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PROJECT SHEET
The Hebrew word sherut means service. Project Sherut provides
in-kind goods and services to community service organizations.
Each week, we will publish requests for needed items.
Persons interested in helping to meet these needs should
contact Miriam 'merman at The Jewish Community Council at
962-1880. Also, organizations or groups in need of in-kind
services should contact The Jewish Community Council.
DICTAPHONE. Alzheimer's
Association — Detroit Area
Chapter is a voluntary health
agency that serves Alz-
heimer's patients and their
families in Wayne, Oakland,
Macomb and St. Clair coun-
ties. The association provides
such services as family sup-
port groups, a telephone help
line, in-house respite care,
adult day care, community
education and research.
Alzheimer's Association needs
a dictaphone.
ELECTRIC STAPLER. FAX
MACHINE. MODEM. Com-
mon Ground is a 24-hour-a-
day crisis information referral
service. Programs include a
Crime Victim's Assistance Ser-
vice, medical and legal clinics
and substance abuse preven-
tion. Common Ground needs
an electric stapler, a fax
machine and a modem.
RECORD PLAYER, TAPE
RECORDER, BLACKBOARD,
COFFEE MAKER, PATIO
CHAIRS. Cambridge South
Nursing Center is a nursing
home facility located in Birm-
ingham. Its activity department
deals with residents on a one-
to-one basis, developing pro-
grams suited for the individual
patient. Cambridge South Nur-
sing Center needs a record
player for exercise programs;
a tape recorder for bed-bound
residents; a large blackboard
for word games, a 30-cup cof-
fee maker for social hour and
plastic patio chairs.
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Kesher is the Hebrew word for
"link." The purpose of this
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v tion of opportunities which link
members of our community to
agencies and individuals that
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OPPORTUNITIES
RIMER OPPORTDITIES
A rotating listing of organizations offering volunteer opportunities.
Each week, some of these opportunities will be highlighted in
depth in the Volunteer Link section of this page.
Gatewau Counseling Center
26327 John R
Madison Heights, MI 48071
The Hamilton Nursing Home
590 E. Grand Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48207
(313) 545-5926
Georgian Bloomfield
2975 N. Adams Rd.
Birmingham, MI 48009
(313) 921-1580
Sheila D. Richmond
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
SPECIAL FRIEND
The Special Friend Program of the Jewish Family Service seeks
to match interested adults with children in need of role models
and companionship. If you would like to make a difference in
the life of a child, please call Marcy Schneider, Program Manager,
Volunteer Service Department, Jewish Family Service at
559-4046. Your time is the most valuable gift you can give.
Eight-year-old girl from single
parent home. Child has some
learning difficulties. Would
greatly benefit from a calm,
nurturing, reliable female role
model.
Barbara Snyder, Activities Director/
Volunteer Coordinator
645-2900
Growth Works, Inc.
271 S. Main Street
P.O. Box 115
Plymouth, MI 48170
Susan Davis
455-4095
FAMILY TO FATLY
The Family to Family program, a joint project of the National
Council of Jewish Women and Women's Division of the Jewish
Welfare Federation, has been successful in connecting many
families in the Detroit area with Soviet Jewish newcomers. We
have a special need now for senior friendship. Your lives would
be greatly enriched if you reached out to welcome these wonder-
ful people. Won't you please join us in this exciting program?
Please contact NCJW 258-6000 to connect with one of the
seniors listed below.
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I Have A Dream Foundation —
Detroit
P.O. Box 2001
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
Michelle Bonds or Walter Lockett
948-6990
Haven
92 Whittemore
Pontiac, MI 48342
Jane Balousek
334-1284
Friendly ten-year-old girl with
creative and artistic talents,
who enjoys skating and out-
door activities, would benefit
from a flexible female role
model.
Bubbly widow from Leningrad;
here since November. She is
80 years young and was an
economist; she loves to sing
and speaks Yiddish.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1991
This weekly feature highlights some organizations in the Jewish
and general communities that rely on volunteers. Opportunities
for a nearly limitless range of volunteers will be highlighted.
East Michigan Environmental
Action Council
21220 W. Fourteen Mile Road
Birmingham, MI 48010
EMEAC is a non-profit,
public interest organization
founded for the purpose of im-
proving the quality of the en-
vironment for citizens of
southeast Michigan. Scien-
tists, lawyers, doctors and
other concerned citizens work
with EMEAC staff to effectively
address environmental issues.
Volunteers are needed to
present an environmental pro-
gram comprised of filmstrips,
handouts and discussion to
elementary school children
during the day. Volunteer8 are
also needed to work in the of-
fice in the mornings.
Skills needed:
General office skills for the
office positions. Program
presenters should be comfor-
table working with children.
Estimated time commitment:
In the office, a minimum of
2 mornings per week.
Presenters are needed once a
week, after the initial training.
Contact: Linda Eberly at
258-5188.
The Children's Center
101 E. Alexandrine
Detroit, MI 48201
The Children's Center
Tutorial Program is an inno-
vative effort to provide an in-
tegrated clinical and educa-
tional service to children and
adolescents who have emo-
tional problems and are at risk
for academic failure. Those
youth are behind academically
and frequently suffer from low
self-esteem and a negative at-
titude toward school. Repeated
failures in school often create
other emotional and behavioral
problems. Therapy can reduce
the emotional problems, but
children remain behind in
schools and/or out of work,
frustrated and discouraged,
unless remedial assistance is
available.
Volunteers are needed to
provide individual tutoring in all
subjects and grades. Every ef-
fort is made to match the
tutors' interests with the
student.
Skills needed: Tutors must
be caring, responsible adults
who are patient and
dependable.
Estimated time commitment:
Volunteers participate in a one-
hour individual interview and
orientation session. In addi-
tion, there is a training session
once per month. Tutoring is
one hour per week.
Contact: Ellen Grumeretz or
Trish Rogge at 831-5535.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
20755 Greenfield, Suite 801
Southfield, MI 48075
See contacts below for
satellite offices.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
brings together a team of skill-
ed and dedicated volunteers
and professional social
workers to foster social and
personal development in
children from one-parent
families, by providing each
child a positive one-to-one
relationship with a trained and
supervised volunteer adult role
model.
Volunteers are needed to be
Big Brothers/Sisters.
Special Skills: Volunteers must
have transportation, and a con-
cern for and desire to help one
child meet the challenge of
growing up. In the traditional
BB/BS program, volunteers
must be 18 years of age; in the
new Sister to Sister program
for teen girls, volunteers must
be 21 and high school
graduates.
Estimated time commitment:
2 to 4 hours a week, with a
minimum commitment of one
year.
Contact: Cynthia Almas at
569-0600 (Detroit, Oakland,
Sister to Sister)
Mt. Clemens: 465-2146
Inkster: 274-7833
Pontiac: 338-6657
Prospective volunteers
should call the nearest office
and ask for the intake social
worker.
ISRAEL VOLUNTEER CORPS
FAMILY-TO-FAMILY
Very friendly couple from Len-
ingrad, in mid-sixties, speak
Yiddish; he was foreman of a
large plant and is interested in
sports; she was a teacher and
her hobby is sewing.
Linda D. Young, Activities Director
VOLUNTEER LINK
Since Israel was founded in 1948, American Jews have been at the ready, going to Israel at times of need as human
service volunteers. We went during the '67 war. We went during the Yom Kippur war. Now, Israel needs us again.
If you can volunteer to stand at Israel's side in her time of need, please complete the form below, and return it
to the Israel Program Center, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322. For information, call 661-5440.
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