to Israel in 1939. ❑ Federation Group Greets Newcomers Shalom Detroit, the welcoming committee of the Jewish Welfare Federation Women's Division, will hold a gathering for newcomers to Detroit 10:15 a.m. Oct. 17 at the Maple-Drake Jewish Community Center. New Detroit-area residents will meet each other, the Shalom Detroit Committee and learn more about the community. Doreen Herme- lin, Women's Division president, and Lisa Brody, Shalom Detroit chairman, will discuss both Federation and the Women's Division. The gathering will include refreshments and activities for children. If you are new to the area, or know of someone who is, call Ellen Krivchenia at Federation, 965-3939.